Localization

• Department: Systèmes Biologiques (Bios)
• Unit research: Amélioration des Plantes à Multiplication Végétative (UR75) - http://www.cirad.fr/ur/multiplication_vegetative
• CIRAD, Campus de Lavalette, Montpellier
• France

Discipline and activities

• Plant development, plant breeding
• Genetics and cytogenetics
• Developmental biology and reproduction
• Selection

Adress

• TA A-75 / 02
  Avenue Agropolis
  34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Phone/Fax/Mail

• Phone : +33 4 67 61 58 60
• Fax : +33 4 67 61 56 66
• Mail : frederic.bakry@cirad.fr

Detailed functions 

• In charge of research on the improvement of vegetatively propagated crops and linked areas: transmission of heterozygosity - structural heterozygosity and distorted mendelian segregations - polyploidization and 2N gametes
• In charge of research on biodiversity studies by flow cytometry

Areas of competence and expertise

• cytogenetics: meiotic plates, chromosomes counts                                                   
• flow cytometry: ploidy level, DNA content, AT/GC ratio                                                                           
• In vitro plant tissue culture                                                                                                      
• breeding and selection of sweet and cooking bananas

Research experience

• Research experience in the Musa genus: genetic resources, breeding strategies, biotechnologies and field selection
• Research experience in other tropical crops: citrus (cytogenetics) - pineapple (polyploidization and selection) - papaw (selection) - baobab (DNA content)  

Geographical areas of intervention

• French West Indies
• West Africa
• Mediterranean countries
• Europe

Teaching and formation

• Lecture - Constraints on banana production: consequences for banana breeding - Formation Master 3A SEPMET/SEPMET - SUPAGRO Montpellier -  http://www.supagro.fr/
• Lecture- Use of Musa genetic resources for the improvement of banana and plantains -Formation Master 1 "Sciences pour l'environnement BFP" - Université Montpellier 2 - http://www.mbgae.org/blog/?p=41

Contribution to Projects

Musa genome sequencing (MusaTract - current) - http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/documents/aap/2008/selection/genomique-2008-plante.pdf

Musa genome frame-map construction and connection with the rice sequence (passed) - http://www.intl-pag.org/16/abstracts/PAG16_W05_46.html - http://www.intl-pag.org/16/abstracts/PAG16_W05_45.html

Miscellaneous

Publications: Liste CIRAD des publications de Frédéric BAKRY (copy upon request)

The CIRAD banana breeding programme in Guadeloupe (F.W.I.):

http://www.cirad.fr/guadeloupe/recherche_et_appui_au_developpement/systemes_de_culture_bananiers

English version : http://video.cirad.fr/videos/guadeloupe/banane_antillaise_EN.flv

Spanish version: http://video.cirad.fr/videos/guadeloupe/banane_antillaise_ES.flv

Member of scientific associations:

• Association des Sélectionneurs Français (ASF) - http://www.selectionneurs.asso.fr/ 

• European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA) - http://www.eucarpia.org/