"The Mediterranean Genetic Code: Grapevine and Olive" ed. by Danijela Poljuha and Barbara Sladonja

This book collects relevant papers documenting the results of research in grapevine and olive genetics, as a contribution to overall compendium of the existing biodiversity for both species with insight into molecular mechanisms responsible for their desirable and important traits.

Book encompasses a broad and diverse palette of different topics related to grapevine and olive genetics, with no areal or any other strict limitation, keeping the title as a loose frame for borderless science.

Divided in four sections it takes us for a "molecular walk" through different levels of genetic variability, uncovering the remains of still existing wild populations and treasures of neglected local peculiarities, weaving the network from plant to product and back to the beginning, to the hearth of all questions asked and answers hidden in genetics.

Contents
Preface
Section 1 Molecular Insight into Variability
1 Characterization of Grapevines by the Use of Genetic Markers
2 Application of Microsatellite Markers in Grapevine and Olives
3 The Current Status of Wild Grapevine Populations (Vitis vinifera ssp sylvestris) in the Mediterranean Basin
Section 2 Genetics in Service of National Germplasms Preservation
5 Centuries-Old Results of Cultivation and Diversity of Genetic Resources of Grapes in Azerbaijan
6 Portuguese Vitis vinifera L. Germplasm: Accessing Its Diversity and Strategies for Conservation
7 Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity and Relations Between Grapevine Varieties: Slovenian Germplasm
4 Inter- and Intra-Varietal Genetic Variability in Vitis vinifera L.
Section 3 From Genotype to Product
8 Italian National Database of Monovarietal Extra Virgin Olive Oils
9 Challenges for Genetic Identification of Olive Oil
Section 4 And All Begins with Genetics
10 Adaptation of Local Grapevine Germplasm: Exploitation of Natural Defence Mechanisms to Biotic Stresses
11 Production of Anthocyanins in Grape Cell Cultures: A Potential Source of Raw Material for Pharmaceutical, Food, and Cosmetic Industries
12 From the Olive Flower to the Drupe: Flower Types, Pollination, Self and Inter-Compatibility and Fruit Set