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FIGURE 5.3 ( See color insert. ). DefH9-iaaM .transgenic.grapevines.grown.in.a.field.
trial. at. the. Experimental. Farm. of. the. Marche. Polytechnic. University. in. Agugliano.
(Italy).. The. GM. grapevine. plants. were. planted. in. March. 2001. and. tested. for. plant.
vegetative. development,. fecundity,. and. fruit. nutritional. quality. from. 2003. to 2005..
(The figure. was. kindly. provided. by. Bruno. Mezzetti. from. the. Marche. Polytechnic.
University Ancona,.Italy.)
effects.of. DefH9-iaaM .on.plant.vegetative.development,.fecundity,.and.fruit.nutri-
tional.quality.from.the.third.to.the.ifth.production.cycles.(2004,.2005,.and.2006)..
Costantini.et.al. 28 .found.that.the.expression.of. DefH9-iaaM .in.grapevine.resulted.in.
enhanced.fecundity..The.berry.number.per.bunch.was.increased.in.both.transgenic.
cultivars.whereas.the.quality.and.the.nutritional.value.of.the.GM.berries.were.com-
parable.to.non-GM.control.fruits.
In. Germany,. one. ield. trial. (notiication. number. B/DE/98/100). has. been. per-
formed.at.the.Institute.for.Grapevine.Breeding.Geilweilerhof.of.the.Federal.Research.
Centre.for.Cultivated.Plants.in.Siebeldingen..GM.grapevine.plants.of.the.cultivars.
'Dornfelder',. 'Seyval',. and.'Riesling'.overexpressing.glucanase,. chitinase,. or. ribo-
somal. inactivating. protein. encoding. genes. were. planted. in. the. ield. and. used. to.
investigate.the.distance.of.pollen.(gene).low.
k IwIfruIt
A. total. of. three. summary. notiications. (B/IT/98/24,. B/IT/98/25,. and. B/IT/98/26).
can.be.found.for.GM.kiwifruit.plants.(Table.5.2)..These.notiications.were.submit-
ted.by.the.Università.degli.Studi.della.Tuscia.Dipartimento.di.Produzione.Vegetale.
in.Italy.for.a.period.from.April.1998.to.April.2007..The.ield.trials.were.performed.
in.the.province.Viterbo.on.areas.of.650.m 2 .(B/IT/98/24),.150.m 2 .(B/IT/98/25),.and.