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Stella Césari, a young researcher at the Biology and Genetics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions (BGPI) joint research unit in Montpellier. © INRA, Stella Césari

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26 Apr 2018

Stella Césari: a ‘budding’ scientist recognised for her work in plant science

Stella Césari, a young researcher at the Biology and Genetics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions (BGPI) joint research unit in Montpellier, France, has won the 2017 New Phytologist Tansley Medal for Excellence in Plant Science.

Honeybee's foraging activity. © INRA, Yves Le Conte

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23 Feb 2018

Stress decreases pollen foraging performance in honeybees

Stressed honeybees have lower pollen foraging performance. The resulting deficit in pollen could have consequences on the colony's nutritional balance and development.

Gros plan sur du petit matériel de laboratoire.. © INRA, BEAUCARDET William

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22 Jan 2018

Enzyme activities in soils: from a measurement method to a standard

The Environmental Biochemistry Platform, Biochem-Env, has optimised a method to measure enzyme activities in soils using colorimetric substrates in micro-well plates. Its robustness was demonstrated in the context of an international, multi-laboratory trial which has since led to the development of an international standard.

Photo de groupe, Conférence internationale sur la gestion des ravageurs du genre Spodoptera en agriculture (en anglais, International Conference on Management of Destructive Agricultural Pests Spodoptera (Noctuidae), 14-17 novembre 2017, Chongqing (Chine).
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Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly et de Claire Meslin-Auclair, Institut d’écologie et des sciences de l’environnement de Paris (Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS, Inra, IRD, Univ. Paris 7, Univ. Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne) – IEES Paris, Versailles ;
deux personnes de l’UMR Diversité, génomes et interactions microorganismes-insectes - DGIMI (Inra, Univ. Montpellier), Montpellier ;
deux personnes de la plateforme de bioinformatique pour les arthropodes des agroécosystèmes - Bipaa, Rennes.

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10 Jan 2018

An INRA delegation in China for a conference on harmful Spodoptera moths

From functional genomics to the control of harmful moths belonging to the Spodoptera genus

Papillon mâle de la noctuelle Agrotis ipsilon avec l’organisation de son cerveau en surimpression. © INRA, M. Renou et A. Abrieux

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05 Jan 2018

Insects and olfaction: olfactory coding in the turbulent realm

Long-distance olfactory orientation is a difficult task....

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