Abstract
Vitality and survival rate of grape seedlings are crucial factors affecting quality of vineyards. There is no comprehensive study describing accurate evaluation of dormant grapevine seedlings’ vitality and survival rate. The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility of using molecular information to evaluate viability and survival rate of dormant seedlings before transplanting. After bare roots treatment, 1–5 day expression levels of six HKGs in four buds of tetraploid Kyoho grape (Vitis labruscana: V. labrusca × V. vinifera) seedlings were detected by (Sq.) RT-PCR and qRT-PCR for calibration of the molecular method. The results revealed that HKGs expression indicates vitality and survival of plant, higher expression was strongly linked to higher vitality and survival rate, lower expression was associated with lower vitality, and lowest expression was significantly associated with lowest vitality and survival rate. Moreover, DNA and RNA quality can superficially determine seedling qualities. Finally, the survival rate of the seedlings produced in Juxian-Shandong, Laixi-Shandong, Huailai-Hebei, Suizhong-Liaoning, Changli-Hebei, Guanxian-Shandong, and Zhangjiagang-Jiangsu was 100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%, 87.77%, and 93.33%, respectively. In conclusion, molecular technique is potential approach for promoting gene information to estimate vitality and survival rate of dormant grape seedlings and might contribute to viticulturists’ efforts.
Highlights
Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) is globally recognized as high-value crop, and table grapes are considered a major horticultural crop of China due to its Chinese origin [1]
The results showed that the level of Housekeeping genes (HKGs) showed higher survival of seedlings
Survival rate and vitality of deciduous fruits seedlings were evaluated by long time growing trial; we applied molecular techniques to estimate dormant grape seedling vitality and survival rate rapidly and accurately
Summary
Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) is globally recognized as high-value crop, and table grapes are considered a major horticultural crop of China due to its Chinese origin [1]. Kyoho (Vitis labruscana) grape is a tetraploid and hybrid cultivar V. labrusca x V. vinifera [5], which is mainly famous for its large-sized berry, excellent delicious taste, and economically one of the famous grape cultivars in China [6]. This valuable crop suffers severe economic losses by environmental factors, lower temperature during dormancy [7,8]. The aforementioned highlighted remarks may convince researchers to turn their research direction toward grapes modification perspectives [9].
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