PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Franco Mannini
AU  - Alessandra Mollo
AU  - Rino Credi
TI  - Field Performance and Wine Quality Modification in a Clone of <em>Vitis vinifera</em> cv. Dolcetto after GLRaV-3 Elimination
AID  - 10.5344/ajev.2011.11020
DP  - 2012 Mar 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 144--147
VI  - 63
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/63/1/144.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/63/1/144.full
SO  - Am. J. Enol. Vitic.2012 Mar 01; 63
AB  - Grapevine leafroll is one of the most widespread virus diseases of grapevine and Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) is one of its major causal agents. The effect of GLRaV-3 elimination was studied under vineyard conditions for two years by comparing the virus-free and infected lines of the same clone of Vitis vinifera cv. Dolcetto, an important red wine cultivar grown in northwestern Italy. The results confirmed the advantages of using virus-free vines in terms of field performance (vigor, yield, leaf photosynthesis, and juice soluble solids), whereas the advantages in wine quality were less evident. Sensory analysis clarified that the wine from virus-free vines was slightly different from that of vines infected by GLRaV-3, but did not indicate a significant preference for one or the other.