1. A collection of European sweet cherry phenology data for assessing climate change
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Hugo Magein, Julien Lecourt, Andreas Spornberger, Daniela Giovannini, José Quero-Garcia, Danilo Christen, Mekjell Meland, Carlos Campillo, Svetoslav Malchev, Elisabeth Schüller, Gregorio López Ortega, José Miguel Peris, Michael Blanke, José Antonio Campoy, Sanja Radičević, Bénédicte Wenden, Gérard Charlot, Rolf Stehr, Biologie du fruit et pathologie (BFP), Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1, NIAB EMR, Partenaires INRAE, Instituto Murciano de Investigación y desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDA), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Fruit Research Institute, General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM), Universität für Bodenkultur Wien [Vienne, Autriche] (BOKU), Agroscope, Centre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA-W), Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA), Scientific and Technological Research Center of Extremadura (CICYTEX), Fruit Growing Institute - Plovdiv, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Esteburg - Fruit Research Center Jork, Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Légumes (CTIFL), Producció Vegetal, and Fructicultura
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0106 biological sciences ,Statistics and Probability ,[SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences ,Data Descriptor ,Scientific networks ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Range (biology) ,Climate Change ,Climate change ,Flowers ,Breeding ,Library and Information Sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Models, Biological ,Education ,Prunus ,Crop production ,prunus avium ,[SDV.BV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology ,Cultivar ,banque de données ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,changement climatique ,Vegetal Biology ,climat ,floraison ,Phenology ,Agroforestry ,maturation ,cerisier doux ,Gardening ,15. Life on land ,Crop Production ,phénologie ,Computer Science Applications ,Agricultural sciences ,Geography ,arbre fruitier à noyau ,Agronomy ,développement du fruit ,Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty ,Plant sciences ,europe ,Biologie végétale ,Sciences agricoles ,010606 plant biology & botany ,Information Systems - 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.
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- 2016