OIV General form the description of vine varieties (Vitis spp.)

RESOLUTION OIV-VITI 467-2012

OIV GENERAL FORM FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF VINE VARIETIES (Vitis spp.)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

According to the proposal of the ‘Viticulture’ Commission,

IN VIEW OF the works presented in the ‘Genetic resources and vine selection’ expert group in recent years and, particularly, since 2007,

CONSIDERING the need to update the official OIV Publication ‘Description of wine and grape varieties throughout the world’,

CONSIDERING the adoption of the new ‘Code of ampelographic descriptors’ in 2007 (Resolution VITI 2/2007),

CONSIDERING the need to create a reference database for each vine variety,

CONSIDERING the large number of recently published scientific works regarding analysis and the genetic diversity of vines,

WHEREAS there is, around the world, a number of already established ampelographic, isoenzymatic and bio-molecular parameters,

DECIDES to adopt the ‘OIV General form for the description of vine varieties (Vitis spp.)’ and

RECOMMENDS that Member States use this form for sending official descriptions to the OIV.

OIV GENERAL FORM FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF VINE VARIETIES (Vitis spp.)

Objective

The OIV wants to put together a global reference with regards descriptions of vine varieties. Based on the standardised descriptors (OIV Code of ampelographic descriptors, 2007), the purpose of these descriptions will be to provide the simple description of a given vine variety, from a competent institution in the Member State concerned.

Structure of the form

The form consists of two pages, one ‘principal’ and one ‘supplementary’. Their separation is functional for data presentation reasons. The structure of the form is provided in the Appendix. There is no minimum number of characteristics to be described, but it is preferable that the ‘principal’ page rather than the ‘supplementary’ page is completed.

Priority primary descriptors list

As a reminder, for a quick characterisation of varieties, the Genres CT 96 No81 partners compiled a ‘Priority Primary Descriptors List’ which was ratified by the OIV. This list features 14 priority primary descriptors, selected for their ability to distinguish easily between different varieties. Most of these are easy to grade:

OIV code No.	Descriptors
OIV 001	Young shoot: Apeture of tip
OIV 004	Young shoot: Density of prostrate hairs on tip
OIV 016	Shoot: Number of consecutive tendrils
OIV 051	Young leaf: Colour of upper side of blade (4th leaf)
OIV 067	Mature leaf: Shape of blade
OIV 068	Mature leaf: Number of lobes
OIV 070	Mature leaf: Area of anthocyanin colouration of main veins on upper side of blade
OIV 076	Mature leaf: Shape of teeth
OIV 079	Mature leaf: Degree of opening/ overlapping of petiole sinus
OIV 081-2	Mature leaf: Petiole sinus base limited by veins
OIV 084	Matue leaf: Density of prostate hairs between the main veins on lowerr side of blade
OIV 087	Mature leaf: Density of erect hairs on main veins on lower side of blade
OIV 223	Berry: Shape
OIV 225	Berry: Colou of skin

Annex: Principal ampelographic description

Variety:	………………………………………………………………………
Described by:	………………………………………………………………………
Country:	………………………………………………………………………
Common usage:	………………………………………………………………………
		OIV Code	Grade		OIV Code	Grade
Jeune rameau / Junger Trieb		001:		Grappe / Traube	202:
Young shoot / Pámpano joven		003:		Bunch / Racimo	204:
Giovane germoglio		004:		Grappolo	206:
Rameau / Trieb		006:			207:
Shoot / Pampano		007:			208:
Germoglio		008:			209:
		009:		Baie / Beere	220:
		010:		Berry / Baya	221:
				Acino	222:
Vrilles / Ranken		016: 017:			223:
Tendrills / Zarcillos					225:
Viticci					226:
Jeune feuille / Junges Blatt		051:			228:
Young leaf / Hoja joven		053:			231:
Foglia giovane		056:			232:
Feuille adulte		065:			233:
Ausgewachsenes Blatt		067:			235:
Mature leaf		068:			236:
Hoja adulta		070:			240:
Foglia adulta		072:			241:
		073:		Phénologie/Phenologie	301:
		074:		Phenology/Fenología	303:
		075:		Fenologia	304:
		076:			351:
		077:		Production/Produktion	502:
		078:		Production/Producción	503:
		079:		Produzione
		080:		Caractér. du moût	505:
		081-1:		Merkmale von Most	506:
		081-2:		Charact. of grape must	508:
		082:		Caract. del mosto
		083-1:		Caract. del mosto
		083-2:		Feuille adulte	605:
		084:		Ausgewachsenes Blatt
		087:		Mature leaf
		093:		Hoja adulta
Sarment / Rebholz		103:		Foglia adulta
Woody shoot / Sarmineto				Marqueurs SSR	801:
Tralcio legnoso				SSR-Marker	802:
Fleur / Blüte		151:		SSR-marker	803:
Flower / Flor				Marcador SSR	804:
Fiore				Marcatore SSR	805:
					806:

Supplementary ampelographic description

Variety:	………………………………………………………………………
Described by:	………………………………………………………………………
Country:	………………………………………………………………………
Common usage:	………………………………………………………………………

	OIV Code	Grade		OIV Code	Grade
Jeune rameau/ Junger Trieb	002:			353:
Young shoot/ Pámpano joven	005:			354:
Giovane germoglio				401:
Rameau	011:			402:
Trieb	012:			403:
Shoot	013:			452:
Pampano	014:			452-1:
Germoglio	015-1:			453:
	015-2:			455:
				455-1:
Jeune feuille/ Junges Blatt	054:			456:
Young leaf/ Hoja joven	055:			458:
Foglia giovane				458-1:
Feuille adulte	069:			459:
Ausgewachsenes Blatt	071:			460:
Mature leaf	085:			461:
Hoja adulta	086:			462:
Foglia adulta	088:		Production/Produktion	501:
	089:		Production/Producción	504:
	090:		Produzione
	091:		Porte-greffe/Unterlage	551:
	094:		Rootstock/Portainjerto	552:
Sarment / Rebholz	101:		Portinnesto	553:
Woody shoot / Sarmineto	102:		Feuille adulte	601:
Tralcio legnoso	104:		Ausgewachsenes Blatt	602:
	105:		Mature leaf	603:
	106:		Hoja adulta	604:
Inflorescence / Infloreszenz	152:		Foglia adulta	606:
Inflorescence/Infrorescencia	153:			607:
Infiorescenza	155:			608:
Grappe / Traube	203:			609:
Bunch / Racimo				610:
Grappolo				611:
Baie / Beere	227:			612:
Berry / Baya	229:			613:
Acino	238:			614:
	242:			615:
	243:			616:
	244:			617:
Phénologie/Phenologie	302: 305:			618:
Phenology/Fenologia	306:		GPI *	701:
Fenologia	352:		PGM **	702: