protection and the prevention of illegal departures national grape germplasm, as one of the most important assets of the country, requires identification of the commercial and native cultivars and registered them in the international centers. the present project was conducted in order to registration the most important grape cultivars of iran based on morphological and physiological traits in t...

The plant growth regulator ethylene influences rachis browning in grape (Vitis vinifera L.). Although the signaling pathway is well defined, there limited knowledge on its mode of action during browning. Here, we show that an response factor (VvERF111) positively regulates chlorophyll degradation by binding to a DRE motif promoter VvCLH1. expression VvERF111 and VvCLH1 was induced inhibited 1-m...

BACKGROUND Efficient transformation and regeneration methods are a priority for successful application of genetic engineering to vegetative propagated plants such as grape. The current methods for the production of transgenic grape plants are based on Agrobacterium-mediated transformation followed by regeneration from embryogenic callus. However, grape embryogenic calli are laborious to establi...

Grape phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch) (Hemiptera, Phylloxeridae), is a very destructive insect pest of grapevines. Intercropping of Achyranthes bidentata Blume (f. Amaranthaceae) and Vitis spp. grapevines can be useful to control this pest. In the present study, the toxicity of 22 compounds, known to be present in A. bidentata, to grape phylloxera was evaluated. All treatments wer...

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been identified as an important gaseous signal in plants. Here, we investigated the mechanism of H2S in alleviating postharvest senescence and rotting of Kyoho grape. Exogenous application of H2S released from 1.0 mM NaHS remarkably decreased the rotting and threshing rate of grape berries. H2S application also prevented the weight loss in grape clusters and inhibited...

considering the rich diversity of grape germplasm of iran, the severe cold winter occurred in 2007, provided a chance to evaluate responses of selected superior clones of iranian seedless grape ciltivars to cold in natural and artificial (in freezer) conditions. four one-year old branches per plant in each clone were selected and number of healthy and damaged sprouts were counted. based on cold...

use of such natural compounds as essential oils and plant extracts is considered as a safe method in control of postharvest diseases as well as delay in plant tissue senescence. in this study, the effects of clove essential oil and extract was investigated on decay control and on some quantitative characteristics of table grapes during storage. grape bunches, after having been treated with diff...

We investigated the role that the ratio and concentration of ubiquitous plant volatiles play in providing host specificity for the diet specialist grape berry moth Paralobesia viteana (Clemens) in the process of locating its primary host plant Vitis sp. In the first flight tunnel experiment, using a previously identified attractive blend with seven common but essential components ("optimized bl...

Background: One of the most critical problems in the field of water and food pollution is the heavy metal pollution. Agricultural products are exposed to this type of contamination through wastewater; industrial activity and population pollutions are also in its area. Since the plant in the affected areas can directly enter heavy metals into the food chain, so, it is important to check their le...

We developed a PCI interface for GRAPE systems. GRAPE(GRAvity piPE) is a special-purpose computer for gravitational N -body simulations. A GRAPE system consists of GRAPE processor boards and a host computer. GRAPE processors perform the calculation of gravitational forces between particles. The host computer performs the rest of calculations. The newest of GRAPE machines, the GRAPE-4, achieved ...