Deacclimation kinetics as a quantitative phenotype for delineating the dormancy transition and thermal efficiency for budbreak in Vitis species

Abstract

parameters are genotype-specific and will greatly increase the refinement of models predicting effects of climate change on phenology. Deacclimation rates represent a quantitative determinant of dormancy transition and budbreak in grapevine and will assist researchers in selecting germplasm for differences in chilling requirement and thermal efficiency.