Symbioses have been fundamental to colonization of terrestrial ecosystems by plants and their evolution. Emergence of the ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis was followed by the diversification o...

La pépinière Caussat mise sur des arbres résistants au climat de demain. Leader régional dans la culture d’arbres d’ornement, la pépinière Caussat, située au nord de Toulouse, s’engage dans une course...

Abstract. Horizontal gene transfers (HGT) have been observed across the tree of life. While their adaptive importance in bacteria is conspicuous, the occur

The nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis (RNS) is specifically formed by four orders of angiosperms. The largest of these four orders include the legume family, the Fabaceae. Among legumes, historica...

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Land plants include angiosperms, bryophytes, lycophytes and ferns, each of which may deploy distinct strategies to resist pathogens. Here, we investigate fern-pathogen interactions by characterizing n...

Epitope tags are broadly used for detecting, modifying or purifying proteins of interest, but their breadth of application is often rather poor. Recently, the rationally designed ALFA tag and its ALFA...

Plants have colonized lands 450 million years ago. This terrestrialization was facilitated by developmental and functional innovations. Recent evo-...

The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha has emerged as a model for studying plant immunity in bryophytes, providing unique insights into conserved defense mechanisms across land plants. By contrast, March...

The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha has emerged as a model for studying plant immunity in bryophytes, providing unique insights into conserved defense mechanisms across land plants. By contrast, March...

Plant adaptation to a terrestrial life 450 million years ago played a major role in the evolution of life on Earth. This shift from an aquatic environment has been mostly studied by focusing on flower...

Un sol riche en microorganismes est important pour la bonne santé des plantes. Mais par quels mécanismes ? Des chercheurs ont mis en évidence une bactérie présente autour des racines qui stimule les défenses antimicrobiennes de la plante pour limiter le développement de ses concurrentes. Une nouvelle piste pour des traitements agricoles durables.

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) with soilborne Glomeromycota fungi was pivotal in the conquest of land by plants almost half a billion years ago. In flowering plants, it is hypothesised that AM is initiate...

Grasses (Poaceae) comprise c. 11 800 species and are central to human livelihoods and terrestrial ecosystems. Knowing their relationships and evolutionary history is key to comparative research and .....