A collection of European sweet cherry phenology data for assessing climate change
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Author
Wenden, Bénédicte
Campoy, José Antonio
Lecourt, Julien
López Ortega, Gregorio
Blanke, Michael
Radičević, Sanja
Schüller, Elisabeth
Spornberger, Andreas
Christen, Danilo
Magein, Hugo
Giovannini, Daniela
Campillo, Carlos
Malchev, Svetoslav
Meland, Mekjell
Stehr, Rolf
Charlot, Gérard
Quero-García, José
Publication date
2016-12-06ISSN
2052-4463
Abstract
Professional and scientific networks built around the production of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) led to the collection of phenology data for a wide range of cultivars grown in experimental sites characterized by
highly contrasted climatic conditions. We present a dataset of flowering and maturity dates, recorded each year for one tree when available, or the average of several trees for each cultivar, over a period of 37 years (1978–2015). Such a dataset is extremely valuable for characterizing the phenological response to climate change, and the plasticity of the different cultivars’ behaviour under different environmental conditions. In addition, this dataset will support the development of predictive models for sweet cherry phenology exploitable at the continental scale, and will help anticipate breeding strategies in order to maintain and improve sweet cherry production in Europe.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
633 - Field crops and their production
Pages
10
Publisher
Nature Research
Is part of
Scientific Data
Citation
Wenden, Bénédicte, José Antonio Campoy, Julien Lecourt, Gregorio López Ortega, Michael Blanke, Sanja Radičević, and Elisabeth Schüller et al. 2016. "A Collection Of European Sweet Cherry Phenology Data For Assessing Climate Change". Scientific Data 3 (1). doi:10.1038/sdata.2016.108.
Grant agreement number
EC/COST/FA1104/EU/Sustainable production of high-quality cherries for the European market/
Program
Fructicultura
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