Vitis berlandieri

Taxobox
name = "Vitis labrusca"


image_caption =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Vitales
familia = Vitaceae
genus = "Vitis"
species = "V. berlandieri"
binomial = "Vitis berlandieri"
binomial_authority = Planch.

Vitis berlandieri is a species of grape native to the southern North America, primarily Texas, New Mexico and Arkansas. [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Vitis+berlandieri ibilio.org: Vitis berlandieri] ] [ [http://ww2.bgbm.org/_EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=34489&PTRefFk=500000 Euro+Med Plantbase Details for: Vitis berlandieri] ]

It is primarily known for good tolerance against soils with a high content of lime, which can cause chlorosis in many vines of American origin. Lime is a characteristic of the soils of many classical French wine regions and highly regarded vineyard sites, and many "Vitis vinifera" cultivars were well suited to these growing conditions. When American vines were imported to Europe as rootstocks for grafting "V. vinifera" on, in the wake of the Great French wine blight, it initially proved difficult to find vine species that would grow well in lime-rich soil. "V. berlandieri", which had adapted to limestone hills in central Texas, provided the lime tolerance needed to solve this problem. However, "V. berlandieri" itself is poorly adapted to grafting. Therefore, various rootstocks resistant against both phylloxera and lime, and suitable for viticulture, were produced by crossing "V. berlandieri" and "Vitis riparia", "Vitis rupestris" or "V. vinifera". [ [http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/datastore/datastoreview/showpage.cfm?usernumber=165&surveynumber=351 UC Davis: Vitis berlandieri] ]

"V. berlandieri" is also known as Fall Grape. [ [http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/berlandieri.asp The Winemaking Home Page: Berlandieri Grape] ]

In some classifications it is considered to be a subspecies of "Vitis cinerea".

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