Evaluation of some autochthonous grapevine varieties presented in the genofond of ISPHTA

Abstract

Evaluation of old autochthonous grapevine varieties, including neglected or at risk of extinction, is actual in the perspective of use of their still unexplored potential in the development of viticulture. Phenotyping of autochthonous varieties presented in the Grapevine Genepool of Research and Practical Institute for Horticulture and Food Technology (ISPHTA), in the general context of European genetic resources, was performed in the frame of project COST FA1003. Evaluation according unique protocol included description of phenological stages according BBCH scale, as well as determination of some oenocarpological parameters of some varieties grown in industrial plantations (′Coarnă neagră′, ′Feteasca albă′, ′Rară neagră′) and of varieties presented only in Ampelographic Collection (′Copciac′, ′Turba plotnaia belaia′, ′Turba râhlaia belaia′, ′Maischii ciornâi′ etc.).