PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Manna Crespan
AU  - Paolo Storchi
AU  - Daniele Migliaro
TI  - Grapevine Cultivar Mantonico bianco is the Second Parent of the Sicilian Catarratto
AID  - 10.5344/ajev.2016.16068
DP  - 2017 Apr 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 258--262
VI  - 68
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/68/2/258.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/68/2/258.full
SO  - Am J Enol Vitic.2017 Apr 01; 68
AB  - Molecular data provided evidence of the very ancient presence of Mantonico bianco in southern Italy and its genetic relationship to several southern Italian grapevine varieties. Using 47 SSR markers, we showed that Mantonico bianco is the complementary genitor, with Garganega (syn. Grecanico dorato), of Catarratto, currently the main autochthonous white wine grapevine of Sicily and one of the most widely cultivated varieties in Italy. We discovered a first-degree relationship between Mantonico bianco and Guardavalle, a widespread, primary autochthonous white wine grape of the Calabria region. SSR data also shed light on the identity of the Mantonico/Montonico cultivars and revealed the wide spread of one, Montonico bianco, in central and southern Italy.