THE RESPONSE OF GRAPEVINE TO WATER STRESS IN THE PRESENCE OF VIRUS INFECTION
ELENA-COCUŢA BUCIUMEANU, IONELA-CĂTĂLINA GUŢĂ, DIANA ELENA VIZITIU, LORENA-MARINA CIRIPAN National Research and Development Institute for Biotechnology in Horticulture Stefanesti, Bucharest - Pitesti Road, No 37, Arges, Romania, e-mail: ebuciumeanu@yahoo.com, gutaionelacatalina@yahoo.com, vizitiud@yahoo.com, lorena.ciripan@incdbh-stefanesti.ro
Grapevine (Vitis spp.) is a model plant for the plant-virus interactions studies of woody species in both controlled (greenhouse, in vitro) and field trials. Grapevine is potentially infected by numerous viral entities. A few studies have been performed on pathogenic viruses infecting this crop, in some environmental conditions (water stress) and in different grapevine genotype - virus combinations. These works, still in quite reduced number, highlights the importance of deepening the biology underlying the plant-virus interactions