THERON, H.1,2*, VOLSCHENK, C.G.3, HUNTER, J.J.3 1 Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Wellington, South Africa 2 University of Stellenbosch (US), Stellenbosch, South Africa 3 ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, Stellenbosch, South Africa *Corresponding author: theronh@cput.ac.za

Context and purpose of the study - scientific information on grapevine response to predicted levels of climate parameters is scarce and not sufficient to properly position the Wine Industry for the future. It is critical that the combined effects of increased temperature and CO2 on grapevines should be examined, without omitting the important link...

Adrienn TÓTH ; Gábor ENDRE ; András SZEKERES , Ádám BOZÓ and Zsolt ZSÓFI ; 1 ESZTERHÁZY KÁROLY UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF VITICULTURE AND OENOLOGY, Leányka str. 6, Eger H3300 Hungary. 2 UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED, DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, Közép fasor 52., Szeged, H-6726 Hungary *Corresponding author: zsofi.zsolt@uni-eszterhazy.hu

Context and purpose of the study - The marketability of the table grapes is highly influenced by the consumer demand; therefore the market value of the table grapes is mainly characterized by its berry size, colour, taste and texture. Girdling could cause accumulation of several components in plants above the ringing of the phloem including cluste...

Selena TOMADA1*, Florian PICHLER1, Julia MARTINELLI1, Giovanni AGATI2, Valentina LAZAZZARA3, 4 3 4 3 1 Martin ZEJFART , Fenja HINZ , Ulrich PEDRI , Peter ROBATSCHER , Florian HAAS 1 Department of Viticulture, Laimburg Research Centre, BZ, Italy 2 Istituto di Fisica Applicata ‘Nello Carrara’, CNR, FI, Italy 3 Laboratory for Flavours and Metabolites, Laimburg Research Centre, BZ, Italy 4 Department of Enology, Laimburg Research Centre, BZ, Italy *Corresponding author: selena.tomada@laimburg.it

Context and purpose of the study - The chemical composition of grape berries at harvest is one of the most important factors that should be considered to produce high quality wines. Among the different chemical classes which characterize the grape juice, the polyphenolic compound, such as flavonoids, contribute to the final taste and color of wine...

Javier TARDAGUILA1*Josep JIMENEZ2, Pere PONS3, Joan Miquel CANALS3, Fernando ZAMORA3, 1 1 Fernando PALACIOS , Maria P. DIAGO 1 Televitis Research Group. University of La Rioja. 26007 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. 2 Juvé y Camps SA. 08770 Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona, Spain 3 Departamento de Bioquímica y Biotecnología, Facultad de Enología de Tarragona, Grupo de Investigación en Tecnología Enológica (Tecnenol), Universidad Rovira i Virgili. 43007 Tarragona, Spain. *Correspondence: javier.tardaguila@unirioja.es

Context and purpose of the study. Vineyard canopy features such canopy porosity and fruit exposure influenced microclimate, fungal disease incidence and grape composition. An objective, rapid and noninvasive method to assess and map the canopy status is needed to apply in precision viticulture. A new method for canopy status assessment and mapping...

Bruno SUTER1,2, Roberta TRIOLO1, David PERNET1, Zhanwu DAI2, Cornelis VAN LEEUWEN2 1 SOVIVINS, Site Montesquieu, 4 allée Isaac Newton, 33650 Martillac, France EGFV, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRA, Univ. of Bordeaux, ISVV, 33882 Villenave d’Ornon, France 2 *Corresponding author: vanleeuwen@agro-bordeaux.fr

Context and purpose of the study - Climate change scenarios suggest an increase in temperatures and an intensification of summer drought. Measuring seasonal plant water status is an essential step in choosing appropriate adaptations to ensure yields and quality of agricultural produce. The water status of grapevines is known to be a key factor for...

Domagoj STUPIĆ1*, Željko ANDABAKA 1, Zvjezdana MARKOVIĆ1, Iva ŠIKUTEN1, Petra ŠTAMBUK2 1,2 1,2 1,2 3 Darko PREINER , Jasminka KAROGLAN KONTIĆ , Edi MALETIĆ , Nikolina ŠTEDUL , Maja ŽULJ 1** MIHALJEVIĆ 1 Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia (*dstupic@agr.hr) Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, Svetošimunska 25, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia 3 Croatia Agriculture and Forestry advisory service, Haulikova 14, 47000, Karlovac, Croatia 2 **Corresponding author: mzulj@agr.hr

Context and purpose of the study– Ozalj- vivodina region is small vine growing area (only about 100 hectares of vineyards), but with significant number of old, ancient vineyards planted between 50 and 100 years ago. Trend of abandoning or replanting ancient vineyards takes place for the last 30 years. This trend results in grapevine germplasm er...

Vasiliki SUMMERSON, Claudia GONZALEZ VIEJO, Damir TORRICO, Sigfredo FUENTES* The University of Melbourne, School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia *Corresponding author: sigfredo.fuentes@unimelb.edu.au

Context and purpose of the study - Bushfires are a common occurrence throughout Australia and their incidence is predicted to both rise and increase in severity due to climate change. Many of these bushfires occur in areas close to wine regions, which receive different levels of exposure to smoke. Wine produced from smoke-affected grapes are chara...

Bruno SUTER , Agnès DESTRAC-IRVINE , Mark GOWDY , Zhanwu DAI , Cornelis VAN LEEUWEN 1 1 EGFV, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRA, ISVV, Univ. of Bordeaux, F-33882 Villenave d’Ornon, France *Corresponding author: vanleeuwen@agro-bordeaux.fr

Context and purpose of the study - Climate change is a major challenge in wine production. The IPCC (2014) projected that by the end of the 21 st century average temperatures will increase by 1-3.7°C. Consequently, harvest dates could advance by approximately 30 days. A general observed trend is the increase in berry sugar content and decrease in...

Marcelo de Souza SOARES1, Pedro Paulo PARISOTO1, Nádia Cristiane Alves VIANNA1, 1 1 2 Bruna Laís HAMM , Daniel Pazzini Eckhardt , Lília Sichmann HEIFFIG-DEL AGUILA , Juan SAAVEDRA DEL AGUILA1* 1 University Federal of Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Cep 96450-000, Dom Pedrito, RS, Brazil 2 Embrapa Temperate Agriculture, Pelotas, RS, Brazil *Corresponding author: juanaguila@unipampa.edu.br

Contex and purpose of this study - Among the different management techniques in Viticulture, which have been developed with the purpose of optimizing the interception of sunlight, the photosynthetic capacity of the plant and the microclimate of the clusters, especially in varieties that show excess vigor, the management of defoliation presents gre...

José SILVESTRE1*, Miguel DAMÁSIO1, Ricardo EGIPTO1, Jorge CUNHA 1, João BRAZÃO1, José EIRAS1 2 2 2 3 DIAS , Rui FLORES , Amandio RODRIGUES , Patrick DONNO , Jorge BÖHM 1 INIAV, I.P., Pólo de Dois Portos, Quinta da Almoínha, 2565-191 Dois Portos 2 Herdade do Esporão, Apartado 31, 7200-999, Reguengos de Monsaraz 3 Viveiros PLANSEL Lda, Quinta São Jorge, 7050-909 Montemor-o-Novo *Corresponding author: jose.silvestre@iniav.pt

Context and purpose of the study - Climate change effects on grapevine phenology and grape primary and secondary metabolites are well described in recent literature. Increasing frequency and intensity of heat waves may be responsible for important yield losses in the future. However, the impact of this event is not so well described in literature....

Igor SIRNIK1,2*,Hervé QUENOL1, Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ-BELLO2,Juan MANZANO3, Liviu Mihai 4 5 6 IRIVIA ,Cristian V. PATRICHE ,Ana ŽUST 1 COSTEL, UMR6554 LETG CNRS, Université Rennes 2, France Instituto de Ingeniería del Agua y Medio Ambiente, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. 3 Centro Valenciano de Estudios sobre el Riego (CVER), Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain 4 University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Romania 5 Romanian Academy, Department of Iași, Geography Group, 8 Carol I, 700505 Iași, Romania 6 Slovenian Environment Agency, Vojkova 1b, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2 *Corresponding author: igsir@topo.upv.es

Context and purpose of the study - Viticultural potential has a complex conditioning, determined by relief, soil, climate and lithology. Delineation of viticultural potential from vineyard areas is essential for the purpose to collect the necessary data for viticultural zoning. Using this data, we can achieve greater yield quality, which is the mo...

Joselen Lemos Silva da SILVA1, Alice Farias MAIA 1, Bruna Laís HAMM 1, 1 1 Thainá Silveira DALLASTA , Wellynthon Machado da CUNHA , Juan SAAVEDRA DEL AGUILA 1 1* University Federal of Pampa (UNIPAMPA), Cep 96450-000, Dom Pedrito, Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil *Corresponding author: juanaguila@unipampa.edu.br

Contex and purpose of this study – The grape is a fruit that must be harvested when ripe, since it is considered of non-climacteric respiratory pattern, which does not ripen after being harvested. The fruit after harvesting has been observed differently in recent years due to the increase in consumption, mainly aimed at quality, which is one of ...

Nataliya SHCHERBATYUK1, Markus KELLER1* 1 Washington State University, Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, 24106 N. Bunn Rd., Prosser, 99350, WA, USA *Corresponding author: mkeller@wsu.edu

Context and purpose of the study - Plants have been shown to redistribute water between root sections and soil layers along a gradient of decreasing water availability. One benefit of this hydraulic redistribution is that water can be transported from roots in wet soil to others in dry soil, delaying the onset of water stress and increasing root l...

Arno SCHMID1*, Stefania VENTURA1, Lukas EGARTER VIGL2, Simon TSCHOLL2, Erwin GARTNER3, 3 4 4 1 1 Siegfried QUENDLER , Franz MOSER , Hermann KATZ , Christof SANOLL and Barbara RAIFER 1 Laimburg Research Centre, Laimburg 6, I-39040 Auer, Italy 2 EURAC Research, Drususallee 1, I-39100 Bozen, Italy 3 Obst- u. Weinbauzentrum Kärnten, Schulstraße 9, A-9433 St. Andrä, Austria 4 Joanneum Research, Leonhardstraße 59, A-8010 Graz, Austria *Corresponding author: arno.schmid@laimburg.it

Context and purpose of the study – Planting vineyards in cooler climates has been used over recent years as a strategy to counter the climatic shifts caused by climate change. A move towards higher altitudes in hilly and mountainous wine regions may provide a solution to deleterious effects that increased ambient temperatures have on wine qualit...

Jan SCHÄFER*, Matthias FRIEDEL and Manfred STOLL Hochschule Geisenheim University, Von-Lade-Str. 1, D-65366 Geisenheim, Germany *Corresponding author: jan.schaefer@hs-gm.de

Context and purpose of the study - Yields in the novel viticulture training system Semi-Minimal-Pruned Hedge (SMPH) are generally higher compared to the traditional Vertical Shoot Positioning (VSP). Excessive yields have a negative impact on the vine and wine quality, which can result in substantial losses in yield in subsequent vintages (alternat...

Giovanni SGUBIN , Didier SWINGEDOUW , Iñaki García de CORTÁZAR-ATAURI , Nathalie OLLAT , Cornelis van LEEUWEN3 1 Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux (EPOC) -Universitè de Bordeaux, Pessac, France. 2 AGROCLIM - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Avignon, France. 3 EGFV, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Univ. Bordeaux, 33883 Villenave d’Ornon, France. *Corresponding author: giovanni.sgubin@u-bordeaux.fr

Context and purpose of the study - A crucial issue associated with the long-term impact of climate change in viticulture concerns the capacity of resilience of the typical varieties currently cultivated in traditional areas. Indeed, regions that are currently characterized by optimal climatic conditions can cease to be so in the future. At the sam...

Benedetto RUPERTI1,2,3, Alessandro BOTTON1,2,3, Francesca POPULIN1, Giulia ECCHER1, Matteo 4 1,3 1 1 3 BRILLI , Silvia QUAGGIOTTI , Sara TREVISAN , Nadia CAINELLI , Paola GUARRACINO , Elisabetta SCHIEVANO3, Franco MEGGIO*1 1 Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment, University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16 35020 – Legnaro (PD), Italy 2 Interdepartmental Research Centre for Viticulture and Enology, University of Padova, Conegliano, Italy; 3 CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; 4 Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Via Giovanni Celoria 26 - 20133 Milano, Italy 5 Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy *Corresponding author: franco.meggio@unipd.it

Context and purpose of the study - Studies on model plants have shown that temporary soil flooding exposes roots to a significant hypoxic stress resulting in metabolic re-programming, accumulation of toxic metabolites and hormonal imbalance. To date, physiological and transcriptional responses to flooding in grapevine are poorly characterized. To ...

Tomas ROMAN*, Sergio MOSER, Laura BARP, Maurizio BOTTURA, Loris TONIDANDEL, Mario MALACARNE, Roberto LARCHER and Giorgio NICOLINI Center for Technology Transfer - Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy *Corresponding author:tomas.roman@fmach.it

Among the different strategies used in vine growing to fight against mold diseases, it can be pointed out the hybridation of traditional grape varieties with others, presenting a genetic resistance to pathogen attack. The research in this field has been encouraged in recent years due to the increased concern about human safety and environmental po...

Ana ROMEO OLIVAN , Marielle PAGÈS , Coralie BRETON , Frédéric VIOLLEAU and Alban JACQUES1 1 PPGV, INP-PURPAN, F-31076 Toulouse, France Plateforme TOAsT, Université de Toulouse, INP-PURPAN, Toulouse, France 3 Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-industrielle, LCA, Université de Toulouse, INRA, 31000 Toulouse, France 2 ǂ These authors contributed equally to this work . *Corresponding author: marielle.pages@purpan.fr

Context and purpose of the study - The vineyard world is faced to a lot of fungal diseases. Grapevine Trunk Diseases (GTD) are some of the major. After exhibiting chronical foliar symptoms, grapevines can die by apoplexy within only few days. A range species of fungi was described to be associated with the apparition of early symptoms of GTD. It i...

Maria Concepción RAMOS1*, Fernando MARTÍNEZ DE TODA2 1 Deparment of Environment and Soil Sciences-Agrotecnio, University of Lleida, Spain 2 Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (Universidad de La Rioja, CSIC, Gobierno de La Rioja), Logroño, Spain *Corresponding author:cramos@macs.udl.es

Context and purpose of the study - Grapevine is one of the crops that may suffer more negative impacts under climate change, due not only to changes in temperature but also due to water available. Some of the most direct effects of climate variability on grapevines are the changes in the onset and timing of phenology events and changes in the leng...