Aims: This study investigates the traits of three plant growth-promoting (PGP) and antagonistic bacteria, Pseudomonas protegens MP12, Bacillus sp. 3R4, and Bacillus sp. T22, to assess their potential application as biocontrol agents by using the ecofriendly and low-cost substrate Corn Steep Liquor (CSL) medium.
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April 2024
The need to reduce the use of pesticides in viticulture is increasing the interest in wines produced using fungal-resistant grapevine varieties, which are characterized by relevant contents of both monoglucoside and diglucoside anthocyanins. Aging in wooden barrels induces oxygen permeation into wine, but little is known about diglucoside anthocyanin evolution. wine was subjected to addition of oxygen and oak chips, and the anthocyanin changes were followed for 1 month.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study aims to both identify and quantify trans-sinapoylquinic acid (SiQA) regioisomers in green coffee by combined UHPLC-ESI-QqTOF-MS/MS and UHPLC-ESI-QqQ-MS/MS methods. Among the various mono-acyl chlorogenic acids found in green coffee, SiQA regioisomers are the least studied despite having been indicated as unique phytochemical markers of Coffea canephora (known as Robusta). The lack of commercially available authentic standards has been bypassed by resorting to the advantages offered by high-resolution LC-MS as far as the identification is concerned.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA breeding program to produce new grape varieties tolerant to main vine fungal pathogens (Plasmopara viticola and Erysiphe necator) is carrying out by crossing Vitis vinifera cv. "Glera" with resistant genotypes such as "Solaris," "Bronner," and "Kunleany." Firstly, resistance gene-based markers analyses allowed the identification of five genotypes, which have inherited the resistance loci against mildews.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Prosecco wine production has been strongly extended in the last decade and several new clones have been introduced. "Glera" (minimum 85%) and "Glera lunga" are grape varieties of great economic impact used to produce Prosecco wines. Study of grape berry secondary metabolites is effective in the classification of vine varieties and clones.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGrapes represent a significant source of phenolic compounds known for their health-promoting properties, such as antioxidant capacity on normal cells and prooxidant activity on tumor cells. The genotype highly affects the polyphenolic composition in grapes and, consequently, the nutritional quality of berries. This work aimed to characterize the phenolic composition, the antioxidant, and anticancer activity of grape skin extracts (GSEs) of nine new table grape genotypes selected from a breeding program to obtain new cultivars of seedless table grapes, well adapted to the climatic change and with higher nutraceutical properties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The biochemical diversity of flavonoids is based on glycosylation, methylation, acylation, and many other modifications of the flavonoid backbone. Liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry demonstrated to be a powerful approach to gain new insights into the flavonoid composition of many plant species, including grapes.
Objectives: Among different metabolomic approaches, suspect screening analysis relies on the construction of a specific database and on ultra-high performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight (UHPLC/QTOF) analysis to find new compounds of oenological interest.
Background: Somatic mutations in Vitis spp. are relatively frequent and can generate new agronomically interesting phenotypes. We report the discovery, genetic and chemical characterization of 'Glera rosa', a mutant for the berry skin colour of 'Glera', the main white cultivar used to produce Prosecco wine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhenolics are ubiquitous compounds that represent the most abundant and diverse class of plant metabolites. From an analytical point of view, phenolics can be divided into soluble phenolics such as phenolic acids, phenylpropanoids, flavonoids and quinones, and nonsoluble compounds such as proanthocyanidins, lignins, and cell wall-bound hydroxycinnamic acids. Extraction of phenolics from the sample material is the first step toward their analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGrape aroma precursors have been extensively studied and many glycosidically-bound terpenols and C-norisoprenoids were identified. Instead, these compounds were scarcely investigated in green where just few glycosidic compounds were identified so far. By resorting to knowledge of glycoside aroma precursors in grape and the possibility to identify their structures using a high-resolution mass spectrometry database constructed for grape metabolomics, investigation of glycoside precursors in green from different geographical origins, was performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAging of wines and spirits in wooden barrels is an industrial process used to stabilize the color, to improve the limpidity and to enrich the sensorial characteristics of the products. In red wines, the oxygen that permeates through the wood staves promotes the oxidization of polyphenols and the formation of new pigments with consequent stabilization of the wine color. Barrel aging of spirits, such as brandy, whisky, rum, and grappa is finalized to enrich their aroma and improve their sensorial characteristics by the contribute of the compounds released by the wood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the Valpolicella area (Verona, Italy) cv. Corvina is the main grape variety used to produce Amarone wine. Before starting the winemaking process, the Corvina grapes are stored in a withering (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWine fermentation processes are driven by complex microbial systems, which comprise eukaryotic and prokaryotic microorganisms that participate in several biochemical interactions with the must and wine chemicals and modulate the organoleptic properties of wine. Among these, yeasts play a fundamental role, since they carry out the alcoholic fermentation (AF), converting sugars to ethanol and CO together with a wide range of volatile organic compounds. The contribution of , the reference organism associated with AF, has been extensively studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Italian grape pomace distillate grappa is often refined by ageing in wooden barrels. Chemical changes of the volatile profile of two samples produced from a Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot blend and Prosecco pomace both at two ethanol contents (55% and 68%) were studied during one-year ageing in cherry and oak barriques. Grappa variety, ethanol content and barrel type strongly affected the volatiles profile of the distillates.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGrape dehydration is an oenological process used for production of high-quality reinforced and sweet wines. High-resolution mass spectrometry (ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight [UHPLC/QTOF]) was used to deepen the characterization of some flavonoids previously proposed in Corvina and Raboso Piave withered grapes. By performing a targeted data analysis workflow and orthogonal identification approaches (tandem mass spectrometry [MS/MS]), in silico fragmentation, and calculation of putative retention time), elucidation on the structures of six compounds previously proposed was achieved (taxifolin-pentoside, two tetrahydroxyflavanone-hexoside derivatives, a tetrahydroxy-dimethoxyflavanone-hexoside derivative, a pentahydroxyflavone, and peonidin-O-pentoside); and the structures of four putative new grape flavonoids were characterized (dihydromyricetin-O-hexoside, taxifolin-di-O-hexoside, isorhamnetin, and a pinoquercetin isomer).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGrapes contain many flavonoid and non-flavonoid compounds with anticancer effects. In this work we fully characterized the polyphenolic profile of two grape skin extracts (GSEs), Autumn Royal and Egnatia, and assessed their effects on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (PUFA) membrane levels of Caco2 and SW480 human colon cancer cell lines. Gene expression of 15-lipoxygenase-1 (15-LOX-1), and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ), as well as cell morphology, were evaluated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn Italy, wine production is considered a sector of excellence, where the wines' appreciable sensory features are favored by environmental factors, including weather and climate conditions, which benefit territories with a specific vocation. The whole chain involves many economic and agri-food sector operators, and requires an in-depth assessment of specific risks for identifying critical points, keeping the entire production process under control, and ensuring product traceability. This article describes the results of a pilot study conducted in the Prosecco DOCG (Designations of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin) area, concerning the detection of residues of plant protection products in fifty wine bottles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Over recent years, a new wave of disease-tolerant to mildew varieties has flooded the viticulture sector, for reasons of human safety and economic expediency. These hybrid grape cultivars are selected mainly on the basis of their intrinsic capability to counter the attack of the main fungal diseases that affect grape production, such as downy mildew and powdery mildew. However, their organoleptic and oenological characteristics have not yet been studied in depth for purposes of both juice and wine production, due to the high number of newly proposed germplasms and the lack of information about their adaptability to different environments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Grape varieties allowed to produce Amarone della Valpolicella and Recioto DOCG wines are strictly regulated by their disciplinary of production. These are Corvina Veronese and Corvinone grapes, to a lesser extent also Rondinella can be used. The use of other varieties, is not allowed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe currently accepted paradigm is that fruits and vegetables should be consumed fresh and that their quality deteriorates during storage; however, there are indications that some metabolic properties can, in fact, be improved. We examined the effects of low temperature and high-CO conditions on table grapes, Vitis vinifera L. cv.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChlorogenic acids are relevant coffee quality markers, taste, and aroma precursors as well as important bioactive compounds. A number of mono-acyl, di-acyl, and tri-acyl quinic acid isomers were found in green coffee beans, being mono-caffeoyl, mono-feruloyl, mono-p-coumaroyl, and di-caffeoylquinic acid isomers considered as quantitatively major compounds. Roasting process increases the chemical complexity of coffee by inducing the formation of a number of lactones (quinides), shikimates, and other chlorogenic acids derivatives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMonoterpene-glycosides are important aroma precursors that, undergo hydrolysis, confer intense floral notes to the wines. Therefore, the knowledge of the nature of the sugar residues and the structure of these molecules is of great interest. In present study, liquid chromatography (LC) separation coupled with different mass spectrometry (MS) experiments for the characterization of these compounds were explored.
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