The event that killed off the dinosaurs had a huge impact on the Vitaceae family, the plant family that includes the wine grape.
Tag - Vitis vinifera
Renata Cantoro
Grapes, mind the (cell wall) barricades against grey mould!
Grape cell walls could explain their susceptibility to fungal disease.
Juniper Kiss
New grapevine model better predicts whole-canopy gas exchange
Models considering only the maximum photosynthetic capacity for all leaves over-estimated net carbon dioxide exchange by nearly a third.
Erin Zimmerman
GrapevineXL: a model coupling plant water transport and leaf gas exchange
Quantifying the response of plant water status to environmental conditions and its effect on carbon acquisition are essential for simulating plant growth and fruit composition, especially in the context of climate...
botanyone
Vascular patterning of superoxide in bursting grapevine buds
Plants regulate cellular oxygen partial pressures (pO2), together with reduction/oxidation (redox) state in order to manage rapid developmental transitions such as bud burst after a period of quiescence. However, our...
Will climate change threaten your drinking habits?
Will climate change threaten my (and possibly your) drinking habits? Read this and find out.
AJ Cann
Black = white + grey(!?)
No, not messing with colours, but a reference to Silvia Vezzulli et al.’s work on Pinot blanc and Pinot gris wine grape cultivars. The team have discovered that the ‘white’ and ‘grey’ (which refer to their berry...
Nigel Chaffey
Xylem structure and passive bacterial spread
The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, responsible for Pierce’s disease of grapevine, colonizes the xylem conduits of vines. Chatelet et al. examine the xylem structure of several varieties of grapevine, Vitis vinifera, and...
A cold hardiness model for grapevine
Plant cold hardiness varies dynamically throughout the dormant season, primarily in response to changes in temperature. Taking advantage of an extensive database of grapevine (Vitis spp.) bud hardiness measurements...
