COST Action – Sustainable production of high quality cherries for the European market

At a glance

Project leader : Dr. Joël Pothier
Deputy of project leader : Dr. Brion Duffy
Project team : Michela Ruinelli
Project status : completed
Funding partner : EU and other international programmes (COST Action / FA1104)
Contact person : Joël Pothier

Description

The COST Action aims at creating a dynamic network of scientists and other professionals conducting research to improve sweet or sour cherry production in Europe, the main cherry producer. Cherries are highly appreciated fruits for their taste and nutritional properties. Their production is economically important for many fruit growers in almost every European region but there is a need for coordinated research. Therefore, this network will address all research aspects related to cherry production, commercialization, and consumption. It will be multidisciplinary and will involve scientists working in the fields of plant breeding, genetics, genomics, agronomy, physiology, phytopathology, entomology, microbiology, post-harvest technology, and socio-economics. A special emphasis will be placed on key EU priorities such as the promotion of sustainable agriculture and adaptation to climate change. Beneficiaries will include not only breeders and producers but consumers as well, through the availability of better cherries.

Further information

https://www.bordeaux.inra.fr/...

Publications

Ruinelli, Michela; Blom, Jochen; Smits, Theo H. M.; Pothier, Joël F.,

2022.

Comparative genomics of Prunus-associated members of the Pseudomonas syringae species complex reveals traits supporting co-evolution and host adaptation.

Frontiers in Microbiology.

13(804681).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.804681
Smits, Theo H.M.,

2019.

The importance of genome sequence quality to microbial comparative genomics.

BMC Genomics.

20(662).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6014-5
Ruinelli, Michela; Blom, Jochen; Smits, Theo; Pothier, Joël,

2019.

Comparative genomics and pathogenicity potential of members of the Pseudomonas syringae species complex on Prunus spp.

BMC Genomics.

20(172).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-5555-y
Ruinelli, Michela; Blom, Jochen; Pothier, Joël F.,

2017.

Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas viridiflava CFBP 1590: isolated from diseased cherry in France.

Genome Announcements.

5(30).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00662-17
Saponari, Maria; Gétaz, Michael; Palkovics, László; Kuzmanović, Nemanja; Puławska, Joanna; Ruinelli, Michela; Pothier, Joël; Obradović, Aleksa; Boscia, Donato; Végh, Anita; Kałużna, Monika,

2017.

Bacterial diseases

.

In:

Quero-García, José; Iezzoni, Amy; Puławska, Joanna; Lang, Gregory, eds.,

Cherries : botany, production and uses.

Wallingford:

CAB International.
Kałużna, Monika; Willems, Anne; Pothier, Joël F.; Ruinelli, Michela; Sobiczewski, Piotr; Puławska, Joanna,

2016.

Pseudomonas cerasi sp. nov. (non Griffin, 1911) isolated from diseased tissue of cherry.

Systematic and Applied Microbiology.

39(6), pp. 370-377.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2016.05.005
Puławska, Joanna; Kuzmanović, Nemanja; Willems, Anne; Pothier, Joël F.,

2016.

Pararhizobium polonicum sp. nov. isolated from tumors on stone fruit rootstocks.

Systematic and Applied Microbiology.

39(3), pp. 164-169.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2016.03.002
Kałużna, Monika; Willems, Anne; Pothier, Joël F.; Ruinelli, Michela; Sobiczewski, Piotr; Puławska, Joanna,

2016.

Characterization and genetic diversity of causal agent of stone fruit bacterial canker Pseudomonas cerasi : a new pathogen of cherry [paper].

In:

II International Workshop on Bacterial Diseases of Stone Fruits and Nuts.

II International Workshop on Bacterial Diseases of Stone Fruits and Nuts, Izmir, Turkey, 21 April 2015.

International Society for Horticultural Science.

pp. 9-14.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1149.2

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