Université d'Orléans

The Laboratory of Woody Plants and Crops Biology UPRES EA1207 was created under this label in January, 2000. This day, it is constituted of 3 research teams called respectively:

- Trees and Responses to Hydric and Environmental Constraints (professor Franck BRIGNOLAS and coll.), associate to INRA since March, 2008 in the form of unit under contract (USC INRA 1328 ARCHE);

- Forest Entomology (professor François LIEUTIER and coll.);

- Lignans of Linaceae (professor Eric LAINE and coll.), this last team being located in the Scientific Campus of Chartres.

This day, LBLGC regroups 20 teachers-researchers in different domains such as molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry, physiology, ecophysiology, entomology and ecology (5 professors, 4 assistant professors, 11 lecturers), 7 technicians and 8 PhD students.

In the present five-years contract period on 2012-2016 with the Ministry, LBLGC focalizes all its research activities on topic Plants / Environment Relationship.

Research team leading by F. BRIGNOLAS orientates most of its activity on water use efficiency of poplars as well as their tolerance to drought.

F. LIEUTIER and his collaborators carry their researches on study of physiological mechanisms implicated in the variations of poplar sensitivity to insects attacks, as well as the analysis of relations trees / insects facing introductions of exotic species.

Researches developed by E. LAINE team on the lignans of Linaceae is fully integrated into the development policy of the department of Eure and Loir and of the region Centre.

All research activities of LBLGC are supported by regional, national and international contracts but also by industrial contracts.

A leaflet presenting the lab is available here.

Professor Franck BRIGNOLAS, manager