Supporting science



Projects supported under partnerships

Agropolis Fondation works with various partners to further its scientific efforts, promote development-oriented research, extend its reach and foster synergy in exploring solutions to the world's food, agriculture and agrobiodiversity challenges.

Some of the funded projects are being supported jointly by different partners:

Projects supported under partnership with INRIA on Computational Plants and Eco-Systems

Year Project title
 Project leader
2008 on-going Towards a federative research on modelling and simulation platforms J.-P. Müller J. C. Fabre
2008 on-going Agropolis computational plant seminar
Y. Guédon
C. Granier
L. Laplaze
2008 on-going Modelling and optimization of bioconversion of plant materials in inhomogeneous media
E. Dubreucq
J. Harmand
A. Rapaport
2008 completed Developing a statistical framework to study genotype x environment interactions in association studies
Y. Vigouroux
E. Buckler
2008 on-going OpenAlea: An open software platform for plant modelling at different scales
C. Godin
C. Pradal
C. Fournier
2008 on-going Plant Computational Identification & Collaborative Information System - Pl@ntNet
D. Barthelemy
N. Boujemaa
2008 completed Model level integration for understanding and managing human influenced ecosystems at the landscape scale
X. Louchart
M. Jaeger
2008 on-going Computational model for electrical signaling in plants in relation to polarized patterns of development and morphogenesis, and to adaptive responses to stresses
J.-B. Thibaud
A.-G. Rolland-Lagan
2008 completed Development of a toolbox for the modelling and simulation of retroactions between plant growth and plant biomechanics
T. Fourcaud
T. Almeras
2008 on-going 3D virtual fruit - application to the control of fruit growth and quality
N. Bertin
C. Godin
2009 completed International Workshop on Tree Stability Modelling
T. Fourcaud
T. Almeras
2009 on-going Reconstruction of 3D geometric model of plant from laser scanner data
F. Boudon
P. E. Lauri
2009 on-going Modelling of water and nutrients uptake by plant root systems: a mathematical and numerical approach with explicit account of root system architecture
C. Doussan
M. Comte
2009 on-going Population genetics and architectural-functional plant growth models. Application to Mascarocoffea (coffee trees natives from Madagascar) genetic resources preservation
S. Sabatier
P. De Reffye
2009 on-going PHENOtyping by Modelisation of plant ENvironnement and Architecture
B. De Solan
C. Pradal
2009 on-going A tool to conceive sustainable production systems - case of the peach brown rot couple
B. Quilot -Turion
M. M. Ould Sidi
N. Hilgert
2009 completed Third International Symposium in the series Plant Growth Modelling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications
M. Jaeger
J. Lecoeur
2009 completed Dynamics and evolution of life history traits in plant pathogens and pests
V. Ravigné
F. Grognard
2009 completed Organization of the Agropolis session within the ‘TDWG- Biodiversity Information Standards' 2009 annual meeting, Montpellier, 9-13 November
D. Barthelemy
J.-L. Pham
2009 on-going A thematic network to reinforce regional collaborative projects in virtual landscape and ecosystem visualization
M. Jaeger
G. A. Patow
2009 on-going Coupling photon and proton imaging : towards a 3D functional imaging in plant
J.-L. Verdeil
G. Conejero

 

Projects supported under partnership with CAPES on knowledge sharing and scientific capacity building

Year Project title Project leader
2010
on-going
 Identification of nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) effectors of pathogenicity in rice (Oryza sativa) D. Fernandez
2010
on-going
 InfraRed Spectrometry as a tool to model inorganic and organic phosphorus availability in tropical soils under conservation systems T. Becquer
2010
on-going
 Organization of a joint French-Brazilian-African training course for the construction of a sentinel network for Greening disease outbreak detection in peri-Mediterranean countries. F. Gatineau
2010
on-going
 Role of active retrotransposons (RT) In Coffea canephora and C. Arabica Genome Evolution A. De Kochko
2010
on-going
 Phenotyping, Genotyping and analysing genetic diversity and structure of a collection of Coffea arabica from Ethiopia, in relation with quality and drought tolerance (PHEGECO) T. Leroy

 

Partnership with AWARD Programme to support African women in agricultural research

Year Project title Project leader
2010
on-going
 Characterization of starchy tubers of yams for food quality and industrial applications
O. Gibert
D. Tran