Clone selection

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Selection of a single vine with particularly favourable characteristics in terms of ripening time, grape shape, yield and resistance (resilience) to diseases and the environment, which is then referred to as a clone (100% copy). This is then usually used in vine nurseries as a so-called mother vine for vegetative propagation. Critics of this form complain about the resulting loss of genetic diversity in such monocultures.

This is taken into account by using different clones of a grape variety in one vineyard. Different clones in a vineyard can also minimise the risk of vine diseases or environmental influences to a certain extent. This contrasts with mass selection.

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