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Bee foraging rapeseed flower. © INRA, RENARD Michel

Press release

27 Nov 2019

Neonicotinoids: despite EU moratorium, bees still at risk

ratorium has restricted the application of three neonicotinoids to crops that attract bees because of the harmful effects they are deemed to have on these insects. Yet researchers from the CNRS, INRA, and the Institut de l’Abeille (ITSAP) have just demonstrated that residues of these insecticides—and especially of imidacloprid—can still be detected in rape nectar from 48% of the plots of studied fields, their concentrations varying greatly over the years. An assessment of the risk posed to bees, based on health agency models and parameters, has revealed that for two out of five years, at least 12% of the fields were sufficiently contaminated to kill 50% of the bees and bumblebees foraging on them.

From the greenhouse to the field, Phenotoul an automated plant phenotyping infrastructure

News

26 Nov 2019

From the greenhouse to the field, Phenotoul an automated plant phenotyping infrastructure

Phenotoul aims at characterizing crop plants, developing operational know-how and generating new knowledge. It is an integrated plant phenotyping infrastructure dedicated to research and innovation located on the INRA Occitanie-Toulouse campus.

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News

17 Oct 2019

Launch of the International Consortium on Sunflower Genomics

The International Consortium on Sunflower Genomics (ICSG), coordinated by INRA Occitanie-Toulouse, joins 4 public labs from France, Canada, United States and Israel, and 8 private partners. During 4 years, the ICSG will characterize genetic diversity in sunflower by producing new high quality genome sequences of wild sunflowers. These data will improve our knowledge on the structure of the genomes and on their evolution and facilitate the use of wild relatives in breeding improved sunflower varieties.

Bee on rapeseed flower. © INRA, CARRE Serge

Press release

09 Oct 2019

Bee pollination boosts the profitability of oilseed rape

Researchers from INRA and CNRS have shown for the first time that bee pollination surpasses the use of pesticides in yield and especially in profitability of oilseed rape. The team of researchers analysed data collected over four years in farmers’ fields in an agricultural plain in Deux-Sèvres (Nouvelle Aquitaine, western France).

MSc BOOST

Press release

03 Oct 2019

The Master of Science which boosts plant health

The Université Côte d’Azur, INRA and the CNRS are opening a new international and multidisciplinary Master of Science degree which aims at training students to conduct research and development programmes in plant protection for the agriculture of tomorrow. This vocationally-oriented MSc programme benefits from the strategic position of the Institut Sophia Agrobiotech and partners from the biocontrol sector.