Fruit trees Observatory

The lack of fruit tree species phenology observation systems, registered over time, and covering a wide diversity of soil and climate situations, led INRA to set up an observatory network in the context of the PERPHECLIM project funded by the AAFCC metaprogramme.

It was formed to study the response of phenology to climate change based on four fruit tree species studied at the Institute. It is the first IGE (Genotype-environment interaction) network dedicated to the fruit tree species at the INRA and supplements existing vineyard and forest species systems.

Managers : 

• David LANOU, UE 0449 Unité Expérimentale Horticole, INRAE Pays de Loire, david.lanoue@inrae.fr
• Aline FAURE, UMR0547 PIAF Physique et physiologie Intégratives de l'Arbre en environnement Fluctuant, INRAE Clermont-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, aline.faure@inrae.fr
• Bénédicte WENDEN, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, INRAE Bordeaux-Aquitaine, benedicte.wenden@inrae.fr