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FR: INRA Bordeaux UMR FB
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Full name: UMR 619 Fruit Biology INRA Bordeaux
Location: Bordeaux, France
About Us
UMR Fruit Biology is a joint lab between INRA and the universities of Bordeaux 1 and of Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 located on the campus of INRA Bordeaux. INRA is a French Public Institute for Research in Agriculture. The UMR Fruit Biology lab belongs to the IFR 103 which is focused on research in plant biology. Besides, UMR Fruit Biology is also deeply involved in the teaching of Plant Science at the University of Bordeaux.
The research carried out at UMR Fruit Biology is almost exclusively devoted to tomato fruit and more precisely to the early stages of tomato fruit development (when the fruit are green, before ripening), since these stages are very important for determining the final quality of the ripe fruit. Research is mainly focused on the relationship between fruit size and fruit composition (e.g. the content in sugar and organic acids that affect fruit taste and flavor), and aims at understanding how fruit size is controlled and how variations in fruit size will affect fruit composition. To this end, a large number of approaches and tools are used, ranging from high throughput genomic approaches to biochemistry and cell biology.
IB-INTA and Eu-Sol
The UMR Fruit Biology is involved in several EU SOL modules dealing with fruit sensorial (Module 1) and nutritional (Module 2) quality. In Module 1, we are interested on how processes occurring in early fruit development will control fruit size and fruit composition (WP1.2.). In Module 2, we are interested in the regulation and synthesis of ascorbic acid (the Vitamin C) and vitamin E in the fruit: in which part of the fruit and at what time of development it is accumulated in tomato, what is the genetic control (WP2.2. and WP2.3.)? In Module 5, we are involved in the creation of genetic variability in tomato and in the identification of genes and traits that should be helpful for understanding biological processes studied in other modules and/or can be beneficial for improving tomato fruit quality (WP5.2). In bioinformatic Module 6, we are involved in the development and implementation of a database used for storing information from large scale studies of gene expression (transcriptome) in the fruit (WP6.2.).
Staff (working on EU-SOL)
- Christophe Rothan
- Christian Chevalier
- Catherine Cheniclet
- Nathalie Frangne
- Frédéric Gévaudant
- Michel Hernould
- Martine Lemaire-Chamley
- Sophie Salar
- Pierre Baldet
- Johann Petit
- Cécile Bres
- Daniel Just
- Virginie Garcia
- Patricia Ballias
- Aurélie Honoré
