Stress-metabolite Stilbenoids in Vine Trunk of Ojaleshi Grape Variety (Vitis vinifera L.) under Crown Gall Infection

Abstract

The trunk stilbenoids of healthy and crown gall infected vines of Ojaleshi variety have been studied and identified as stress-metabolite compounds .Vine samples were taken from a 12-year-old vineyard cultivated on yellow soils type in Martvili region (Western Georgia). The stilbenoids were  extracted by ethyl acetate and then separated in a chromatographic column and analyzed by the HPLC/MS method. The following stilbenoids have been detected: cis-piceid, trans-resveratrol, trans-ε-viniferin, cis-miyabenol C, cis-miyabenol. The concentrations were higher in infected vines as compared to the healthy ones. This is the first time that stilbenoids have been investigated in Ojaleshi grape variety.