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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
62
Citations
12966
World Ranking
1104
National Ranking
34

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Horticulture

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Sugar, Horticulture, Sucrose and Food science. The study incorporates disciplines such as Citric acid and Malic acid in addition to Botany. His Sugar research integrates issues from Dry matter and Agronomy.

His Horticulture research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Backcross population, Qtl analysis and Irrigation. His studies deal with areas such as Fructose and Flesh as well as Sucrose. He studied Food science and Metabolism that intersect with Malate dehydrogenase, Enzyme assay and Metabolite.

His most cited work include:

  • Water deficits uncouple growth from photosynthesis, increase C content, and modify the relationships between C and growth in sink organs (434 citations)
  • What controls fleshy fruit acidity? A review of malate and citrate accumulation in fruit cells (229 citations)
  • Fruit thinning and shade improve bean characteristics and beverage quality of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) under optimal conditions (215 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Michel Génard mostly deals with Horticulture, Botany, Agronomy, Sugar and Cultivar. His research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Dry matter and Horticulture. Michel Génard works on Botany which deals in particular with Prunus.

His Agronomy research includes themes of Mango fruit, Thinning and Transpiration. His Sugar research also works with subjects such as

  • Sucrose together with Fructose and Sorbitol,
  • Flesh that intertwine with fields like Sweetness. His Shoot research incorporates themes from Photosynthesis, Vegetative reproduction, Leafy and Growing season.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Horticulture (41.92%)
  • Botany (35.81%)
  • Agronomy (20.09%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Horticulture (41.92%)
  • Sugar (18.78%)
  • Agronomy (20.09%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Michel Génard mainly focuses on Horticulture, Sugar, Agronomy, Botany and Cultivar. His study looks at the relationship between Horticulture and topics such as Dry matter, which overlap with Respiration. His research in Sugar intersects with topics in Starch, Sucrose, Carbohydrate metabolism, Dry weight and Phloem.

His Agronomy research incorporates elements of Fruit tree, Abiotic component and Transpiration. Michel Génard has researched Botany in several fields, including Organoleptic, Titratable acid, Pulp, Sweetness and Cell expansion. Michel Génard usually deals with Cultivar and limits it to topics linked to Prunus and Genome and Gene.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Epigenetics for Plant Improvement: Current Knowledge and Modeling Avenues (76 citations)
  • Metabolomic profiling in tomato reveals diel compositional changes in fruit affected by source–sink relationships (40 citations)
  • Putting primary metabolism into perspective to obtain better fruits. (39 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Horticulture

His main research concerns Botany, Horticulture, Transpiration, Cultivar and Sugar. Horticulture is closely attributed to Sweetness in his study. The Transpiration study combines topics in areas such as Dry matter and Agronomy.

His study looks at the intersection of Cultivar and topics like Prunus with Shoot, Crop, Apple tree, Malus and Irrigation. In Shoot, Michel Génard works on issues like Photosynthesis, which are connected to Respiration. His studies in Sugar integrate themes in fields like Carbohydrate metabolism, Osmotic pressure, Turgor pressure and Sucrose.

Best Publications

  • Water deficits uncouple growth from photosynthesis, increase C content, and modify the relationships between C and growth in sink organs

    Bertrand Muller;Florent Pantin;Michel Génard;Olivier Turc

  • What controls fleshy fruit acidity? A review of malate and citrate accumulation in fruit cells

    Audrey Etienne;Michel Génard;Philippe Lobit;Didier Mbéguié-A-Mbéguié

  • Fruit thinning and shade improve bean characteristics and beverage quality of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) under optimal conditions

    Philippe Vaast;Philippe Vaast;Benoit Bertrand;Jean-Jacques Perriot;Bernard Guyot

  • How does tomato quality (sugar, acid, and nutritional quality) vary with ripening stage, temperature, and irradiance?

    Hélène Gautier;Vicky Diakou-Verdin;Camille Bénard;Maryse Reich

  • Effects of Low Nitrogen Supply on Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Fruit Yield and Quality with Special Emphasis on Sugars, Acids, Ascorbate, Carotenoids, and Phenolic Compounds

    Camille Bénard;Hélène Gautier;Frédéric Bourgaud;Dominique Grasselly

  • A biophysical model of fruit growth: simulation of seasonal and diurnal dynamics of mass

    S. Fishman;M. Génard

  • QTL ANALYSIS OF QUALITY TRAITS IN AN ADVANCED BACKCROSS BETWEEN PRUNUS PERSICA CULTIVARS AND THE WILD RELATIVE SPECIES P. DAVIDIANA

    B. Quilot;B. H. Wu;J. Kervella;M. Génard

  • Epigenetics for Plant Improvement: Current Knowledge and Modeling Avenues

    Philippe Gallusci;Zhanwu Dai;Michel Génard;Arnaud Gauffretau

  • A biophysical analysis of stem and root diameter variations in woody plants.

    Michel Génard;Svetlana Fishman;Gilles Vercambre;Jean-Gérard Huguet

  • Carbon allocation in fruit trees: from theory to modelling

    Michel Génard;Jean Dauzat;Nicolás Franck;Françoise Lescourret

  • Tomato quality as influenced by preharvest factors

    Nadia Bertin;Michel Génard

  • Model-assisted analysis of tomato fruit growth in relation to carbon and water fluxes

    Huai-Feng Liu;Michel Génard;Soraya Guichard;Nadia Bertin

  • Soluble sugars mediate sink feedback down-regulation of leaf photosynthesis in field-grown Coffea arabica

    Nicolás Franck;Philippe Vaast;Michel Génard;Jean Dauzat

  • Multivariate analysis of within-tree factors accounting for the variation of peach fruit quality

    M. Génard;C. Bruchou

  • Remarkable reproducibility of enzyme activity profiles in tomato fruits grown under contrasting environments provides a roadmap for studies of fruit metabolism

    Benoit Biais;Camille Bénard;Bertrand Beauvoit;Sophie Colombié

  • Modelling malic acid accumulation in fruits: relationships with organic acids, potassium, and temperature

    Philippe Lobit;Michel Genard;Patrick Soing;Robert Habib

  • Regulation of tomato fruit ascorbate content is more highly dependent on fruit irradiance than leaf irradiance

    Hélène Gautier;Capucine Massot;Rebecca Stevens;Sylvie Sérino

  • Changes in fruit sugar concentrations in response to assimilate supply, metabolism and dilution: a modeling approach applied to peach fruit (Prunus persica).

    M. Génard;F. Lescourret;L. Gomez;R. Habib

  • Towards a virtual fruit focusing on quality : modelling features and potential uses

    Michel Génard;Nadia Bertin;C. Borel;Philippe Bussières

  • Ecosystem services in orchards. A review

    Constance Demestihas;Daniel Plénet;Michel Génard;Christiane Raynal

  • Leaf:fruit ratio and irrigation supply affect seasonal changes in minerals, organic acids and sugars of mango fruit

    Mathieu Léchaudel;Jacques Joas;Yanis Caro;Michel Génard

  • Genetic and physiological analysis of tomato fruit weight and composition: influence of carbon availability on QTL detection

    Marion Prudent;Mathilde Causse;Michel Génard;Pasquale Tripodi

  • Fruit load and branch ring-barking affect carbon allocation and photosynthesis of leaf and fruit of Coffea arabica in the field.

    Philippe Vaast;Jobert Angrand;Nicolas Franck;Jean Dauzat

  • A simulation model of growth at the shoot-bearing fruit level: I. Description and parameterization for peach

    Françoise Lescourret;M. Ben Mimoun;M. Génard

Frequent Co-Authors

Françoise Lescourret
Françoise Lescourret INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Nadia Bertin
Nadia Bertin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Hélène Gautier
Hélène Gautier INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Zhanwu Dai
Zhanwu Dai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christophe Godin
Christophe Godin École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Yves Gibon
Yves Gibon University of Bordeaux
Mathilde Causse
Mathilde Causse INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Loïc Pagès
Loïc Pagès INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Shaohua Li
Shaohua Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Emilio Nicolás
Emilio Nicolás Spanish National Research Council

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