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Grape genetics research reveals what makes the perfect flower – Phys.org
Wines and table grapes exist thanks to a genetic exchange so rare that it’s only happened twice in nature in the last 6 million years. And since the domestication…
Wines and table grapes exist thanks to a genetic exchange so rare that it’s only happened twice in nature in the last 6 million years. And since the domestication of the grapevine 8,000 years ago, breeding has continued to be a gamble.
When today’s growers cultivate new varietiestrying to produce better-tasting and more disease-resistant grapesit takes two to four years for breeders to learn whether they have the genetic ingredients for the perfect flower.
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