Identification of Heat Tolerance in Chinese Wildgrape Germplasm Resources

Yongxiang Liu, Jianfu Jiang, Xiucai Fan, Ying Zhang, Jiuyun Wu, Lijun Wang, Chonghuai Liu
2020 Horticulturae  
Global climate warming will significantly impact grapevine growth and development, and thus grape and wine industries worldwide. Heat-tolerant germplasms are very valuable for grapevine breeding programs. In this study, we assessed the thermotolerance of 247 wild grape accessions by chlorophyll fluorescence parameter (Fv/Fm) under critical high temperature according to Xu et al. in 2016, 2017, and 2018. The results showed that 36 grape accessions showed strong heat tolerance. Therefore, these
more » ... cessions can be used as parents for breeding heat-tolerant grape cultivars.
doi:10.3390/horticulturae6040068 fatcat:skcvyyq2dzgktn5yfxg63dxmum