Berry texture and berry skin mechanical properties are traits with high agronomic relevance because they related to quality parameters marketing requirements of wine, table, raisin grapes. Searching for QTLs linked texture, an F1 population 152 individuals their parents were used in this study. These plants obtained crossing Raboso Veronese, a seeded black wine grape cultivar, Sultanina, seedle...

During the 1997 Federation Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron (FISA) World Junior Rowing Championships, the anthropometric characteristics of 245 female junior rowers aged 17.5 +/- 0.8 years (mean +/- s) were assessed. Twenty-seven body dimensions (body mass, 6 heights or lengths, 4 breadths, 10 girths and 6 skinfolds) were measured in total. The elite female junior rowers were taller (174.5 ...

Trans-resveratrol (3,5,4'-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) is naturally present in the skin of grapes and therefore is expected to occur in grape products. Recently, there has been a renewal of interest in wine as medical treatment for various disorders. In this study, berry skins of five red grape varieties were analysed at weekly intervals for trans-resveratrol production, during 2012 and 2013 harv...

Grapes (Vitis vinifera) are of great economic importance worldwide. We genetically dissected a table grape breeding population, using hidden Markov models (HMM) applied to quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses. We evaluated and dissected the following traits: total number of clusters, leaf score, peduncle length, cluster length, number of berries, weight of 10 berries, average seed number, na...

BACKGROUND The depth of graft harvest and the residual dermis available for reepithelization primarily influence the healing of split-skin graft donor sites. When the thigh region is chosen, the authors hypothesize based on thickness measurements that the anterolateral region is the optimal donor site. METHODS Full-thickness skin specimens were sampled from the anteromedial, anterior, and ant...

Berry size of winegrapes has often been considered to influence wine composition and quality. The measurement of the size and weight of grapevine berries may provide important information to assess differences in ripening stage, pulp/skin ratio and phenolic content. This task is usually done by hand, so that it becomes slow, tedious and inaccurate. This paper focuses on three main objectives ai...