Intraspecific variation in functional strategies underlies susceptibility to a vascular disease in grapevine
Pierre Gastou, Audrey Morin, Nathalie Ferrer, Lauriane Alazet, Régis Burlett, Sylvain Delzon, Frederic Lens, Samuele Moretti, Claudia Rouveyrol, Pierre Pétriacq, Isabelle Svahn, Chloé E. L. Delmas
The paper investigates how intraspecific variation in physiological strategies affects susceptibility to esca in grapevine cultivars, finding that conservative water use strategies reduce susceptibility while metabolic responses vary with disease symptoms.
bioRxiv · Aug 25, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology