of PhD Thesis Scientific supervisor: Professor NAGY ÖRS, PhD PhD candidate, RUSSU OCTAV MARIUS

Résumé — Détection par Elisa du virus de la marbrure de la vigne (GFkV = grapevine fleck virus). L’association du Grapevine fleck virus (GFkV) avec les symptômes de la marbrure de la vigne a été établie par Elisa. La détection par Elisa du GFkV dans les plants de vigne n’est pas possible pendant la totalité du cycle végétatif : dans nos conditions, en Alsace, les mois de juin et juillet c...

Bud dormancy in grapevine is an adaptive strategy for the survival of drought, high and low temperatures and freeze dehydration stress that limit the range of cultivar adaptation. Therefore, development of a comprehensive understanding of the biological mechanisms involved in bud dormancy is needed to promote advances in selection and breeding, and to develop improved cultural practices for exi...

European grapevine populations quickly disappeared from most of their range, massively killed by the spread of North American grapevine pests and diseases. Nowadays taxonomic pollution represents a new threat. A large Vitis complex involves escaped cultivars, rootstocks, and wild grapevines. The study aimed to provide insight into the Vitis complex in the Danube region through field and genetic...

In the last 5 years our laboratory has refined the RT-PCR test for ASBVd detection in avocado and succeeded in having this test approved for registration of foundation stock trees by CDFA (Mathews et al., 1997). Several other researchers as well as many growers have had their plants tested by our laboratory which has helped to prevent the distribution of infected sources of plant material as we...

We evaluate copper tolerance and accumulation in Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris in populations from a copper contaminated site and an uncontaminated site, and in the grapevine rootstock "41B", investigating the effects of copper (0-23 mM) on growth, photosynthetic performance and mineral nutrient content. The highest Cu treatment induced nutrient imbalances and inhibited photosynthetic function...

Here, we report the surprising and, to our knowledge, unique example of horizontal interkingdom transfer of a human opportunistic pathogen (Propionibacterium acnes) to a crop plant (the domesticated grapevine Vitis vinifera L.). Humans, like most organisms, have established a long-lasting cohabitation with a variety of microbes, including pathogens and gut-associated bacteria. Studies which hav...

Eutypa lata is the causal fungal agent of Eutypa dieback, a serious grapevine necrotic disease. The erratic and delayed (1 to 2 months) appearance of characteristic conidia on culture media and the presence of numerous microorganisms in decaying wood make it difficult either to identify or to detect E. lata in grapevine wood samples. We designed six pairs of PCR primers for diagnosis of E. lata...