Grapevine Nutrition and Root Symbiotic Relations

Dear Colleagues,

Grapevines are one of the most important fruit crops in the world. Vine development, yield, and grape quality depend on many variables related to the physical and chemical characteristics and biology of the soil. Optimizing the vine mineral nutrition has always been an important challenge for grape and wine growers. On the other hand, climate change, particularly in regard to temperature, is considered as a major challenge for crop production. Over the last few decades, continuous and prolonged droughts, extreme temperature, and delayed rainfall are major causes affecting water availability, especially in non-irrigated vines. The rhizosphere region is a highly favorable habitat for the proliferation and metabolisms of numerous types of microorganisms. Among them, mycorrhizal fungi can influence mineral uptake, water supply, and grape quality. Root mycorrhizal colonization have a beneficial effect not only on vine growth, but also on grape and wine quality. This Special Issue will focus on grapevine nutrition and root symbiotic relations, covering all related topics including vine response to nutrient deficiency and toxicity, soil salinity, the effect of mycorrhizal colonization on diverse enzyme activity as well as their effects on grape and wine quality. We invite contributions to this Special Issue from scientists who do research in the field of vine nutrition and fertilization, relation of mineral uptake and vine growth and development, root symbiotic relations, natural and technical mycorrhizal root inoculation or molecular identification.

Prof. Dr. Nikolaos A. Nikolaou
Guest Editor

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