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11 Sep 2018

Launch of an industrial biotechnology infrastructrure strategy: European recognition for the IBISBA project

On the 11th September in Vienna (Austria), ESFRI will present the 2018 edition of the European Research Infrastructures Roadmap. Among the new infrastructure projects in this latest edition is IBISBA, an infrastructure project that aims to draw together European R&D strength to provide new support for the development of industrial biotechnology. Coordinated by INRA, a French organization that is a world leader in agricultural sciences, IBISBA brings together 14 R&D operators from 9 European member states. The overarching aim of the IBISBA infrastructure project is to provide a novel environment that will accelerate the production of knowledge and the applications thereof.

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News

28 May 2018

TPMP : a unique platform to understand plant-microbe-environment interactions

Unique in France for its configuration, TPMP (Toulouse Plant Microbe Phenotyping platform) aims to understand the interactions between plants and their biotic environment and predict the adaptation of plants to global changes. This platform, operated by the Joint Research Unit LIPM, is able to respond to strong demand for high-throughput phenotyping (observation of all the traits of an organism).

tournesol. © INRA

News

22 May 2018

Genetic resources of wild and cultivated sunflowers

As a public research institute, INRA explores and preserves biodiversity and genetic resources of several crops. These resources are available to public and private collaborators according to national policies and international agreements. In order to maintain a wide genetic diversity for research and breeding, the Biological Resources Centre (BRC) for sunflower develops its collection since the 1960s and is now operating at INRA Occitanie-Toulouse.

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News

26 Apr 2018

Optical maps to improve our understanding of genome complexity

Plant genomes are particularly complex because of their size and the presence of numerous repeat elements. A clearer understanding of them will enable many of the agronomic improvements that are essential in a context of climate change. The French Plant Genomic Resources Centre (CNRGV) has just acquired an innovative technology that offers a global vision of genome organisation using optical maps. This project obtained funding from the European Union and the Occitanie Regional Council.

Bande fleurie de bleuets dans un champ d’orge. Thiverval-Grignon (78).
Projet Gargamel – Gestion agroécologique des ravageurs de grandes cultures à l’aide de mélanges floraux. Coordination : A. Gardarin, UMR Agronomie (Inra, AgroParisTech).. © INRA, Paola Salazar

News

10 Apr 2018

A website to discover everything about systems experiments at INRA!

Systems experiments consist in designing and evaluating innovative farming systems which can respond to challenges that may be environmental (reducing inputs, preserving water and soil resources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, maintaining biodiversity, etc.), economic (viability of systems) or social (impact on the organisation of work).

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