Publications
2022
Ben Romdhane W, Ben Saad R, Meynard D, Zouari N, Tarroum M, Ali AL, Droc G, Périn C, Morel JB, Fki L, Al-Doss A, Guiderdoni E, Hassairi A. (2022). Expression of an A20/AN1 Stress-Associated Protein from Aeluropus littoralis in Rice Deregulates Stress-Related Genes. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 41: 848-862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-021-10344-z
Biswal AK, Wu TY, Urano D, Pelissier R, Morel JB, Jones AM, Biswal AK. (2022). Novel Mutant Alleles Reveal a Role of the Extra-Large G Protein in Rice Grain Filling, Panicle Architecture, Plant Growth, and Disease Resistance. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.782960
Montazeaud G, Flutre T, Ballini E, Morel JB, David J, Girodole J, Rocher A, Ducasse A, Violle C, Fort F, Freville H. (2022). From cultivar mixtures to allelic mixtures: opposite effects of allelic richness between genotypes and genotype richness in wheat. New Phytol. 233(6): 2573-2584. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17915
2021
Frontini M, Boisnard A, Frouin J, Ouikene M, Morel JB. Ballini E. (2021) Genome-wide association of rice response to blast fungus identifies loci for robust resistance under high nitrogen. BMC Plant Biol 21, 99. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-02864-3
Ndoungue Djeumekop MM, Ngo Bieng MA, Ribeyre F, Bonnot F, Cilas C, Neema C, Ten Hoopen GM. (2021). Spatial and temporal analysis of Phytophthora megakarya epidemic in newly established cacao plantations. Plant Disease, 105 (5): 1448-1460. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-19-2024-RE
Pélissier R, Buendia L, Brousse A, Temple C, Ballini E, Fort F, Violle C, Morel JB. (2021). Plant neighbour-modulated susceptibility to pathogens in intraspecific mixtures. J Exp Bot. 2021 Jun 14:erab277. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erab277
Pélissier R, Violle C, Morel JB. (2021). Plant immunity: Good fences make good neighbors? Curr Opin Plant Biol. May 6;62:102045. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102045
2020
Fournier E, Hannachi M et Morel JB. Les terrasses rizicoles du Yuanyang: un cas d'exceptionnelle gestion durable des maladies. Enseignements tirés du projet Riz Eternel; Quae Editions 2020
Zuluaga A.P, Bidzinski P, Chanclud E Ducasse A, Cayrol B, Gomez Selvaraj M, Ishitani M, Jauneau A, Deslandes L, Kroj T, Michel C, Szurek B, Koebnik R, Morel JB. (2020) The rice DNA-binding protein ZBED controls stress regulators and triggers disease resistance even during induced-drought stress. Front. Plant Sci. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.01265
Alonso P, Blondin L, Gladieux P, Mahé F, Sanguin H, Ferdinand R, Filloux D, Desmarais E, Cerqueira F, Jin B, Huang H, He X, Morel JB, Martin DP, Roumagnac P, Vernière C. (2020) Heterogeneity of the rice microbial community of the Chinese centuries-old Honghe Hani rice terraces system. Environ Microbiol. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15114.
Ballini E, Tavaud M, Ducasse A, Sanchez D, Paux E, Kitt J, Charmet G, Audigeos D, Roumet P, David J, Morel JB. (2020) Genome wide association mapping for resistance to multiple fungal pathogens in a panel issued from a broad composite cross-population of tetraploid wheat Triticum turgidum. Euphytica 216:92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-020-02631-9
2019
Henry L, Morel JB and Buendia L. (2019) Exploring physiological traits for measuring response to competition in durum wheat. Plant Sign Behav 18:1-4. doi:10.1080/15592324.2019.1692459
Alonso P, Gladieux G, Moubset O, Shih PJ, Mournet P, Frouin J, Blondin L, Ferdinand R, Fernandez E, Julian C, Filloux D, Adreit H, Fournier E, Ducasse A, Grosbois V, Morel JB, Huang H, Jin B, He X, Martin DP, Vernière C, Roumagnac P. (2019) Emergence of Southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus in the centuries-old Chinese Yuanyang agrosystem of rice landraces Viruses, 11(11), 985; https://doi.org/10.3390/v11110985
Zhu S, Morel JB. (2019) Molecular mechanisms underlying microbial disease control in intercropping. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 32(1):20-24. doi:10.1094/MPMI-03-18-0058-CR.
2018
Subrahmaniam HJ, Libourel C, Journet EP, Morel JB, Muños S, Niebel A, Raffaele S, Roux F. (2018) The genetics underlying natural variation of plant-plant interactions, a beloved but forgotten member of the family of biotic interactions. Plant J. 93(4):747-770. doi: 10.1111/tpj.13799.
2017
Zuluaga P, Szurek B, Koebnik R, Kroj T, Morel JB. (2017) Effector mimics and integrated decoys, the never-ending arms race between rice and Xanthomonas oryzae. Front Plant Science. 8:431. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00431
Huang H, Nguyen Thi Thu T, He X, Gravot A, Bernillon S, Ballini E, Morel JB. (2017) Increase of Fungal Pathogenicity and Role of Plant Glutamine in Nitrogen-Induced Susceptibility (NIS) To Rice Blast. Front Plant Science. 8:265. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00265.
2016
Liao J, Huang H, Meusnier I, Adreit H, Ducasse A, Bonnot F, Pan L, He X, Kroj T, Fournier E, Tharreau D, Gladieux P, Morel JB. (2016) Pathogen effectors and plant immunity determine specialization of the blast fungus to rice subspecies. Elife. 5. pii: e19377. doi: 10.7554/eLife.19377.
Bidzinski P, Ballini E, Ducasse A, Michel C, Zuluaga P, Genga A, Chiozzotto R, Morel JB. (2016) Transcriptional Basis of Drought-Induced Susceptibility to the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Front Plant Sci. 7:1558.
Chanclud E, Morel JB. (2016) Plant hormones: A fungal point of view. Mol Plant Pathol. 17(8):1289-97. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12393.
Garroum I, Bidzinski P, Daraspe J, Mucciolo A, Humbel BM, Morel JB, Nawrath C. (2016) Cuticular Defects in Oryza sativa ATP-binding Cassette Transporter G31 Mutant Plants Cause Dwarfism, Elevated Defense Responses and Pathogen Resistance. Plant Cell Physiol. 57(6):1179-88. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcw066.
Cayrol B, Delteil A, Gobbato E, Kroj T and J.-B. Morel (2016) Three Wall-Associated Kinases required for rice basal immunity form protein complexes in the plasma membrane. Plant Signal Behav. 2016 11(4):e1149676. doi: 10.1080/15592324.2016.1149676.
Chanclud E, Kisiala A, Emery NRJ, Chalvon V, Ducasse A, Romiti-Michel C, Gravot A, Kroj T and Morel JB. (2016) Cytokinin production by the rice blast fungus is a pivotal requirement for full virulence PLoS Pathog 12(2): e1005457. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005457
Kroj T, Chanclud E, Michel-Romiti C, Grand X, and Morel JB (2016) Integration of decoy domains derived from protein targets of pathogen effectors into plant immune receptors is widespread. New Phytol 210(2): 618-626. doi: 10.1111/nph.13869.
Delteil A, Gobbato E, Cayrol B, Estevan J, Michel-Romiti C, Dievart A, Kroj T and Morel JB. (2016) Several Wall-Associated Kinases participate positively and negatively in basal defense against rice blast fungus. BMC Plant Biol. 16(1):17. DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0711-x
Dievart A, Perin C, Hirsch J, Bettembourg M, Lanau N, Artus F, Bureau C, Noel N, Droc G, Peyramard M, Pereira S, Courtois B, Morel JB, Guiderdoni E. (2016) The phenome analysis of mutant alleles in Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Kinase genes in rice reveals new potential targets for stress tolerant cereals. Plant Sci. 242:240-9. doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.06.019.
Before 2016
Khong GN, Pati PK, Richaud F, Parizot B, Bidzinski P, Mai CD, Bès M, Bourrié I, Meynard D, Beeckman T, Selvaraj MG, Manabu I, Genga A, Brugidou C, Do VN, Guiderdoni E, Morel JB*, Gantet P*. OsMADS26 negatively regulates resistance to bacterial and fungal pathogens and drought tolerance in rice. Plant Physiol. 2015 169(4):2935-49. doi: 10.1104/pp.15.01192.
Xiao Y, Chen Y, Charnikhova T, Mulder PP, Heijmans J, Hoogenboom A, Agalou A, Michel C, Morel JB, Dreni L, Kater MM, Bouwmeester H, Wang M, Zhu Z, Ouwerkerk PB. OsJAR1 is required for JA-regulated floret opening and anther dehiscence in rice. Plant Mol Biol. 2014 86(1-2):19-33. doi: 10.1007/s11103-014-0212-y.
Ballini E., Morel J.B. New insights arising from genomics for enhancing rice resistance against the blast fungus. In: Springer Book. 2014 R. Tuberosa et al. (eds.), Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources, 1 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7575-6_11
E Ballini, T Nguyen and JB Morel Diversity and genetics of nitrogen-induced susceptibility to the blast fungus in rice and wheat. RICE 2013, 6:32.
JB Morel. Exploring Healthy Plants as a New Way to Keep them Healthy. ISB NEWS REPORT February 2013. http://www.nbiap.vt.edu/news/2013/Feb13.pdf
Grand X, Espinoza R, Michel C, Cros S, Chalvon V, Jacobs J, Morel JB. Identification of positive and negative regulators of disease resistance to rice blast fungus using constitutive gene expression patterns. Plant Biotechnol J. 2012. 10(7):840-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2012.00703.x.
Abbruscato P, Nepusz T, Mizzi L, Delcorvo M, Morandini P, Fumasoni I, Michel C, Paccanaro A, Guiderdoni E, Schaffrath U, Morel JB, Piffanelli P and Faivre-Rampant O. OsWRKY22, a monocot WRKY gene, plays a role in the resistance response to blast. Mol Plant Pathol. 2012. DOI: 10.1111/J.1364-3703.2012.00795.x.
Lorieux M, Blein M, Lozano J, Bouniol M, Droc G, Diévart A, Périn C, Mieulet D, Lanau N, Bès M, Rouvière C, Gay C, Piffanelli P, Larmande P, Michel C, Barnola I, Biderre-Petit C, Sallaud C, Perez P, Bourgis F, Ghesquière A, Gantet P, Tohme J, Morel JB*, Guiderdoni E*. In-depth molecular and phenotypic characterization in a rice insertion line library facilitates gene identification through reverse and forward genetics approaches. Plant Biotechnol J. 2012 Feb 28. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2012.00689.x. * : co-corresponding authors
Delteil A, Blein M, Faivre-Rampant O, Guellim A, Estevan J, Hirsch J, Bevitori R, Michel C, Morel JB. Building a mutant resource for the study of disease resistance in rice reveals the pivotal role of several genes involved in defence. Mol Plant Pathol. 2012 Jan;13(1):72-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00731.x.
Vergne E, Grand X, Ballini E, Chalvon V, Saindrenan P, Tharreau D, Nottéghem JL and Morel JB Preformed expression of defense is a hallmark of partial resistance to rice blast fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:206.
Ballini E., Vergne E., Tharreau D., Nottéghem J.L., Morel J.B. ARCHIPELAGO : towards bridging the gap between molecular and genetic information in rice blast disease resistance. In Wang G.L., (ed.), Valent B., (ed.). Advances in Genetics, Genomics and Control of Rice Blast Disease 2009. Springer, p. p.417-425. (vol. 32).
Delteil A, Zhang J, Lessard P and JB Morel Potential candidate genes for improving rice disease resistance RICE, 2009 3(1): 56-71
Tufan HA, McGrann GR, Magusin A, Morel JB, Miché L, Boyd LA. Wheat blast: histopathology and transcriptome reprogramming in response to adapted and nonadapted Magnaporthe isolates. New Phytol. 2009 184(2):473-84.
Faivre-Rampant O, Thomas J, Allègre M, Morel JB, Tharreau D, Nottéghem JL, Lebrun MH, Schaffrath U, Piffanelli P. Characterisation of the model system rice-Magnaporthe for the study of non-host resistance in cereals. New Phytol. 2008;180(4):899-910.
Vergne E, Ballini E, Droc G, Tharreau D, Nottéghem JL, Morel JB.ARCHIPELAGO: a dedicated resource for exploiting past, present, and future genomic data on disease resistance regulation in rice.Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2008 21(7):869-78.
Ballini E, Morel JB, Droc G, Price A, Courtois B, Notteghem JL, Tharreau D.A genome-wide meta-analysis of rice blast resistance genes and quantitative trait loci provides new insights into partial and complete resistance.Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2008 21(7):859-68.
Larmande P, Gay C, Lorieux M, Périn C, Bouniol M, Droc G, Sallaud C, Perez P, Barnola I, Biderre-Petit C, Martin J, Morel JB, Johnson AA, Bourgis F, Ghesquière A, Ruiz M, Courtois B, Guiderdoni E.Oryza Tag Line, a phenotypic mutant database for the Genoplante rice insertion line library.Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 36(Database issue):D1022-7.
Ribot C, Hirsch J, Balzergue S, Tharreau D, Nottéghem JL, Lebrun MH, Morel JB. Susceptibility of rice to the blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea.J Plant Physiol. 2008 165(1):114-24.
Ballini E, Berruyer R, Morel JB, Lebrun MH, Nottéghem JL, Tharreau D. Modern elite rice varieties of the 'Green Revolution' have retained a large introgression from wild rice around the Pi33 rice blast resistance locus. New Phytol. 2007 175(2):340-50.
Vergne E, Ballini E, Marques S, Sidi Mammar B, Droc G, Gaillard S, Bourot S,
DeRose R, Tharreau D, Nottéghem JL, Lebrun MH, Morel JB. Early and specific gene expression triggered by rice resistance gene Pi33 in response to infection by ACE1 avirulent blast fungus. New Phytol. 2007 174(1):159-71.