Communications Biology (May 2021)

A single resistance factor to solve vineyard degeneration due to grapevine fanleaf virus

  • Samia Djennane,
  • Emilce Prado,
  • Vincent Dumas,
  • Gérard Demangeat,
  • Sophie Gersch,
  • Anne Alais,
  • Claude Gertz,
  • Monique Beuve,
  • Olivier Lemaire,
  • Didier Merdinoglu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02164-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Djennane, Merdinoglu and colleagues identify a single genetic factor, rgflv1, in Riesling grapes that confers a resistance to grapevine fanleaf virus. This resistance factor may inform genetic solutions for control of this virus in many grape varieties.