Esca disease triggers local transcriptomic response and DNA methylation changes in grapevine
Clicks: 1
ID: 315533
2026
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This
article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score —
reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
Reader Engagement
0.0
/100
1 views
0 readers
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
Ranked #222 of 280 articles by views in Journal of experimental botany
Most read
Least read
Bar heights use a square-root scale. Only the 120 most-read articles are drawn; the journal has 280 in total.
Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet mintedCreate a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.
5
SUSD
one-off · no wallet required
Abstract
Woody plants such as grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) are vulnerable to trunk diseases caused by wood pathogens that disrupt vascular function, and induce severe leaf symptoms associated with major metabolic disturbances and canopy decline. Over time, these diseases can irreversibly alter the plant physiology and phenotype, ultimately reducing vine longevity. One of the most predominant trunk diseases is esca, which is a major cause of vineyard dieback, with rising incidence worldwide over the past decade. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying esca symptom development remain unclear. In this study, we leveraged the heterogeneous expression of esca-symptoms within individual grapevines to investigate molecular responses in both symptomatic and asymptomatic leaf tissues collected in the field. By combining metabolite profiling, RNA-seq and whole genome bisulfite sequencing, we show that metabolic alterations and extensive transcriptomic reprogramming are restricted to symptomatic leaves and are partially associated with local changes in DNA methylation. In addition, asymptomatic leaves display distinct DNA methylation changes, a few being shared with symptomatic tissues, suggesting a global plant epigenetic response to the disease. Notably, a subset of these methylation marks are observed prior to symptom development, highlighting the potential of epigenetic markers for the early detection of trunk diseases in perennial plants.
| Reference Key |
openalex_W7163141626
Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using
SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
|
|---|---|
| Authors | Margot Berger, Virginie Garcia, Bernadette Rubio, Giovanni Bortolami, G. Gambetta, Chloé E L Delmas, Philippe Gallusci |
| Journal | Journal of experimental botany |
| Year | 2026 |
| DOI |
10.1093/jxb/erag192
|
| URL | |
| Keywords | Keywords not found |
Citations
No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org
Comments
No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.