Detalle de: Breeding sweet cherries at INRA-Bordeaux: from conventional techniques to marker-assisted selection

Diversity studies conducted on sweet cherry (Tavaud et al, Heredity 2004) with AFLP and 6 SSR markers:  Large sample of mazzards and sweet cherry varieties  Important genetic differentiation between wild materials from West Europe, Romania and Georgia  Insufficient sample to determine the centers of domestication of sweet cherry.Proximity between wild and cultivated materials due to either gene flow or to domestication and breeding Present (2007-today)  2007-2008: new breeding programme and new scientific project: 'Adaptation of sweet cherry to climate change'.Two main targets: phenology-related traits and tolerance to rain-induced fruit cracking  Close relationship with UEA (Unité Expérimentale Arboricole): two sites : Toulenne and Bourran  A3C: 5 researchers, 5 technicians, 1 PhD student, 1 post-doc