Plant Communities and Biological Invaders in Tropical Environments
Joint Research Unit (UMR) - UMR
PVBMT
Developing innovative control methods against pests, diseases and weeds in agrosystems, but also new ways of conserving indigenous forest environments. The unit's research and training operations concern tropical crop protection and biodiversity preservation in terrestrial ecosystems.
The unit is based at the Plant Protection Pole (3P) laboratories in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
Its operations centre on plant epidemiology (epidemiosurveillance and adaptation of phytopathogenic microorganisms), insect population dynamics and tritrophic interactions, the genetics and characterization of plant resistance to pests and diseases, and the endemism and invasion of natural terrestrial ecosystems in island environments.
Scientific department:
Supervisory bodies:
- La recherche agronomique pour le développement (Cirad), France
- University of Réunion, France
Update date: 11/04/2011