Euroviti
Wednesday 13 January 2010, 9.00am
Free symposium for trade attendees only, registration essential - LIMITED NUMBER OF PLACES
Topic
Selection and creation of new varieties, grape quality, and adaptability of yeast: what genomics can contribute to viticulture
It was in 2007 that the vine genome was fully sequenced thanks to collaborative work involving, in particular, French and Italian researchers. This scientific advance opened the way to numerous works on the understanding of the vine's genetic diversity and on the study of gene function.
Several research areas related to the role of certain genes are currently being investigated, from the actual plant material itself, in terms of selecting or creating varieties suited to our current or future needs (disease resistance, drought tolerance etc.), to grape production, in terms of ripening processes and aromatic quality.
This year the EUROVITI symposium, organised by the Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin as part of SIVAL, will be an opportunity to take stock of the specific genetic findings that are of most significance to our sector. It will look first at advances relating to plant material and, in particular, disease resistance, and then at studies relating to grape quality and, in particular, the role of certain genes in acidity and polyphenols. Finally, findings from genetic oenological studies will be looked at, with particular reference to adaptation and selection of yeasts.
Given the adjustments that the viticulture sector is constantly having to make to take into account environmental protection and climate change, the aim of the 2010 EUROVITI symposium is to present players in the sector with the scientific and technical benchmarks that have already been established through genetic studies, or that are to be looked for in the future. To this end, it will bring the morning to a close with a presentation of future research and its potential findings in years to come.
Programme
9.15am - General presentation
9.40 - 11.00am: PLANT MATERIAL
General introduction
Pascal Bloy (IFV, Plant Material Division)
Contribution of genomics to varietal selection__
Genomics and diversity
Loïc Le Cunff (IFV Plant Material Division, UMT Vine Genomics)
Rootstock: Can genomics throw light on the hidden part of the vine?
Nathalie Ollat (INRA Bordeaux, UMR Vine Ecophysiology and Functional Genomics)
Questions
How genomics can help reduce use of plant protection products
Sustainable resistance to pests in vines
Didier Merdinoglu (INRA Colmar, UMR Vine Health and Wine Quality)
Crossbreeding of vines for sustainable resistance to mildew and powdery mildew: results from the Val de Loire
Gérard Barbeau (INRA Angers, UMT Vinitera)
Questions
11.20am - 1.00pm: GRAPE QUALITY AND WINE PRODUCTION
General introduction
Jean-Luc Berger (IFV, Scientific and Technical Director, Wine and the Market)
How genomics can help improve grape quality
Contributions from genomics to the understanding of polyphenol biosynthesis
Nancy Terrier (INRA Montpellier, UMR Sciences for Oenology)
Genomics and grape acidity
Charles Romieu (INRA Montpellier, UMT Vine Genomics)
Questions
How genomics can help obtain new yeasts
How an understanding of genetics can help improve yeasts
Sylvie Dequin (INRA Montpellier, UMR Sciences for Oenology)
The contribution of hybridisation to strategies for selecting yeasts
Alain Poulard (IFV, Val de Loire-Centre)
Questions
Summary and outlook
The value of vine sequencing: questions the viticulture sector has asked of the research
Christophe Riou (Inter Rhône, CNIV)
Questions and closing of the symposium
