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Winegrape Phenology

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Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science ((TAVS,volume 39))

Abstract

Grapevines are a woody, herbaceous tree-climbing plant/shrub of the Vitaceae family with a largely uncertain origin. Fossilized remains have been found in Paleocene and Eocene deposits indicating that vines have been around for at least 37 million years (Galet 1979). While approximately 24,000 varieties of vines have been named, it is thought that one fifth or less are probably genuinely distinct varieties and less than 150 are cultivated to any degree (Coombe and Dry 1988). All grapevines belong to the genus Vitis, including the Euvitis (true grapes with both European and North American species) and Muscadinia (whose fruit is more properly called muscadine) subgenera, with most found mainly in the temperate zones in the Northern Hemisphere. Of the main species, Vitis vinifera, which is a Eurasian native, is responsible for most of the table grapes, raisin grapes, grape juice, wine, and vinegar produced today.

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Jones, G.V. (2003). Winegrape Phenology. In: Schwartz, M.D. (eds) Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0632-3_32

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