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Symbiosis in actinorhizal plants: Microbial-plant signaling and cellular mechanisms of root colonization – SYMActino
Studying of molecular and cellular processes associated with the earliest stages of the symbiotic interaction between the actinorhizal species Casuarina glauca and Discaria trinervis and the nitrogen-fixing bacteria Frankia on the one hand and the endomycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus on the other hand.
Strigolactone (and/or derived molecules) signalling pathways in land plants – StrigoPath
Mode of action of strigolactones in flowering plants ; comparison with the first land plants (moss)
Regulation of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis by microRNAs – miRcorrhiza
Regulation of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis by microRNAs
Role of AUTOphagy in plant ADAPTtation to Nitrate and Sulphate limitation in environment – AUTOADAPT
Autophagy is a cellular process that facilitates nutrient recycling in plants, especially under starvation. Autophagy is essential for plant development, longevity and fitness. This project aims to understand the role of autophagy in nitrate and sulfate remobilisation at the whole plant level.
Role of cell cycle inhibitors in plant responses to abiotic stresses. – CKI-stress
It is predicetd that global climate change will increase the<br />occurrence and extend the distribution of drought stresses that affect plant development and yield. This study aims at identifying proteins that would allow a better maintain of plant growth in response to environmental stresses, mainly drought stress.
Fungal appressoria as organs for sensing plant-derived signals and delivering protein and small-molecule effectors to host cells – FUNAPP
Fungal appressoria as organs for sensing plant-derived signals and delivering protein and small-molecule effectors to host cells
Molecular determinism of ecological adaptation and speciation in two strains of the Lepidoptera Spodoptera frugiperda – ADA-SPODO
While a global food crisis threatens, 20 % of crops are eaten by insects. Providing knowledge on insect pest genomes, and on the ability of insects to adapt to different host-plants and to diversify may help deciphering new crop plant protection strategies.
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.
Genomic and adaptation of fungal life history traits involved in host-pathogen interactions – GANDALF
Scaling up from individuals to populations, GANDALF uses a population genomics approach for addressing the processes of adaptation of fungal pathogens to their host-plant.
NOvel information on the effect of drought STRESS on the cell WALL – NoStressWall
This project aims to improve our knowledge on i) the role of the cell wall in the adaptation of plants to drought or osmotic stress and ii) impacts of the stress on the parietal structure closely linked to the quality of fibers / biomass used for composites, textiles and biofuels.