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Plant Health Institute Montpellier @phimresearch.bsky.social · Jan 22

[ #phimmediaton ] Comment limiter la propagation de la #maladie du swollen shoot du #cacao ? #RégisBabin vous présente les avancées du projet #Coco4Future #Divecosys

La filière cacao en Côte d'Ivoire s'organise face à la maladie du Swollen shoot

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Hervé Sanguin @hervesanguin.bsky.social · 2d

[ #mediation ] 🙏🏻 Merci à #IsabellePEINAUD #FabrizioGURRIERI #CampusCorsicAgri #ClaudeAlbertini #DRAAFCorse de nous accueillir du 06-10 octobre pour parler #Agrumes #Science #Maladie #Citoyenneté #Surveillance 🍋 🍊 🍋‍🟩 #OumaimaMOUBSET 👩🏽‍🔬 #ESV #DGAL @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social

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microquar.bsky.social @microquar.bsky.social · 17d

[ #EcologicalLaw ] The 10 commandments of #PredatorPrey interactions ? #PreySaturation #PredatorInterference #PredatorSelfRegulation @cirad.bsky.social #ICTP #CapitalFundManagement

General mechanisms for a top–down origin of the predator–prey power law

The ratio of predator-to-prey biomass density is not constant along ecological gradients: denser ecosystems tend to have fewer predators per prey, following a scaling relation known as the ‘predator–....

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microquar.bsky.social @microquar.bsky.social · 26d

[ #mediation ] 😱 Aurons nous toujours des agrumes demain ??? 🍊 🍋 Face au #HLB Mobilisez vous avec nous 🙏 🙏 🙏 A découvrir dans #GaranceVoyageuse #151 #OumaimaMoubset #VirginieRavigné #HervéSanguin @cirad.bsky.social #PlateformeESV #DGAL
📰 Commander l'article lnkd.in/em5pggax

La Garance Voyageuse 151 - Le huanglongbing, le tueur silencieux des verger d'agrumes

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Hervé Sanguin @hervesanguin.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢🍊#Clementine 🫶🏻 #RejoignezNous ‼️Etudiant.e Ingénieur.e Master #EcologieMicrobienne #Corse #TerreAgrumes #LaureGarnero #maladie #microbiote #IRIS
👥 #MicroQuar @cirad.bsky.social
💻 #Metabarcoding #Nanopore #Biostatistique
📅 Entre octobre 2025 et juin 2026 - stage 4-6 mois
✍ herve.sanguin[at]cirad.fr

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microquar.bsky.social @microquar.bsky.social · Sep 4

[ #Mediation ] 🫶🏼 Our experts #PascalAlonso #JeanHeinrichDaugrois #PhilippeRott @cirad.bsky.social in #Colombia for XXXII #ISSCT Congress 👍🏼
🧑🏻‍🔬 🗣️ Pathology 1950-1974
👨🏼‍🔬 🗣️ Pathology 2000-2023
🦠 🗣️ Aceria sacchari #vector of SSMV ?
📚 A Guide to #Sugarcane Diseases

📝 More information: lnkd.in/exU_3gix

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Hervé Sanguin @hervesanguin.bsky.social · Aug 29

📢Recherche Ingénieur.e/Master en #bioinformatique - stage 6 mois avec #FrédéricMahé
💻Activités: mise en place méta-analyse sur #microbiote #agrumes 🍋 🍊 #Nextflow #bash, #git #python #R
👥 Lieu: #MicroQuar @cirad.bsky.social
📅 Période: octobre 2025 - juin 2026
✍ Contacts: herve.sanguin[at]cirad.fr

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Hervé Sanguin @hervesanguin.bsky.social · Aug 27

[ #PrunusNews ] 🍑Today was the 2nd year of a massive survey in the #apricot collection at the #AmarineExperimentalEstate to decipher the interaction between #phyllosphere #microbiota and #apricot #health @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social 🤝 🤝 🤝

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Clara Torres-Barceló @clara-inrae.bsky.social · Jul 28

After many years in the making, here is our host range #phage paper with #ecology, #evolution and #biocontrol perspectives published in Molecular Ecology! @phimresearch.bsky.social‬ @inrae-pv.bsky.social‬ #PVBMT #JulianGarneau onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
These are our key findings:

A Phylogenetic Host‐Range Index Reveals Ecological Constraints in Phage Specialisation and Virulence

Phages are typically known for having a limited host range, targeting particular strains within a bacterial species, but accurately measuring their specificity remains challenging. Factors like the g...

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Ralf Koebnik @euroxanth.eu · Jul 7

Very happy to announce our paper @natecoevo.nature.com on the functional replacement of ancestral antibacterial secretion system ( #T4SS #T6SS ) in a bacterial plant pathogen ( #Xanthomonas ). Enjoy reading! rdcu.be/euNrM
Special thanks to @costprogramme.bsky.social !

Functional replacement of ancestral antibacterial secretion system in a bacterial plant pathogen

Nature Ecology & Evolution - The bacterial plant pathogen genus Xanthomonas uses two distinct secretion systems for antibacterial competition. Here the authors show that some Xanthomonas...

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Clara Torres-Barceló @clara-inrae.bsky.social · Jul 9

🔬 24-month postdoc position Opening: "Rice Disease Metagenomics in East Africa"
Join UMR PHIM (Montpellier, France) @phimresearch.bsky.social
🧬 Oxford Nanopore long-read metagenomics
🌍 3-month field mission in Kenya
⚙️ Recent PhDs
Apply: [email protected]
#PostdocJobs #Metagenomics #Rice

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INRAE Pathologie végétale @inrae-pv.bsky.social · Jul 7

#OurNewpaper #JournalBiogeography : Origin, divergence and migration routes of psyllids of the Cacopsylla pruni complex (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) inferred by approximate bayesian computation methods. Collaboration @phimresearch.bsky.social
🔗https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.15177

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Hervé Sanguin @hervesanguin.bsky.social · Jul 6

[ #Soterobiont ] ☕ Two weeks ago I was back in #KaweriCoffeePlantation #Uganda 🙏🏾 for the 2nd seasons of #coffee #microbiota sampling with the terrific #SoilHealth team #NAFORRI @cirad.bsky.social 💪🏾 💪🏾 💪🏾

👀Stay tuned !!! #ROBUST #DeSIRA @ec.europa.eu

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Plant Health Institute Montpellier @phimresearch.bsky.social · Jun 28

[ #phimproject ] #Science #Progress #Partnership #Friendship 👨🏾‍🌾 👨🏾‍💻 👩🏾‍🔬 🧑🏾‍🔬 👩🏾‍💻 👩🏾‍🌾 were central in #ROBUST #DeSIRA for our 4th annual review meeting #NARO #NaFORRI #NaCORI @cirad.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

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Plant Health Institute Montpellier @phimresearch.bsky.social · Jun 3

[ #phimscience ] 📢 New PEARLS in #PLoSPathogens by #LeoBlondet et al 2025 #sentinels 🐜 🐜 🐜 #virosphere 🦠 #OneHealth 🌍 @cirad.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social #UniversitéMarienNgouabi @inrae-france.bsky.social #ArizonaStateUniversity

Sentinels tracking viruses in various ecosystems: Towards a One Health approach

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Hervé Sanguin @hervesanguin.bsky.social · Jun 2

[ #Fermentation ] 📢 Our first #Bioproduct 👍 A major step to reach #SONARES objectives🌱 A great time with #Fertil'Innov 🤩 #UniversidadGuantánamo #SandToGreen🙏🙏 🙏

👉 Stay tuned #Fertil'Innov @cirad.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social

🙏 Thanks for support #RémiTHINARD #SymbiotikAgroécologie

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Hervé Sanguin @hervesanguin.bsky.social · May 17

[ #SystemAgrOH ] 🌱 Finalizada con éxito una nueva fase del trabajo de doctorado de #YaiméLeyvaRos con la #inoculación de #endófitos de #cacao y #Phytophthora #AmbassadeFranceCuba #UniversidadGuantánamo #BlancaMargaritaDeLaNovalPons #INCA #PaulaFernandes #HervéSanguin @cirad.bsky.social

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Institut Natura e Teoria ※ Pireneus (INTP) @intp-science.bsky.social · May 6

As part of the #CLAPAS key initiative, the second edition of the research school on #microbial #community #ecology was held last week at INTP 🧪

Amazing people, great science, beautiful vistas🌞⛰️😀
@cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social
clapas.umontpellier.fr/2024/12/08/e...

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Plant Health Institute Montpellier @phimresearch.bsky.social · Apr 30

[ #phimjob ] 📢 Nous recrutons un.e assistant.e ingénieur.e en #virologie #végétale dans l'équipe CAMEPI, plus de détails ci-dessous

📩 lettre de motivation, CV, contacts de recommandation à #OlivierCOTTO et #SylvieDALLOT par e-mail : olivier.cottoinrae.fr, sylvie.dallotinrae.fr

Fiche de poste INRAE - Assistant.e ingénieur.e en virologie végétale

Plant Health Institute Montpellier @phimresearch.bsky.social · Apr 27

[ #phimscience] 📢 New publication led by #JudithNantongo in #AgroforestrySystems for a sustainable future for #coffee in #Uganda #ROBUST_DeSIRA #NARO #NaFORRI @cirad.bsky.social

📖 Consult the full review with SharedIt rdcu.be/ejx94

☕ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Coffee-agroforestry system showing a dense agroforestry and non-shaded trees (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-025-01192-x/figures/2)

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Plant Health Institute Montpellier @phimresearch.bsky.social · Apr 27

[ #phimscience ] New work on #nematodes led by Coulibaly et al. #Meloidogynejavanica #papaya published in #TropicalPlantPathology #CNRST_BurkinaFaso #INERA @ird-fr.bsky.social #UniversitéJosephKI-ZERBO #PathoBios

🤔 Consult the preprint on #ResearchSquare

Life cycle of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica in papaya and histological analyses of root infection and gall development - Tropical Plant Pathology

Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is susceptible to attacks by root-knot nematodes (RKN), which lead to significant production losses. Understanding the life cycle of RKN in papaya is essential for developing...

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Plant Health Institute Montpellier @phimresearch.bsky.social · Apr 27

[ #AgroecologyLectureSeries] 📢 #RégisBabin @cirad.bsky.social facilitator of dP #Divecosys will talk to "Agroecology in practice: leveraging plant diversification for insect pest control in cocoa and coffee."

Connect via ZOOM, 25 April 2025 03:00 PM Nairobi (GMT+3)
💻 us06web.zoom.us/j/8290409244...

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Hervé Sanguin @hervesanguin.bsky.social · Apr 21

[ #Regeneration ] 2 weeks ago, we launched the sampling for #SONARES exploiting #forest #microbiomes to #restore #soils 🌱1st step #LaBambouseraieEnCevennes 🙏 🎍

👉 Stay tuned #Fertil'Innov @cirad.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social

🌎 Guest: #UniversidadGuantánamo
🙏 Thanks #SymbiotikAgroécologie

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Laura MATHIEU @lauramathieu.bsky.social · Apr 10

I am delighted to share our latest review on the processes involved in disease control within varietal mixtures.
To read the article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Laura MATHIEU @lauramathieu.bsky.social · Apr 11

I am deeply honored to receive the 2025 Women in Triticum Early Career Award from the BGRI (Cornell Univ. & CIMMYT) ! This award is not only a recognition of my work, but also an opportunity to encourage women to pursue their aspirations.

#WomeninScience #Wheat

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2025 WIT Award Winner Laura Mathieu

Laura Mathieu, from France, a postdoctoral researcher at the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), based at the Plant Health Institute of Montpellier (PHIM).

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Hervé Sanguin @hervesanguin.bsky.social · Apr 13

[ #Innovation ] 🗣️ When #SandtoGreen 🌱 🌞 meets @cirad.bsky.social 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 for the mid-term of #Halobiome and to scale-up collaboration 🙏 A day full of discussion and perspectives with the participation of #Fertil'Innov 💪 💪 💪

Repas avec Cirad SandToGreen Fertil'Innov - 04/04/25

Réunion de travail autour du projet Halobiome en présence de Sandrine Dury (Direction régionale Méditerranée - Cirad

Gauthier présente la genèse de STG, ses objectifs et perspectives

Hervé présente les résultats des analyses d'eau du site Rass Oumlil

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