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Plant-polerovirus-aphid crosstalk – VIRAPHIPLANT
Insect-vectored plant viruses are among the most devastating viruses of crops around the world. To limit the damages caused by these viruses, insecticide treatments are applied to reduce vector populations. Since plant chemicals have a dramatic impact on human health, it is important to identify antiviral strategies which do not use pesticide treatments. The identification of new targets to reduce virus propagation by vectors is the main goal of this project.
Natural chitin-related bio-stimulators for sustainable agriculture – NICE CROPS
Plants have evolved intricate and sensitive mechanisms to discriminate beneficial and harmful microorganisms via the signals that microorganisms produce. These include chitin-related molécules: chitinoligosaccharides (COs) et lipochitinoligosaccharides (LCOs) with huge potential for sustainable agriculture, because of their abilities to enhance plant nutrition and growth, and to incite plants to defend themselves against pests.
Biological Products for Plant Protection – BioPlantProtec
BioPlantProduct laboratory aims to develop a collaborative research platform involving the Plant Research [...] natural environment of plants in the soil (rhizosphere) or on the aerial plant tissues (phyllosphere) [...] resistance of plants to microbial pathogens. Research projects conducted in the frame of the BioPlantProtec
Identification of key Molecular switches for the Adaptation to Nitrogen Availability in plants – IMANA
Despite the in-depth knowledge on N metabolism, only recently molecular players involved in these regulatory circuits have been discovered. A previous collaboration between two partners of this proposal revealed the key role of the transcription factor NLP7 in early nitrate signalling.
The plant NOOT genes are guards for the symbiotic organ identity and abscission capacity – NOOT
legume plants results in the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules on the roots of the host plant. In order [...] role of NOOT orthologs in other plants including the monocot model plant Brachypodium in order to transfer [...] larger scale the symbiotic capacity of these legume plants. We have identified the NOOT genes as necessary
Structural and functional characterization of L. maculans effectors and of their interactants – StructuraLEP
Fungal effector genes typically encode small secreted proteins with no or low homology in databases. As such their function is mostly unknown and structure information provides an elegant way to resolve functional traits. On these bases, StructuraLEP aims to elucidate the involvement of Leptosphaeria maculans effectors in pathogenicity through the structural and functional characterization of a few major effector proteins and the determination of their interactants.
Fungi-inspired enzyme cocktails for fine-tuned deconstruction of plant biomass – FUNTUNE
FUNGI-INSPIRED ENZYME COCKTAILS FOR FINE-TUNED DECONSTRUCTION OF PLANT BIOMASS
Post-transcriptional regulation of the heat stress response in plants – HEAT-ADAPT
The capacity of plants to survive exposure to a variety of environmental stresses is of prime importance for food production, especially in the context of global warming. How climatic variations impact plant life cycles is therefore an urgent question to address in order to improve stress tolerance and adapt agriculture to future rises in temperature. This project aim to understand how plants regulate their response to heat stress.
Antimicrobial plant phenolic compounds for food preservation – ACTIPHEN
ACTIPHEN aims at assessing the potential of plant extracts containing antimicrobial phenols with a molecular mass between 150 and 3,000 g.mol-1 for food preservation. This choice is based on the following observations: <br />- (i) antimicrobial activity of plant phenols has been less studied than their antioxidant activity; <br />- (ii) essential oils are the plant extracts which were the most studied for their antimicrobial activity.
Plant epidermis responses to invading cells – Invader
with the environment in both animal and plant organisms. In plants, the epidermis consists of a monolayer [...] establish the first gene network linking plant reproduction and plant-pathogen response. Another originality [...] flowering plants. On the other hand, oomycetes represent some of the most devastating plant and animal