DiVineProject

DiVine is going to contribute to the optimisation of vineyard production through the adoption of a novel approach based on the establishment of correlations between crop characteristics, available from PA- enabled observations and agronomic measurements (phenotype), and soil microbiome characteristics, obtained from the application of Biotechnology-related processes, as well as the identification of how crop- related macro and microscopic parameters may combinedly affect the yield and quality of vine production. It will also pave the way to establish cost and time efficient macroscopic and observation criteria and methodology to link phenotype to the rather costly and elusive genotype of microbiome in vineyards. Food safety, pathogen prevention and climate change are just a few of the many sectors that would benefit hugely from an efficient correlation of phenotype to genotype with huge impact on public health, food quality and agricultural economy.