Jie Huang , Meifang Li

Animal Science Research Center, Hainan Institute of Tropical Agricultural Resources, Sanya, 572024, Hainan, China
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Molecular Pathogens, 2024, Vol. 15, No. 1   doi: 10.5376/mp.2024.15.0005
Received: 29 Dec., 2023    Accepted: 31 Jan., 2024    Published: 20 Feb., 2024

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Huang J., and Li M.F., 2024, Genomic approaches to enhance disease resistance in grapevine breeding programs, Molecular Pathogens, 15(1): 40-49 (doi: 10.5376/mp.2024.15.0005)

Enhancing disease resistance in grapevine breeding programs is a key strategy for improving grape productivity and quality. This study provides an overview of grapevine diseases and their economic and agricultural impact, discusses traditional methods of disease control and their limitations, and introduces genomic tools and technologies such as high-throughput sequencing, genotyping and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis, and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) used in grapevine breeding. It also explores the development and successful cases of marker-assisted selection (MAS) in grapevine breeding, elucidates the principles and advantages of genomic selection (GS), and its application in grapevine breeding. By examining the existing genomic technologies and strategies, this study emphasizes the importance of genomics in enhancing grapevine disease resistance and provides recommendations for future research. These genomic approaches not only offer new perspectives for grapevine breeding but also provide valuable references for disease-resistant breeding in other crops.

Disease resistance; Grapevine breeding; Genomic tools; Marker-assisted selection (MAS); Genomic selection (GS)