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Towards grapevine root architectural models to adapt viticulture to drought.

Lukas Fichtl¹, Marco Hofmann¹, Katrin Kahlen²

¹Department of General and Organic Viticulture, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Geisenheim, Germany.

Frontiers in Plant Science

|March 31, 2023

Summary

Selecting drought-adapted grapevine rootstocks is key for sustainable viticulture. Understanding root system development and its interaction with environment and management is crucial for optimizing rootstock performance in a changing climate.

Keywords:

plant architecture root phenotypes stress sustainability vineyard water

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Area of Science:

Viticulture and Plant Science
Climate Change Adaptation
Agricultural Modeling

Background:

Grapevine rootstocks play a vital role in scion vigor, water consumption, and phenological development.
Current knowledge gaps exist regarding the spatio-temporal root system development of rootstock genotypes and their environmental interactions.
Limited understanding hinders the effective utilization of diverse rootstock variability by winegrowers for climate adaptation.

Purpose of the Study:

To address the lack of knowledge on rootstock spatio-temporal development and its interactions with environment and management.
To explore the potential of vineyard water balance and root architectural models for matching rootstocks to drought scenarios.
To propose methods for improving our understanding of rootstock x environment x management interactions and predicting future performance.

Main Methods:

Discussing current developments in vineyard water balance modeling.
Highlighting the importance of root architecture traits as key drivers.
Proposing phenotyping methods and data integration approaches for modeling.

Main Results:

Root architecture traits are identified as critical drivers in the interplay between rootstock, environment, and management.
Current field knowledge on rootstock architectures is limited both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Integrating phenotyping data into models can advance understanding and prediction capabilities.

Conclusions:

Developing models that incorporate root system dynamics is essential for sustainable viticulture under drought stress.
Phenotyping methods are proposed to bridge knowledge gaps in rootstock architecture.
This research provides a basis for optimizing breeding efforts for new grapevine rootstock cultivars suited to future climates.