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- Title
Yeast communities of a North American hybrid wine grape differ between organic and conventional vineyards.
- Authors
Bunbury-Blanchette, Adele L; Fan, Lihua; Kernaghan, Gavin
- Abstract
Aims To compare the species diversity and composition of indigenous yeast communities of hybrid grapes from conventionally and organically cultivated vineyards of an emerging cool-climate wine producing region. Methods and Results Illumina MiSeq sequences from L'Acadie blanc grape musts were processed and filtered to characterize indigenous yeast communities in organic and conventional vineyards of the Annapolis Valley wine region in Nova Scotia, Canada. While cultivation practice was not associated with yeast diversity or species richness, there was a strong effect on yeast community composition, with conventional vineyards characterized by higher proportions of Sporidiobolales and Filobasidium magnum , and organic vineyards supporting Filobasidium species other than F. magnum and higher proportions of Symmetrospora. There was also variation in yeast community composition among individual vineyards, and from year to year. Conclusions This is the first comprehensive assessment of yeasts associated with hybrid grapes grown using different cultivation practices in a North American cool climate wine region. Communities were dominated by basidiomycete yeasts and species composition of these yeasts differed significantly between vineyards employing organic and conventional cultivation practices. The role of basidiomycete yeasts in winemaking is not well understood, but some species may influence wine characteristics.
- Subjects
ACADIA; NOVA Scotia; VINEYARDS; ORGANIC farming; WINE districts; YEAST; SPECIES diversity
- Publication
Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2024, Vol 135, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1364-5072
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jambio/lxae092