DROUGHT
Scheda del progetto
Università degli Studi di Torino
Professor Cinzia Comino
Professor Sergio Lanteri
Water stress for the vine (Vitis vinifera) is a critical condition for the production of grapes with a high content of secondary metabolites. Conversely, when the stress period is prolonged, it negatively affects the quality, yield, and consequently the economic sustainability of the farms. The project aims to address the emergency of drought in vine cultivation through the application of multidisciplinary technologies in the context of climate change, fully aligning with the themes of Spoke 6.
Contacts:
Contact person
Alberto Acquadro
Email
alberto.acquadro@unito.it
Tel
+39 0116708813
The main objective is to better understand drought tolerance through the analysis of phenotypic and transcriptomic data to select combinations of vine clones/rootstocks that are best suited to the water conditions of a specific territory.
The innovation of this solution lies in the combination of advanced technologies such as automatic phenotyping, portable NIR/VIS spectroscopy, and massive parallel transcriptomic sequencing, which will allow for the assessment of the response to drought in vineyards. This will form the basis for the development of a decision support system that will provide real-time information on vine health and an optimal water management strategy.
The project will be carried out by a group of researchers with expertise in genetics, plant phenotyping, and statistical data analysis, in collaboration with interdisciplinary skills in plant physiology and Big Data analysis, present within DISAFA. High-tech detection and laboratory tools will be utilized, alongside cutting-edge portable equipment, combined with a well-established data analysis methodology. Ultimately, the aim is to create a commercial spinoff for the developed technological solutions.