Role of Cluster Thinning and Viral Load on the Effects of Grapevine Leafroll Disease in Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon in British Columbia, Canada
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Abstract
<h3>Abstract</h3> <h3>Background and goals</h3> Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) is an economically important virus that negatively affects grapevine health and fruit composition. This study investigated the use of crop thinning to mitigate the effects of GLRaV-3 in Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon vines in the Okanagan Valley, and to understand if GLRaV-3 viral load correlates with decreased vine health and fruit composition. <h3>Methods and key findings</h3> A commercial vineyard containing Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon vines was studied over two years. GLRaV-3-positive (GLRaV-3(+)) and GLRaV-3-negative (GLRaV-3(−)) vines were paired and designated a cropping treatment, either 1.5 clusters per shoot (1.5 c/s) or one cluster per shoot (1.0 c/s). Vine health and fruit composition were measured during the growing season and at harvest, respectively. Viral load was measured at four stages during the growing season using Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR). GLRaV-3(+) vines had increased crop load and titratable acidity (TA), and reduced total soluble solids. 1.0 c/s vines had lower TA and anthocyanins, and increased pH. Thinning GLRaV-3(+) vines significantly increased pH. GLRaV-3 viral load was negatively correlated with photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, SPAD values, cluster weight, berry weight, and yeast assimilable nitrogen, and positively correlated with skin and seed phenolics. <h3>Conclusions and significance</h3> GLRaV-3 effects were mild and differed by cultivar and year. No consistent correlation was found between GLRaV-3 viral load and adverse vine health or fruit composition. Crop thinning did not improve vine health or fruit composition of GLRaV-3(+) or GLRaV-3(−) vines. This study shows no benefit to thinning vines lower than 1.5 c/s in the Okanagan Valley and thus, growers should keep their fruit to avoid diminishing returns.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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