Séminaires

Variety mixtures, i.e. the cultivation of different genotypes within a field, have been proposed as a way to take better advantage of ecological processes naturally occurring in ecosystems allowing the development of more sustainable agricultural systems.

Planting a crop variety with another has long been considered as a way to control epidemics at the field level, and is experiencing a revival of interest in agriculture.

IDEEV, Université Paris-Saclay, 12 route 128, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette Salle Rachel Carson

Les changements climatiques majeurs en cours et les instabilités économiques mondiales font peser des risques sur l’agriculture.

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Hybrid breeding was conceptualized originally for maize by Shull in 1908 as an extension of the isolation concept developed by de Vilmorin for cereals in the 19th century.

Meiotic drivers are selfish elements that bias their own transmission into more than half the progeny produced by a driver+/driver- heterozygote.

I will present a quick overview on what we know about the mechanisms of plant beneficial interactions, and the impact of domestication and breeding on those interactions.