The grape is one of the oldest and most important horticultural crops. Grape and wine aroma
has long been of cultural and scientific interest. The diverse compound classes comprising …

Domestication is a process of selection driven by humans, transforming wild progenitors into
domesticated crops. The grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.), besides being one of the most …

Background The economic importance of grapevine has driven significant efforts in
genomics to accelerate the exploitation of Vitis resources for development of new cultivars …

Background The mountainous region between the Caucasus and China is considered to be
the center of domestication for grapevine. Despite the importance of Central Asia in the …

Grapevine is a very important crop species that is mainly cultivated worldwide for fruits, wine
and juice. Identification of the genetic bases of performance traits through association …

Inheritance of nuclear microsatellite markers (nSSR) has been proved to be a powerful tool
to verify or uncover the parentage of grapevine cultivars. The aim of the present study was to …

Molecular markers (SSR, SNP and DArT) and agronomical traits have been used in the
world's largest olive (Olea europaea L.) germplasm collection (IFAPA, Centre Alameda del …

Abstract Background Grapevine (Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera) is one of the most important
and ancient horticultural plants in the world. Domesticated about 8–10,000 years ago in the …

Using 20 SSR markers well scattered across the 19 grape chromosomes, we analyzed
4,370 accessions of the INRA grape repository at Vassal, mostly cultivars of Vitis vinifera …

The necessity to adapt to climate change is even stronger for grapevine than for other crops,
because grape berry composition—a key determinant of fruit and wine quality, typicity and …