Status And Prospects Of Systems Biology In Grapevine Research

The cultivated grapevine, Vitis vinifera L., has gathered a vast amount of omics data throughout the last two decades, driving the imperative use of computational resources for its analysis and integration. Molecular systems biology arises from this need allowing to model and predict the emergence of phenotypes or responses in biological systems. Beyond single omics networks, integrative approaches associate the molecular components of an organism and combine them into higher order networks to model dynamic behaviors. Application of network-based methods in multi-omics data is providing additional resources to address important questions regarding grapevine fruit quality and composition. Here, we review the recent history of systems biology in this species. We highlight the most relevant aspects of the discipline and describe important integrative studies that have helped in the global understanding of how this species responds to the environment and how it triggers the fruit ripening developmental program. We also highlight the latest resources that are available for the grapevine community to exploit and take advantage of all the omics data that is being generated.