He conducted his Ph.D. research in Wayne Wilcox's program, with a focus on the effects of sunlight and its components on the development of grapevine powdery mildew.
It is planned to be used as a network of wireless sensors on the canopy of vines, to assist in the development of grapevine powdery mildew prediction models.
Their presence seems ubiquitous during the development of grapevine berries [ 42- 44].
The gene VvNAC26, which encodes a NAC domain-containing transcription factor, has been related to the early development of grapevine flowers and berries.
Interestingly, the number and abundance of members of different Vvi-miRNA families between control and GA3 libraries were significant divergence (Table 2; Figure 3), which in turn could reflect the discrepancy in their potential functions during the development of grapevine berries responsive to gibberellin.
Similar situations were found in other Vvi-miRNA families like Vvi-miR156, Vvi-miR164, Vvi-miR167, Vvi-miR403 and Vvi-miR535 (Table 2), suggesting the Vvi-miRNAs responsive to exogenous GA3 application possess multiple aspects and functions during the development of grapevine berries.
The tractor crosses dry broom, barley and clover grasses, brought in to aid development of the grapevine's roots, forcing them to search deep in the ground for water early in the season.
High-throughput profiling of transcripts by using the first generation Affymetrix Vitis GeneChip has provided a comprehensive picture of gene regulation that depicts the complex biochemical pathways during berry development of V. vinifera grapevines [ 7, 8].
RNA-seq analysis showed that transcripts of 64 of the predicted 87 GSTs in grapevine were detected during berry development of the grape variety 'Corvina' [ 57].
However, the identification of genetic determinants is critical for the development of temperature-tolerant grapevine cultivars.
