P1 - INRA French National Institute for Agricultural Research

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Six different research units of INRA representing 36 researchers are contributing to EVOLTREE. As a whole, these units are conducting research on terrestrial biodiversity in temperate and Mediterranean ecosystems with expertise in population and molecular genetics of trees, insects and mycorrhizal fungi, ecophysiology, ecology and evolution. INRA is also the coordination partner and will therefore be strongly involved in the overall management of the activities Six different units involving in the NoE:

• UMR Biogeco (Joint Research Unit INRA-University of Bordeaux I) Bordeaux
• URFM - Avignon
• UMR EEF (Joint Research Unit INRA-University Nancy I) – Nancy
• UAGPF - Orléans- UMR GV (Joint Research Unit INRA-CNRS-University Evry) - Evry
• UMR GV
• UMR IAM (Joint Research Unit INRA-University Nancy I) - Nancy

The key persons involved in the NoE are:

UMR Biogeco (P1a)

Antoine Kremer has strong expertise in population and quantitative genetics with particular emphasis on temperate and tropical trees. He coordinated EU supported projects in FP3, FP4 and FP5 and is associate editor of two international journals (Conservation genetics, Tree Genetics & Genomes). He has record of 150 publications in top ranking journals and is coordinating EVOLTREE. The other key persons involved in EVOLTREE are Rémy Petit, Christophe Plomion and Hervé Jactel .

URFM (P1b)

François Lefèvre has strong expertise in population and quantitative genetics, associate editor of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research. He is deeply involved in gene resource conservation projects (task leader in FP4-EUROPOP project, chair of the Euforgen Populus nigra Network for 6 years, French representative in the Eufogren Steering Committee from 2005). The other key persons involved in EVOLTREE are Eric Teissier du Cros and Philippe Dreyfus.

UMR EEF (P1c)

Erwin Dreyer is a tree ecophysiologist with a research interest in the assessment of intra and interspecific diversity in traits related to water use and carbon assimilation among temperate, Mediterranean and tropical trees. He is principal coordinator of the French Network on Tree Ecophysiology at INRA and of a Marie Curie training centre at Nancy. He is associate Editor for Journal of Experimental Botany and for Annals of Forest Science. The other key persons involved in EVOLTREE are Yves Jolivet , Oliver Brendel and Didier Le Thiec.

UAGPF (P1d)

Catherine Bastien is involved as forest geneticist in management of genetic variation of Scots pine natural resources for adaptive traits. For five years, she is developing research on the genetic basis of variation observed in different Populus species for phenology, growth pattern, and pest tolerance. She is task leader in the presently running EU- FP5 Popyomics project. The other key persons involved in EVOLTREE are Brigitte Musch, Véronique Jorge and Gilles Pilate.

UMR GV (P1e)

Patricia Faivre Rampant has 12 years experience in molecular biology and genetics in forest species. She is involved in genetic mapping and QTL detection in poplar and coniferous species. She recently moved to UMRGV with the objective to develop a physical structural genomic in poplar and map based cloning. The other key persons involved in EVOLTREE are Michel Caboche and Boulos Chaloub.

UMR IAM (P1f)

Francis Martin has strong interests in genomics of trees and associated symbiotic (mycorrhizal) and pathogenic fungi. His current research interests include: a) elucidating the molecular interactions between trees, ectomycorrhizal fungi and rhizospheric bacteria, b) understanding the physiological mechanisms that allow the integration of symbiosis in the biology of the tree and the mycobiont, and c) developing eco-genomics for understanding the role of fungal and bacterial communities in nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. The other key persons involving in Evoltree are Michel Chalot, and Jean-Pierre Jacquot.