Michel Génard

Michel GENARD

Directeur de Recherche

UR 1115 Plantes et Systèmes de culture Horticoles

Equipe : Ecophysiologie des Plantes Horticoles

CONTACTS
INRA

Domaine Saint Paul, Site Agroparc

CS 40509

84914 Avignon Cedex 9
Tél : 33 – (0) 432 72 24 58
Fax : 33 – (0) 432 72 22 82

Email : michel.genard@.inrae.fr

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• RESEARCH INTERESTS

To describe and understand the components of fleshy fruit quality, taking into account genetic and plant controls, in relation to the environment and cultural practices. Research is conducted from the perspective of quantitative integration of physiological functions into models explaining fruit development and quality. With this approach, scientific innovation comes from the integrative perspective as well as from process descriptions. Many models have been developed to describe the main physiological processes involved in cell division, DNA endoreduplication, fruit growth, sugar and acid accumulation, and ethylene metabolism. These models have been integrated into a Virtual Fruit model that can be used to analyse phenotypes using a virtual profiling approach.

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