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Small RNAs in plant-virus-insect vector interactions and trans-kingdom gene silencing – TransRNAi
and inoculation of a new host plant. Likewise, virus-induced mobile plant sRNAs may regulate aphid gene [...] transmission. Finally, the plant genes presumably targeted by viral or virus-induced plant sRNAs, or mobile aphid [...] RNA degradome of plants and aphids fed on virus-infected and control legume plants. We will then use
New apocarotenoid plant growth regulators and their role in climatic stress tolerance – ApoStress
are an important source of bioactive compounds in plants, including phytohormones (abscisic acid, strig [...] oxidation of ß-carotene in the chloroplasts of plants under environmental constraints, such as ß-cyclocitral [...] c acid. Application of these apocarotenoids to plants triggers defense mechanisms which increase their
Determinants of tolerance to high-elevated ambient temperatures in tomato (HEA2T) – HEA2T
original plant material, the HEA2T project aims to characterize the response genes of plants to heat waves [...] Plant response to heat stress has been extensively investigated for the past two decades. Heat stress [...] stress (HT) applied to plants to study the effects of climate change often corresponds to T°C > at 40°C for
Mitochondrial DNA Damage Response – MIT2DR
crop productivity and plant adaptation to environmental changes. Research on plant organellar biogenesis [...] and detoxification in TALEN plants and mtDNA repair mutants, using plant reporter lines expressing f [...] gene expression in plant mitochondria and a major contributor in the field of plant mtDNA recombination
Mobilome, adaptation and crop genome stability – CropCircle
cells but also in herbicide resistant plants. However, in plants the role of eccDNA is still poorly explored [...] promote the production of eccDNA in plants? ?2- What are the plant epigenetic mechanisms limiting eccDNA [...] Plants are sessile organisms and naturally adapt to rapidly changing environmental conditions. Recent
Plant-mediated selection of endosymbiotic bacteria – SELECT
formation of new plant organs; infection, the entry and proliferation of bacteria within plant cells; and nitrogen [...] c nitrogen and provide organic ammonium to the plant in exchange for carbon sources. Large phenotypic [...] to their host. During the interaction with the plant, rhizobial fitness is determined by the realization
Leveraging genetic diversity in the model liverwort Marchantia to discover novel immunity mechanisms in plants. – LEVEL-UP
non-vascular and vascular land plants will reveal the universal components of plant immunity or those that are [...] The diversity of plant immune mechanisms, shaped by 450 million years of evolution remains largely unexplored [...] Study (GWAS) for the first time in a non-angiosperm plant and uncover novel immunity mechanisms. We will use
Legume–rhizobia siRNA-mediated communication in symbiosis. – SymbiSIL
Plants of the legume (Fabaceae) family establish a root endosymbiotic interaction of high agronomical [...] In this project, we will explore the impact of plant sRNAs, notably those deriving from transposons and [...] symbiosis. We will assess the ability of some of these plant siRNA-mediated regulations to control bacteroid
A novel plant-based approach to estimate irrigation water needs of orchards for an optimal water management (IRRIWELL) – IRRIWELL
evolution of plant leaf area which is useful to upscale plant information delivered by plant sensors and [...] trees based on stomatal conductance with the aid of plant sensors and mechanistic physiological models, and [...] key processes behind the observed response of plants to water stress. The approach is then generic
Adjusting nitrate fluxes in plant growth responses to shade or temperature – NitReST
Plants constantly adjust their development in response to variations of environmental parameters, both [...] both above and below ground. How do plants sense and integrate various concomitant external signals? How [...] in which I will address the interplay between plant nutrition and growth responses to light or temperature