Growth of Botrytis cinerea on winemaking grapes, and effects of its laccase activity on wine quality are discussed. Topics considered include: testing for laccase activity; increased laccase actiity after fermentation; lack of correlation between amount of Botryris infection and laccase activity; problems with available test kits, including false positive and false negative values and interpretation of results; possible problems with use of H2O2 to eliminate SO2 in samples to be analysed by the syringaldehyde method; and studies on development of alternative methods for determination of laccase activity
(We recommend that you consult the full text of this article)
Abstract The management and disposal of large amounts of grape..
Ayuso, S.1 Fernández-Pérez, R.2 Moreta, C.1 Tenorio, Carmen and 1Ruiz-Larrea,..
The demand for a sustainable economy and resource conservation is..
The seasonal character of harvests limits winemaking considerably, especially oenological..
