Projects

ClimCoffea (2015-2017) - Drought and temperature stress adaptation in Robusta coffee: from candidate genes to drought tolerant variants - Funded by Agropolis Fondation (France)

Project leader: V Poncet

Scientists involved from our team : V Poncet, Y Vigouroux, C Mariac, R Tournebize

Franco-Brazilian project that aims to better understand the genetic and biological bases of drought tolerance of Robusta coffee (Coffea canephora) and characterize the underlying diversity in cultivated and natural populations of Uganda.

Associated publications:

Merot-L’anthoene V, Tournebize R, Darracq O, Rattina V, Lepelley M, Bellanger L, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, Coulee M, Pegard M, Metairon S, Fournier C, Stoffelen P, Janssens SB, Kiwuka C, Musoli P, Sumirat U, Legnate H, Kambale JL, Ferreira da Costa Neto J, Revel C, De Kochko A, Descombes P, Crouzillat D, Poncet V (2019) Development and evaluation of a genome-wide Coffee 8.5K SNP array and its application for high-density genetic mapping and for investigating the origin of Coffea arabica L. Plant Biotechnology Journal 17:1418-1430