Morphometric Analysis of Grape Seeds: Looking for the Origin of Spanish Cultivars
Francisco Emanuel Espinosa-Roldán,
José Luis Rodríguez-Lorenzo,
José Javier Martín-Gómez,
Ángel Tocino,
Víctor Ruiz Martínez,
Adrián Remón Elola,
Félix Cabello Sáenz de Santamaría,
Fernando Martínez de Toda,
Emilio Cervantes,
Gregorio Muñoz-Organero
Affiliations
Francisco Emanuel Espinosa-Roldán
Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA), Finca El Encín, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
José Luis Rodríguez-Lorenzo
Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics v.v.i, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
José Javier Martín-Gómez
Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca (IRNASA)—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Cordel de Merinas, 40, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Ángel Tocino
Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced 1-4, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Víctor Ruiz Martínez
Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA), Finca El Encín, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Adrián Remón Elola
Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA), Finca El Encín, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Félix Cabello Sáenz de Santamaría
Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA), Finca El Encín, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Fernando Martínez de Toda
Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (ICVV), Universidad de La Rioja, CSIC, Gobierno de La Rioja, c/Madre de Dios, 51, 26006 Logroño, Spain
Emilio Cervantes
Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Salamanca (IRNASA)—Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Cordel de Merinas, 40, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Gregorio Muñoz-Organero
Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA), Finca El Encín, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
The Vitis IMIDRA collection contains 3699 entries, representing a significant percentage of the variation in traditional and commercial Vitis cultivars used in Spain. The classification and identification of new entries are currently conducted based on ampelography and molecular methods. Here, we propose a new method of classification of the cultivars based on seed morphology and its application to a total of 224 varieties from the collection. Based on seed shape, fourteen groups have been defined according to the similarity of the seeds, with geometric figures used as models. The new models are Cariñena Blanca, Chardonnay, Parraleta, and Parduca, defining new groups to be added to the ten groups previously described. The study results in 14 groups comprising the Spanish cultivar’s seed shape and morphological variation. Seed morphology can help to identify varieties cultivated in the past through archaeological finds.
