Plants can maintain growth and reproductive success by sensing changes in the
environment and reacting through mechanisms at molecular, cellular, physiological, and …

Next‐generation technologies generate an overwhelming amount of gene sequence data.
Efficient annotation tools are required to make these data amenable to functional genomics …

The grape and wine industries are heavily reliant on sulphite preservatives. However, the
view that sulphites act directly on bacterial and fungal pathogens may be simplistic …

Background Symptoms of grapevine leafroll disease (GLRD) in red-fruited wine grape (Vitis
vinifera L.) cultivars consist of green veins and red and reddish-purple discoloration of inter …

Variegation is a rare type of mosaicism not fully studied in plants, especially fruits. We
examined red and white sections of grape (Vitis vinifera cv.'Béquignol') variegated berries …

Background Phenotypic plasticity refers to the range of phenotypes a single genotype can
express as a function of its environment. These phenotypic variations are attributable to the …

Background Downy mildew is a destructive grapevine disease caused by Plasmopara
viticola (Berk. and Curt.) Berl. and de Toni, which can only be controlled by intensive …

Background Vitis vinifera berry development is characterised by an initial phase where the
fruit is small, hard and acidic, followed by a lag phase known as veraison. In the final phase …

Background Phytoplasmas are bacteria without cell walls from the class Mollicutes. They are
obligate intracellular plant pathogens which cause diseases in hundreds of economically …

Virus infections in grapevine cause important economic losses and affect fruit quality
worldwide. Although the phenotypic symptoms associated to viral infections have been …