TOPWOOD SECOND PLENARY MEETING at INRA Val de Loire, Orléans, France

The second plenary meeting took place at Orléans, France, from March 27 to 31 2017. During this meeting, the TOPWOOD coordination committee met and took decisions concerning the project management. During the TOPWOOD meeting, the TOPWOOD coordination committee organized a scientific seminar of presentation of the project results. The session was introduced by the WP leaders (A. Martinez-Meier, G.. Dalla-Salda, V. Segura and P. Rozenberg). The presentations were:

• Development of NIRS calibration for microdensity, vulnerability to cavitation and ultrasonic method by A. Martinez-Meier and J.P. Charpentier
• Test of portable NIRS by J.P. Charpentier and E. Merlo
• Test/validation of ultrasonic method by E. Merlo
• Phenotypic plasticity of annual ring formation along an altitudinal gradient by M. Escobar
• Vulnerability to cavitation measurements, methods and comparisons by S. Rosner
• Definition and testing of an in-vivo Embolitron for cavitation inducement and ks recovery by M. E. Fernandez
• Development and test of an affordable automatic dendrometer for the measurement of the dynamics of wood formation, conversion into “dynamic microdensity profiles” by L. Pâques
• Adaptation of Douglas-fir to drought by T. Chauvin, A. Rousselle and A. Delétang