Laboratory of Tropical and Mediterranean Symbioses
The microorganisms, nitrogen-fixing bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi that live in symbiosis with plant species play a vital role in increasing and sustaining agricultural and forest production, but also in regenerating tropical and Mediterranean environments. They enable the adoption of strategies aimed at sustainable development and at rehabilitating degraded and threatened ecosystems.
The unit’s scientific objectives are to characterize, analyse and exploit the range of symbiotic and rhizospheric associations within plant-microorganism relations. On a fundamental level and in terms of training, this means characterizing the molecular mechanisms involved in how these associations function and evolve, on a few microbial and plant models. In terms of applications and commercial development, the aim is to offer methods likely to be of direct interest to firms in the biotechnologies field.
- La recherche agronomique pour le développement (Cirad), France
- Montpellier SupAgro, France
- Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA), France
- University of Montpellier 2 (UM2), France
- Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), France