PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Sabrina Giannetto AU - Randall Caruana AU - Pierfederico La Notte AU - Angelo Costacurta AU - Manna Crespan TI - A Survey of Maltese Grapevine Germplasm Using SSR Markers AID - 10.5344/ajev.2010.61.3.419 DP - 2010 Sep 01 TA - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture PG - 419--424 VI - 61 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/61/3/419.short 4100 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/61/3/419.full SO - Am J Enol Vitic.2010 Sep 01; 61 AB - The paper reports the results of a project of recovery and molecular characterization aimed at identifying the local vine varieties cultivated on the archipelago of Malta. A total of 58 accessions from the two major islands, Malta and Gozo, were sampled within the framework of a clonal and sanitary selection program. DNA analyses were conducted using 13 SSR markers and the profiles obtained compared with the CRA-VIT archive. A total of 28 different genotypes were identified, eight of which correspond to imported varieties: Ansonica, Axina de tres bias, Calabrese, Gold, Koenigin der weingaerten, Muscat fleur d’oranger, Muscat Hamburg, and Negroamaro. Reference SSR profiles have been produced for the most important local varieties, Girgentina (Insolja tal-Girgenti), Gellewza, and Gennarua (Insolja ta’ Gennaru).