GRAPEVINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Two-thirds of the production value of Rhineland-Palatinate agriculture is achieved through specialty crops, above all through viticulture, which covers more than 60% of the German wine-growing regions.

The working group "grapevine biotechnology" aims to support the competitiveness and future viability of the wine industry in Rhineland-Palatinate through research projects and specific services in the field of viticulture. The application of molecular biological and biotechnological methods and in vitro-culture form the basis for the development of new problem-solving approaches for the control of grapevine diseases.

WORK AREAS

Establishment of embryogenic cell cultures of vines and their transformation for functional gene analysis
Marker gene elimination using the Cre/loxP recombination system
Virus elimination from vines and other crops
Identification and differentiation of grapevine rootstock varieties
Detection of latent infections by the grapevine crown gall pathogen Agrobacterium vitis
VITIFUTUR-Transnational Platform for Applied Research and Education in Viticulture

Embryogenic grapevine cells in liquid culture

Grapevine embryos expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP)

Conversion of transformed regenerates

Regenerates from a transformation experiment

Research Areas

Deutsche Version

RLP AgroScience

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