Data from: A collection of European sweet cherry phenology data for assessing climate change

Professional and scientific networks built around the production of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) led to the collection of phenology data for a wide range of cultivars grown in experimental sites characterized by highly contrasted climatic conditions. We present a dataset of flowering and maturity dates, recorded each year for one tree when available, or the average of several trees for each cultivar, over a period of 37 years (1978 - 2015). Such dataset is extremely valuable for characterizing the phenology response to climate change, but also the plasticity of the different cultivars’ behaviour under various environmental conditions. In addition, these records can support the development of predictive models exploitable at the continental scale to be used by growers and breeders, but also to anticipate breeding strategies in order to maintain and improve sweet cherry production in Europe.

以甜樱桃（Prunus avium L.）生产为核心构建的专业科研网络，在气候条件差异显著的试验种植点，收集了大量不同栽培品种的物候数据。本数据集涵盖了1978年至2015年共计37年间的开花期与成熟期数据：若单株样本可用，则记录单株的物候期；若无单株有效数据，则取该品种多株样本的平均值。该数据集对于解析物候期对气候变化的响应特征，以及不同栽培品种在多样环境下的表型可塑性均具有极高价值。此外，这些记录可支撑开发适用于欧洲大陆尺度的预测模型，供种植者与育种者使用；同时也可为预判育种策略提供依据，以维持并提升欧洲甜樱桃的生产水平。