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A 69 kbp Deletion at the Berry Color Locus Is Responsible for Berry Color Recovery in Vitis vinifera L. Cultivar ‘Riesling Rot’

Authors :
Franco Röckel
Carina Moock
Florian Schwander
Erika Maul
Reinhard Töpfer
Ludger Hausmann
Source :
International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Volume 23; Issue 7; Pages: 3708
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2022.

Abstract

‘Riesling Weiss’ is a white grapevine variety famous worldwide for fruity wines with higher acidity. Hardly known is ‘Riesling Rot’, a red-berried variant of ‘Riesling Weiss’ that disappeared from commercial cultivation but has increased in awareness in the last decades. The question arises of which variant, white or red, is the original and, consequently, which cultivar is the true ancestor. Sequencing the berry color locus of ‘Riesling Rot’ revealed a new VvmybA gene variant in one of the two haplophases called VvmybA3/1RR. The allele displays homologous recombination of VvmybA3 and VvmybA1 with a deletion of about 69 kbp between both genes that restores VvmybA1 transcripts. Furthermore, analysis of ‘Riesling Weiss’, ‘Riesling Rot’, and the ancestor ‘Heunisch Weiss’ along chromosome 2 using SSR (simple sequence repeat) markers elucidated that the haplophase of ‘Riesling Weiss’ was inherited from the white-berried parent variety ‘Heunisch Weiss’. Since no color mutants of ‘Heunisch Weiss’ are described that could have served as allele donors, we concluded that, in contrast to the public opinion, ‘Riesling Rot’ resulted from a mutational event in ‘Riesling Weiss’ and not vice versa.

Details

ISSN :
14220067
Volume :
23
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....fb71fb0414152613f13f9fc73943ed80
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23073708