Terpene evolution during the development of Vitis vinifera L. cv. Shiraz grapes

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was sponsored by the Rathbone Wine Group, the University of Melbourne, the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI), and the Australia Grape and Wine Authority. The work was performed at the University of Melbourne and AWRI and was supported by Australia's grape growers and winemakers through their investment body, the Australia Grape and Wine Authority, with matched funds from the Australian Government and partial funding from the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Science at the University of Melbourne. This publication has been written with the support of the AgreenSkills fellowship programme to Kate Howell who has received funding from the EU's Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement NO FP7-609398. The authors thank Sheridan Barter (AWRI) for providing the protocols and training in analysis of monoterpenoids, sesquiterpenes and norisoprenoids and their excellent technical assistance in rotundone analysis and Damien Sheehan (Rathbone Wine Group) for his support and assistance with the field trials.