2026 Plenary Meeting of the ENVIE Network
21-23 September 2026, INRAE, Versailles
The ENVIE Network is organising its 5th plenary meeting from 21 to 23 September 2026, in the form of a MULTISTRESS satellite workshop held in conjunction with the IJPB Symposium 2026. The aim is to present and share cutting-edge results on the impact of biotic and/or abiotic environments on plants and/or pathogen virulence during interactions.
Plant diseases result from complex interactions between the host plant, pathogens and the environment, meaning that plants must simultaneously cope with both biotic and abiotic stresses. While bipartite interactions have been extensively studied, the effects of combined stresses on plant immunity and pathogen virulence remain poorly understood. This issue has become particularly important in the context of global change, which alters species distributions, promotes the emergence of new pathogens and compromises the effectiveness of some plant resistances. Understanding the mechanisms regulating plant immunity and pathogen virulence under multiple stresses is therefore essential for developing efficient and sustainable plant health management strategies. To participate in the structuration of the scientific community around these challenges, Mathilde Fagard, NPI team and Richard Berthomé, REACH team, LIPM, initiated in 2021 the Impact of ENvironment on plant Immunity and pathogen VirulencE (ENVIE) network. This network aims to promote the exchange of knowledge and expertise in this field, stimulate interdisciplinary collaborative projects, and contribute to discussions with relevant stakeholders. The 2026 plenary meeting of the network will be held jointly with the 3rd annual symposium of IJPB, dedicated this year to “Chemical interactions between plants and their environment: from molecules to the field.”
The topics covered include, among others, the following:
1. Ecophysiology of combined stresses
2. Multiomics integration of combined stresses
3. One health - crop diversification and climate change
4. Multistress phenotyping
Invited speakers
> Vincent Blanfort, CIRAD, SELMET, Montpellier
> Jean-Malo Couzigou, CNRS, LRSV, Toulouse
> Kristina Gruden, NIB, Ljubljana, Slovénie
> Marie Hrabanski, CIRAD, ART-Dev, Montpellier
> Olivier Loudet, INRAE, IJPB, Versailles
Past events
Launch meeting of the ENVIE Network, actu IJPB 15/10/21, update 15/11/24
In connection with the research developed at the Institute Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences.
Plant diseases result from complex interactions between the host plant, pathogens and the environment, meaning that plants must simultaneously cope with both biotic and abiotic stresses. While bipartite interactions have been extensively studied, the effects of combined stresses on plant immunity and pathogen virulence remain poorly understood. This issue has become particularly important in the context of global change, which alters species distributions, promotes the emergence of new pathogens and compromises the effectiveness of some plant resistances. Understanding the mechanisms regulating plant immunity and pathogen virulence under multiple stresses is therefore essential for developing efficient and sustainable plant health management strategies. To participate in the structuration of the scientific community around these challenges, Mathilde Fagard, NPI team and Richard Berthomé, REACH team, LIPM, initiated in 2021 the Impact of ENvironment on plant Immunity and pathogen VirulencE (ENVIE) network. This network aims to promote the exchange of knowledge and expertise in this field, stimulate interdisciplinary collaborative projects, and contribute to discussions with relevant stakeholders. The 2026 plenary meeting of the network will be held jointly with the 3rd annual symposium of IJPB, dedicated this year to “Chemical interactions between plants and their environment: from molecules to the field.”
The topics covered include, among others, the following:
1. Ecophysiology of combined stresses
2. Multiomics integration of combined stresses
3. One health - crop diversification and climate change
4. Multistress phenotyping
Invited speakers
> Vincent Blanfort, CIRAD, SELMET, Montpellier
> Jean-Malo Couzigou, CNRS, LRSV, Toulouse
> Kristina Gruden, NIB, Ljubljana, Slovénie
> Marie Hrabanski, CIRAD, ART-Dev, Montpellier
> Olivier Loudet, INRAE, IJPB, Versailles
Past events
Launch meeting of the ENVIE Network, actu IJPB 15/10/21, update 15/11/24
In connection with the research developed at the Institute Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences.
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