Surface wax in the ancestral grapevine Vitis sylvestris correlate with partial resistance to Powdery Mildew.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Powdery Mildew of Grapevine belongs to the major diseases in viticulture and requires intensive use of fungicides. Genetic introgression of resistance factors from wild grapes from North America and, recently, China, has been successful, but wine made from those varieties is still confronted with low consumer acceptance, due to differences in taste.

Results

The current work explores the potential of Vitis vinifera sylvestris, the wild ancestor of domesticated Grapevine, with respect to containing Erysiphe necator, the causative agent of Powdery Mildew. Making use of a germplasm collection comprising the entire genetic variability remaining in Germany, we show that there is considerable genetic variation in the formation of leaf surface waxes exceeding wax formatio

SUBMITTER: Ge X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10245546 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature