Distinctive Anthocyanin Accumulation Responses to Temperature and Natural UV Radiation of Two Field-Grown Vitis vinifera L. Cultivars

The responses of two red grape varieties, Bovale Grande (syn. Carignan) and Cannonau (syn. Grenache), to temperature and natural UV radiation were studied in a three-years field experiment conducted in Sardinia (Italy), under Mediterranean climate conditions. Vines were covered with plastic films wi...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2015-02, Vol.20 (2), p.2061-2080
Main Authors: Fernandes de Oliveira, Ana, Mercenaro, Luca, Del Caro, Alessandra, Pretti, Luca, Nieddu, Giovanni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
anthocyanin accumulation and partitioning
Climate change
High temperature
Light
Mediterranean climate
Regression analysis
Temperature effects
temperatures
thermal time modeling
Ultraviolet radiation
UV radiation
Vitaceae
Vitis vinifera
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Summary:The responses of two red grape varieties, Bovale Grande (syn. Carignan) and Cannonau (syn. Grenache), to temperature and natural UV radiation were studied in a three-years field experiment conducted in Sardinia (Italy), under Mediterranean climate conditions. Vines were covered with plastic films with different transmittances to UV radiation and compared to uncovered controls. Light intensity and spectral composition at the fruit zone were monitored and berry skin temperature was recorded from veraison. Total skin anthocyanin content (TSA) and composition indicated positive but inconsistent effects of natural UV light. Elevated temperatures induced alterations to a greater extent, decreasing TSA and increasing the degree of derivatives acylation. In Cannonau total soluble solids increases were not followed by increasing TSA as in Bovale Grande, due to both lower phenolic potential and higher sensitivity to permanence of high temperatures. Multi linear regression analysis tested the effects of different ranges of temperature as source of variation on anthocyanin accumulation patterns. To estimate the thermal time for anthocyanin accumulation, the use of normal heat hours model had benefit from the addition of predictor variables that take into account the permanence of high (>35 °C) and low (
ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules20022061