Physiology and Interactions

Nitrogen Use, Transport and Signaling

NUTS 14 members The NUTS team studies nutrient signaling in plants with a particular emphasis on nitrogen signaling, nitrate transport and whole plant nitrogen management. Our main research interest is to investigate how plants orchestrate their response to changes in availability or demand of nutrients.

Nitrogen-Pathogen Interactions

NPI 4 members The NPI team studies plant diseases caused by necrotrophic pathogens. Our aim is to understand the mechanisms of pathogens attack plants and of plant defense. We also study the impact of plant nutrition on these mechanisms, in particular plant nitrate nutrition.

Biomass Quality and Interactions with Drought

QUALIBIOSEC 8 members Research activities carried out in the QUALIBIOSEC team are devoted to the identification of biochemical, histological and molecular factors involved in lignocellulosic biomass degradability in maize in the context of climate change, and in particular of water deficit.

Senescence, Autophagy, Nutrient Recycling and Nitrogen Use Efficiency

SATURNE 11 members The SATURNE team brings together experts in molecular physiology who are interested in the molecular processes of nutritional recycling and the allocation of nitrogen resources in the plant organs.

Symbiotic Nitrogen Acquisition in Plant-Microbe Systems

SYNAPS 11 members The team SYNAPS dedicates its research on finding solutions that favor the agroecological transition. More specifically, the team’s major objective is to understand the molecular and physiological mechanisms improving crop Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) mediated by beneficial microorganisms.

Carbon, Allocation, Transport and Signaling

CATS 10 members Sugar allocation from photosynthetic to heterotroph organs, is critical for the adjustment of plant growth and development under contrasting environments.