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Recent achievements and current status of Vitis vinifera germplasm in South East Europe

The viticulture of South East Europe is to the some extent “personalized” due to large number of autochthonous (unique) varieties, but from end of 19th century first mildews and Phylloxera plagued and reduced diversity in vineyards, and this process was continued through globalization of wine industry (Cipriani et al., 2010). Ampelographic and molecular characterization of national germplasm collections and local varieties has been done in many European countries, but in countries of South East Europe, grapevine material is still not properly genetically evaluated and compared due to fragmented projects and approaches. Even if the SSR genotyping was done, results were not standardized, stored and compared with international databases, so origin of some material is still unknown/ misunderstood. Well managed genetic grapevine resources provide basic material for selection and improvement trough breeding, but also can provide a starting point for revitalization of rare varieties. Recently, several independent projects of regional collaboration for grapevine germplasm analysis made a thorough inventory of native South East Europe germplasm (Žulj Mihaljević et al., 2013). Aim of this study was to give an overview of the current status of Vitis vinifera germplasm in neighboring countries of South East Europe through survey of recent literature and projects of regional collaboration. Recent achievements in SSR genotyping of some supposedly autochthonous and unknown accessions will be presented through their comparison with internal microsatellite database, the European Vitis Database and publications in order to determine synonyms and/or homonyms. Twenty-one synonyms and possible synonyms are presented. Their trueness to type and their distribution across countries is discussed, as well as recommendations for further ampelographic expertise.

germplasm; South East Europe; microsatellites; synonyms

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