Grapes harbor complex microbial communities. It is well known that yeasts, typically
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and bacteria, commonly the lactic acid fermenting Oenococcus oeni, …

In an attempt to modulate the metabolism of polyamines in plants, Agrobacterium tumefaciens
strains were produced which contained either a full-length or a 3′-truncated mouse …

The levels of rot in approximately 2,000 samples of winegrapes harvested from the Central
Valley, California, in 2005 and 2006 were determined by hand sorting of berries and by …

Eutypa dieback is a perennial canker disease that adversely affects grape (Vitis vinifera)
production throughout the world. The causal agent has been known as either Eutypa …

Variants of the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis technique were used in conjunction with two-dimensional
DNA gel electrophoresis (2-DDGE) to determine the ratio of physical to genetic …

Chez l'orge (Hordeum vulgare L.), le locus Mla conditionne la réaction au champignon
Erysiphe graminis f.sp. hordei, agent du blanc. L'enrichissement en recombinants génétiques …

Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), arginine decarboxylase (ADC), and S-adenosyl-methionine
decarboxylase (SAMDC) are the three key regulatory enzymes for polyamine (putrescine, …

… ETS laboratories (ETS) scientist Rich DeScenzo gave a compelling presentation describing
the … DeScenzo, paraphrased and presented with a bit of artistic license, with permission from …

… Richard DeScenzo: Senior Research Scientist, mentor and friend from the Gallo Winery
Genetics Group for … DeScenzo and I thank him greatly for his time, effort, support and friendship. …

… years potentially due to several factors (Dr Richard DeScenzo, pers. comm., 2017). For
instance, high pH reduces the relative amount of molecular SO 2 by favouring the bisulfite form. …