ICVV researchers discover "missing links" in the vine in Montenegro

An international team of researchers from the Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences (ICVV) located in Logroño have discovered in Montenegro "missing links" in the process of domestication of viticulture, through intermediate vine proto-varieties between wild and The process of domestication of the grape, started 8,000 years ago, still continues in regions such as Montenegro, in the former Yugoslavia, has specified the ICVV, which is a center integrated by the Higher Center for Scientific Research (CSIC), the The Riojan government and the University of La Rioja. These findings have just been published in the journal "Scientific Reports" (edited by Nature) in an article that describes how the genetic analysis of grapevines in this Balkan country reveals the survival of varieties very similar to the primitive and still capable of generating diversity in Vitis vinífera (vine) .In the study, ICVV researchers Javier Ibáñez -as coordinator- Jav ier Tello, Enrique García-Escudero, Miodrag ...