InnovaFruit4 – Resilience et Adaptation

The InnovaFruit4 project focuses on fruit tree species belonging to the Rosaceae family (apple, pear, peach, cherry, apricot, including cultivars and rootstocks) through pre-breeding programs aimed at improving resilience and adaptation to climate change. The project objectives are:

• to explore new phenotypic traits (innovative protocols, studies of genetic determinism) associated with ideotypes collectively defined and shared with the fruit sector;
• to integrate upstream research into breeding schemes in order to optimize selection processes, particularly through marker-assisted selection (MAS) and genomic selection (GS);
• to assess the potential of innovative approaches such as digital phenotyping, New Breeding Techniques (NBTs), and phenomic selection (PS); and
• to support the integration of these innovations into breeding programs conducted by the key partners CEP Innovation and Novadi.

Financier : AgriObtentions / INRAE BAP