A short presentation of the lab by the manager
The Laboratory of Physiology, Ecology and Environment (ex-LBLGC - UR 1207) focuses its activities around 2 main themes:
1- Tree response to abiotic and biotic environmental constraints
2- Mechanisms of insect adaptation to the host plant
Given the collaborations and themes developed, an agreement has been established between the INRAE and the laboratory, in the form of a Unit Under Contract (USC INRAE 1328) since 2016.
The first research team is entitled “Trees and Responses to Hydric and Environmental Constraints” and is managed by Pr. S. MAURY. The team's theme relates to poplar × water availability interactions, focusing on two complex traits: water use efficiency and drought tolerance. This theme is approached interactively at ecophysiological and molecular scales, in collaboration with several units of the INRAE's Ecology and Biodiversity Department (ECODIV). The team is also developing a research program on the use of plants for phytoremediation in soils contaminated by heavy metals.
The second team is called “Neurobiology and Neuropharmacology of Ionic Canals” and is led by Pr. S. THANY. This team’s theme focuses on insect-plant interactions and the adaptation mechanisms of insects towards the host plant. The model currently used by this team is the poplar wooly aphid. The team also studies insect resistance mechanisms to compounds synthesized by plants (secondary metabolites) or used to protect plants (pesticides), and in the environmental factors that can influence their behavior.
The third team is entitled “Cellular Signaling” and is headed by Dr. S. CARPIN. It focuses on the drought signaling pathway in poplar. Molecular studies have identified the partners in this signaling pathway involved in the perception and transduction of the signal generated by stress.
The fourth team “Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution of Forest Entomofauna” is directed by Pr. G. ROUX. It is interested in the study of plant-insect interactions in a forest environment as well as the evolution of these insect populations.
The laboratory’s research is integrated within the regional development policy, particularly within the framework of the competitiveness clusters DREAM Eaux & Milieux and Végépolys Valley, the RésoNat research cluster and the themed research network MiDi.
Pr Steeve H. THANY, lab's head
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Last update : 01/04/25