Emiliano Jesus Malovini

Dr. Emiliano Jesus Malovini


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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11 March 2026 in Horticulturae
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CACeleste Arancibia
Celeste Arancibia
DDDeolindo Luis Esteban Dominguez
Deolindo Luis Esteban Dominguez
EMEmiliano Jesus Malovini
Emiliano Jesus Malovini
CACecilia Aguero
Cecilia Aguero
SSSantiago Sari
Santiago Sari
LMLiliana Martinez
Liliana Martinez
Climate change is advancing ripening and can impair phenolic maturity in grapes, compromising anthocyanins and stilbenes that affect the wine color and stability. We tested whether exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) mitigates warming-induced shifts in the phenylpropanoid pathway in the ’Malbec’ red wine grape variety. A factorial field experiment compared control temperature (−T) and elevated temperature (+T, +2.5 °C), with and without ABA sprays (three applications after veraison). Berry skin gene expression (ten flavonoid and stilbene genes) was monitored across ripening and summarized using time-course and AUC-based clustering. Anthocyanins were quantified in berry skins at harvest and in the corresponding wines, and stilbenes were quantified in wines. Warming reduced MYBA1 early in ripening and decreased anthocyanins and stilbenes overall. Meanwhile, ABA reinforced a late anthocyanin program under −T (MYBA1, UFGT, MYBC2-L3, F3′5′H), consistent with a shift toward the 3′,5′-hydroxylated/malvidin-type branch. Conversely, stilbenes remained suppressed under +T, with limited recovery under +T/+ABA. Time-integrated expression patterns and Spearman correlations consistently linked CHS2, F3′5′H, UFGT, MYBC2-L3, with variation in berry skin anthocyanins across treatments, while STS AUC tracked wine stilbenes. Overall, ABA partially buffered warming effects on ‘Malbec’ color by reinforcing late anthocyanin regulation but did not prevent warming-driven declines in wine stilbenes.