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Press release
29 Jul 2019
Scientists from INRA, CEA, CNRS, CNES and several international universities1 have quantified - over the 2010-2017 period – the time changes in the carbon stocks of aboveground vegetation biomass in the tropics. One main result is that over the studied time period, these stocks are almost constant: gains in biomass carbon stocks in some regions of the tropics are compensated by losses due to deforestation or diebacks linked to climate impacts (in particular the El Niño events).
20 May 2019
Researchers at INRA and Wageningen University & Research (WUR, Netherlands) have developed a model to predict the yield of any maize hybrid based on its genes and environmental conditions. To create their model, they looked at the yields of 246 hybrids planted in 25 fields in Europe and Chile. The model is a valuable tool that offers a better understanding of the performances of each seed type according to the field where it is grown. It will help benefit the genetic diversity of maize and support efforts to adapt agriculture to climate change. The study was published in Nature Genetics on 20 May 2019.
17 May 2019
Atmospheric CO2 levels have risen by 30% in a century. A Franco-Australian study by scientists from INRA, James Cook University and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has evaluated the global impact of rising atmospheric CO2 levels on the terrestrial vegetation that uses this gas as a source to drive its growth. Published in Trends in Plant Science on 16 May 2019, the results suggest that global photosynthesis has increased by the same proportion as atmospheric CO2.
27 Nov 2015
The "4 parts per 1000" initiative proposes to increase organic matter contents and encourage carbon sequestration in soils, through the application of appropriate farming and forestry practices.
12 Feb 2015
The 68th United Nations General Assembly declared 2015 as the International Year of Soils. INRA thus devoted its symposium at the Salon International de l’Agriculture to "Soils: their services and uses".
05 Nov 2014
François Tardieu, Research Director at the Joint Research Unit for Ecophysiology of Plants under Environmental Stress at INRA Montpellier, is the winner of the 2014 Agricultural Research Award for Scientific Excellence.
31 Jan 2013
Film shot at INRA Montpellier where scientists have a unique experimental platform at their disposal.
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