“…9) indicated that withering involves transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic changes representing a stress response to dehydration and eventual pathogen attack. The metabolome data set showed that stilbenes (38, 128, and 230), flavanones (7, 18, 19, 20, 46, 68, 69, 72, 83, and 185), and acylated anthocyanins (12, 13, 22, 35, 36, 58, 60, 81, 107, 112, 115, 127, 215, 237, 247, 280, and 380) are the predominant metabolites that accumulate during withering, with stilbenes and flavonones already implicated in stress responses (Dercks and Creasy, 1989;Adrian et al, 1997;Versari et al, 2001;Bonello and Blodgett, 2003) and a similar role likely for acetylated anthocyanins. The treatment of Merolt grapevine with benzothiadiazole increases the synthesis of trans-resveratrol and anthocyanins, particularly malvidine-3-glucoside and its acylated derivates, and thus enhances resistance to Botrytis cinerea (Iriti et al, 2004).…”