Endogenous ABA, at veraison, transiently triggers grape berry ripening.
ABA transiently increases gene expression of the backbone phenylpropanoid pathway.
Exogenous ABA increases VvPAL expression longer than its own concentration.
VvLAR2 and VvMyb4A resume increasing expression 40 days after ABA application.
One single ABA application, increases phenylpropanoid metabolism in the long term.