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Survey of Wineries and Grape Processing Plants NY 3/06.
Egyptians consumed this fruit at least 6,000 years ago, and several ancient Greek philosophers praised the healing power of grapes -- usually in the form of wine. European folk healers developed an ointment from the sap of grapevines to cure skin and eye diseases.
Crown gall is a common, devastating grape disease that has been known to result in losses of entire vineyards in Kentucky. Besides grapes, over 600 types of plants are known to be susceptible to crown gall, including apples, stone fruits and brambles.
Properly matching the variety to the climate of the vineyard site is necessary for consistent production of high quality grapes. Grape varieties fall into one of three groups: American, French-American hybrids, and European.
The NSF Plant Genome Program has awarded a grant to Dr. Grant Cramer of the University of Nevada-Reno? entitled "Integrative Functional Genomic Resource Development in Vitis vinifera: Abiotic Stress and Wine Quality".
The grape has a long and complex history, dating back to its wild Near Eastern progenitor V. sylvestris. They were probably domesticated by 4000 B.C. Along with domestication came a single mutation-induced transition from dioecy to perfect flowers.
The function of ASR (ABA [abscisic acid]-, stress-, and ripening-induced) proteins remains unknown. A grape ASR, VvMSA, was isolated by means of a yeast one-hybrid approach using as a target the proximal promoter of a grape putative monosaccharide transporter (VvHT1).
SERA014 Progress Report 2005 GRAPE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES Mid-Florida Research & Education Center, University of Florida/IFAS Grapevine Genetics Research Program Submitted by: Dennis J. Gray djg@ifas.ufl.