1. Wild Grapes in Georgia G. Nakhutsrishvili, Zh. Ekhvaia, M. Akhalkatsi, T. Beridze N. Ketskhoveli Institute of Botany, Tbilisi, Georgia 1

2. Species distributed in Georgia – Vitis vinifera, V. labrusca, V. riparia, V. rupestris, V. berlandieri and V. sylvestris Species distributed in Georgia – Vitis vinifera, V. labrusca, V. riparia, V. rupestris, V. berlandieri and V. sylvestris V. vinifera and V. sylvestris are native; V. vinifera and V. sylvestris are native; V. labrusca is cultiveted as variety – Isabela. V. labrusca is cultiveted as variety – Isabela. V. vinifera (Odjaleshi) V. labrusca V. riparia 2

3. Distribution of V. sylvestris in Georgia 3

4. European Commission Project coordinator WP 7 : Organisation of safety duplication and preservation initiatives WP1 : SSR analyze ISMA Italy WP2 : M orphological description IMIA Spain WP3 : Technological information gathering DOPI Italy WP4 : Characteristic of V. sylvestris EVN Portugal WP5 : True-to-type identification WP6 : Data base CNR-IVV Italy BAZ Germany EU 6th Framework Program – 2007-2009, “Management and Conservation of Grapevine Genetic Resources (GrapeGen06).” 4

5. WP2 : Morphological description Morphological characters of leaves, shoots, reproductive organs will be determined in cultivated varieties of V. vinifera and wild species (V. sylvestris) ChekhardaniSaperaviRkatsiteliV. sylvestris 5

6. Flower morphology of V. sylvestris (left 4 slides, three female flowers and male in the middle) and complete flower of V. vinifera (Rkatsiteli) right; 6

7. Determination of seed sizes with further statistical analyses (Mangafa, Kotsakis, 1996; Jacquat, Martinoli, 1999). 7

8. . Morphological and ecological characterization of the V. sylvestris population will be done; Age and spatial structure, size and threats will be determiend for every population. WP4 : Characteristic of V. sylvestris. Morphological and ecological characterization of the V. sylvestris population will be done; Age and spatial structure, size and threats will be determiend for every population. 8

9. WP5 : True-to-type identification Kamuri tetri Shonuri KachichiDgundgushiAladasturi Chergvali Chkhaveri 9

10. Morphometric data will be included in the data base of this project (http://www.genres.de/eccdb/vitis). WP6 : Data base Morphometric data will be included in the data base of this project (http://www.genres.de/eccdb/vitis).http://www.genres.de/eccdb/vitis NVarietyLengthBreadthIndex - breadth/length meanSdVmeanSdVmeanSdV Aladasturi 17,200,64 0,41 15,870,63 0,40 0,920,036 0.001 Chodi 14,511,09 1,18 13,971,14 1,29 0,960,040 0,002 Kachichi 10,200,51 0,26 9,990,64 0,40 0,980,033 0,001 Koloshi 13,631,36 1,85 13,381,32 1,74 0,980,026 0,001 Machkvaturi 16,500,80 0,62 14,240,71 0,51 0,860,047 0,001 Makhvateli 13,860,64 0,41 13,410,61 0,37 0,960,029 0,004 Odjaleshi 13,790,97 0,94 12,750,75 0,57 0,920,040 0,001 Paneshi 18,440,79 0,60 15,000,59 0,35 0,810,030 0,001 Saperavi 15,870,63 1,87 13,891,26 1,60 0,880,070 0,005 Shonuri 15,360,85 0,79 14,950,79 0,63 0,970,036 0,001 10