Grapevine clonal ID
Grapevine planting material represents a major investment and critical production asset for the Australian wine industry. The AWRI has developed a world-first clonal sequencing methodology that combines next-generation genome sequencing technologies, high-performance computing and customised bioinformatics tools. This technique has been successfully used to clonally identify Australia’s germplasm and investigate sequence-verified sources of clonal material for replanting efforts.
As a result of this ground-breaking research, Australia is the first wine producing country to be able to robustly identify the majority of grapevine clones of economic importance to its industry.