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Measuring and mapping the plant virus richness at the ecosystem scale – PHYTOVIRUS
Emergent diseases of plants, a high proportion of which are caused by phytoviruses, are a significant burden on the food security and economic stability of societies. However, no studies have provided a comprehensive view of the geographical distribution of phytovirus diversity to date, including both the numbers or richness of virus species and the evenness of their distribution in any individual environment on Earth.
Mechanisms underlying plant adaptation and diversification in an insect crop pest – Mecadapt
Adaptation of organisms to contrasting environmental conditions is a major driver of species diversification. However we know very little on the genetic basis underlying ecologically-relevant traits, and on how and at what speed adaptive divergence leads to genetic differentiation.
Trade off in rhizobia-legumes interactions, influence of immunity and defense of legumes on symbiosis and vice versa – TrolesInfidels
associated with typical plant defence reactions as the ones that are usually observed in plant tissues massively [...] directly involved in plant productivity, i.e. the symbiotic efficiency and the plant immunity, we think [...] associating with soil bacteria referred to as rhizobia, plants of the legume family are able to compensate the
Endogenous viral elements: role in virus evolution and functions in plants – EVENTS
functions in plants. EVENTS will create automated computational tools to search for these EVEs in plant genomes [...] impacts of endogenous viral elements (EVEs) on plant metabolism. EVEs are viral sequences that are integrated [...] integrated in the genomes of their hosts. In plants, most characterized EVEs originate from viruses in
Bio-engineering of terpenoids – TerpFactory Consolidation
the company Plant Advanced Technologies (PAT, Nancy) and of the CNRS Institute of Plant Molecular Biology [...] slow growing-plant of semi-desert African ecosystems. The overexploitation of this plant in its natural [...] new plant species using PAT dedicated technologies without massively exploiting the African plant species
Adaptability, Origin and Genome Evolution of an Emerging plant-devastating Nematode – AEGONE
the range of compatible plants and the ability to adapt to poor or non-host plants. Because the only acceptable [...] loss of agricultural production is highly needed. Plant-parasitic nematode worms are responsible for ag [...] and are able to infest virtually any cultivated plant. Methods to control these nematodes are sparse.
Mechanism of gene silencing mediated by a variant of Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 in Arabidopsis thaliana – POLYCOMBARA
regulators are essential for plant viability allowing genetic approaches and plant studies can be conducted [...] complexes evolved slightly differently in plants? Do plant PRC1 complexes have specific function? Are [...] Plants are excellent systems to study epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, small RNA regulators
Formation, biochemical composition and function of stress-induced cytoplasmic RNP aggregates in Arabidopsis – PLANT RNPBODIES
higher plants will not only provide important insights into their physiological roles in plants, but also [...] the regulation of plant translation during stress, in the mechanisms leading to plant RNA degradation and [...] The capacity of plants to survive exposure to a variety of environmental stresses is of prime importance
Plant tolerance to RNA viruses: molecular and genetic determinants – GreenTolerance
that optimizes plant fitness while allowing the virus to propagate; this differs from plant resistance, [...] severe damage to cultivated crops. By contrast, wild plants are often ‘tolerant’: i.e., free of disease symptoms [...] virus to escape the defenses. The determinants of plant tolerance to RNA viruses are poorly understood.
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