Internal organization

4 research departments - 16 teams
Attack of a rice leaf by the pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe oryzae © INRAE, T. Kroj

ITEM department - Plant-pathogen interactions

  • BLAST - Evolutionary biology of blast and other fungal pathogens of rice, cereals and other plants
  • CIME - Cereal Immunity and Magnaporthe Effectors
  • FBI - Fungal Banana Interactions
  • MSLT - Mécanismes Symbiotiques chez les Légumineuses Tropicales
  • XPLAIN - Xanthomonas-PLAnts INteractions
3D image of a viral particles (P. Bron, CBS-INSERM, Montpellier), with an infected leaf in the background (M. Uzest, PHIM, Montpellier)

VIROM department - Plant-vector-pathogen interactions

  • CAMEPI - Characterization and modeling of epidemics
  • DEFENSIRNA - Defense, counter-defense and small RNAs
  • MOVE - Mechanisms of plant virus transmission by vectors
  • MULTI - Biology of multicomponent viral systems
  • VICITA - Virus / cereal interactions in tropical agro-ecosystems
In vitro culture of mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis, © Cirad, Hervé Sanguin

PHYTOBIOM department - Towards an understanding of the phytobiome

  • BALI - Beneficial Microbes-Tropical Legumes Interaction
  • BRIO - Bacteria Rice Interactions & BiOcontrol
  • MICROQUAR - Plant microbiota and Quarantine
  • MOMIE - MOdulation of plant-Microbe Interactions by the Environment
Weaver ants (Oecophylla longinoda) tending scale insects of family Stictococcidae on cocoa pods. Weaver ants are generalist predators that can regulate cocoa pests in plantations. © Cirad Régis Babin

PRISM department - Understanding epidemics in the field 

  • FORISK - FORecasting epidemic rISK
  • PATHS - PATHwayS of pest regulation in biodiverse agroecosystems for agroecological management

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