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Evolution and function of plant NO-Synthases – ALGAE-NOS
major signaling molecule in plants, involved in processes as diverse as plant immunity, growth, N2-fixing [...] abiotic stresses response. The analysis of the land plants genome has established the absence of such NOSs [...] characterized the structure and function of the first plant NOS. Algae-NOS is the prolongation of an ongoing
Revealing complexity of the plant phenolic metabolism : novel routes to the precursors of the cell-wall biopolymers – PHENOWALL
Lignin is a major hurdle to biomass processing for biofuels production or pulping, as well as to forage digestibility. Crops improvement through metabolic engineering of lignin quantity and/or quality implies a good knowledge of its biosynthetic pathway.
Host factors involved in potyvirus cell-to-cell movement: new sources of resistance? – PotyMove
The overall objective of the PotyMove project is to identify plant factors involved in the cell-to-cell movement of the potyvirus genus, one of the largest group among plant viruses, causing considerable economic damage in crops worldwide. The aim of the proposal is to identify plant factors associated with a loss-of-susceptibility that can be used as resistance genes with higher durability, and be available to breeders for further transfer to crops
Developmental and environmental control of cell proliferation in plants. – ARABIDOSTART
regulation in plants comparison to yeast or metazoans. With this proposal we focus on the plant-specific molecular [...] control in the model plant Arabidopsis that is based on the degradation of the plant CDK inhibitor proteins [...] instance for generation of the global biomass of land plants with about 600 billion tons of carbon. Recent work
Self-medicative behaviors in African Great Apes. Comparative studies in chimpanzees and gorillas, ontogeny and transmission of behaviors. – SAFAPE (Self-medication in Apes: Food, P
high diversity of the diet of chimpanzees includes plants with pharmacological properties. Self-medicative [...] species. Surprisingly, biological properties of plants from forests of Central Africa have not yet been [...] been deeply investigated. Observations of the plant selection will be conducted in Eastern chimpanzees
Characterizing the early dialogue between host plants and pathogenic oomycetes: biological and physical approaches – COOL
imperatives of modern agriculture. In the soil, a plant disease begins with the interaction between root [...] microorganisms, penetration and then colonization of plant tissues. In recent years, advances in knowledge [...] the early communication established between host plants, pathogens of the oomycetes class and soil bacteria
Cross-kingdom analysis of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) functions – X-KINGDOM-MIF
human and plant disease and have performed comprehensive in silico characterization of plant MIFs. In [...] study the molecular links between MIF of human, plant and parasite (aphid) origin to identify potentially [...] well as long-standing expertise in comparative plant immunity and molecular genetics of Arabidopsis thaliana
Production, perception and transport of phytohormones by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi – Mycormones
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) fungi establish root endosymbioses with most terrestrial plants and improve their mineral and water nutrition. <br />The aim of the project is to study the communication mediated by phytohormones between AM fungi and their host plants. The focus is on the fungal partner. The aim is to determine to what extent it contributes to the production of phytohormones, can perceive them and possibly transport them.
Shaping new rhizobia by experimental evolution: insights into bacterial adaptation to the plant environment – SHAPE
Elucidate how the capacity to establish a nitrogen fixing symbiosis with legumes has been acquired by new bacterial taxons via a lab-evolution experiment should allow developping the required know-how for the design of new symbionts.
Genomics, transcriptomics and epigenomics of the host adaptation in Lepidoptera species (Ostrinia spp.) – Adapt-Ome
The project aims to reconstruct the history of ECB populations in Europe, and their shift from wild host plants to recently introduced crops such as corn. We study the genomic and epigenetic mechanisms in natural and experimental populations, where we test the host choice and the success of these plants as a nutrient resource.