Diversity Analysis of Culturable Epiphytic Microbial Consortia of Table Grape Berry Surface

The health and yield of grapes are affected by the microorganisms associated with grapevine. diversity present on wine grape varieties is well defined whereas, information table remains scarce. In study, culture-dependent method was used to isolate microbes surface commercial white seedless cultivar, Thompson Seedless at different stages berry development. microbial load increased as progressed toward ripening stage resulting in identification core bacteria (29), filamentous fungi (19) yeast (3). A analysis study also revealed that Cladosporium cladosporioides, found vineyard from early development stages, an emerging pre-harvest pathogen. would help understanding exploiting microbiota agronomic biotechnological applications.