A Review of Ampelometry: Morphometric Characterization of the Grape (<i>Vitis</i> spp.) Leaf
2023
Péter Bodor-Pesti | Dóra Taranyi | Tamás Deák | Diána Ágnes Nyitrainé Sárdy | Zsuzsanna Varga
Grape (<i>Vitis</i> spp.) is one of the most important horticultural crops, cultivated worldwide on more than 7.3 million hectares for various purposes such as winemaking, fresh fruit consumption, rootstock, and ornamental plants. Based on the inter- and intraspecific morphological variability, several descriptor lists, manuals and ampelographic studies are available for identification. Among the organs, leaves have the most traits, while the young shoot, bunch and berry are also important in the characterization of the genotypes. <i>Vitis</i> species and cultivars are described by leaf morphological characterization developed in many ways for the identification of genotypes, to clarify synonymies and distinct clones or evaluate the diversity of wild <i>Vitis</i> taxa. Morphometric—also known as <i>ampelometric</i>—evaluation has an extensive background in the literature. However, for some reasons, only a part of the literature is cited, despite its significant scientific value. In this paper, we summarize the efforts of metric characterization of the grapevine leaf with the introduction of the scientific objectives and reviewing the studies showing the innovations in phenotyping during the past 120 years.
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