Fruit Self-Thinning: A Trait to Consider for Genetic Improvement of Apple Tree

Jean-Marc Celton; Jean-Jacques Kelner; Sébastien Martinez; Abdel Bechti; Amina Khelifi Touhami; Marie José James; Charles-Eric Durel; François Laurens; Evelyne Costes

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091016

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Fruit Self-Thinning: A Trait to Consider for Genetic Improvement of Apple Tree

Jean-Marc Celton,

Affiliations Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1334, AGAP CIRAD-INRA-Montpellier SupAgro Team «Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces Fruitières», Montpellier, France, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), AgroCampus-Ouest, Université d’Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, France
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Jean-Jacques Kelner,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1334, AGAP CIRAD-INRA-Montpellier SupAgro Team «Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces Fruitières», Montpellier, France
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Sébastien Martinez,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1334, AGAP CIRAD-INRA-Montpellier SupAgro Team «Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces Fruitières», Montpellier, France
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Abdel Bechti,

Affiliation Pépinières et Roseraies G. Delbard, Commentry, France
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Amina Khelifi Touhami,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1334, AGAP CIRAD-INRA-Montpellier SupAgro Team «Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces Fruitières», Montpellier, France
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Marie José James,

Affiliation Pépinières et Roseraies G. Delbard, Commentry, France
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Charles-Eric Durel,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), AgroCampus-Ouest, Université d’Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, France
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François Laurens,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), AgroCampus-Ouest, Université d’Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé, France
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Evelyne Costes

* E-mail: costes@supagro.inra.fr

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1334, AGAP CIRAD-INRA-Montpellier SupAgro Team «Architecture et Fonctionnement des Espèces Fruitières», Montpellier, France
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Fruit Self-Thinning: A Trait to Consider for Genetic Improvement of Apple Tree

Jean-Marc Celton,
Jean-Jacques Kelner,
Sébastien Martinez,
Abdel Bechti,
Amina Khelifi Touhami,
Marie José James,
Charles-Eric Durel,
François Laurens,
Evelyne Costes

Published: March 13, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091016

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