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19 December 2024

By: JFD

Fungal secondary metabolites in MIBiG database

MIBiG was updated by an international consortium of 288 scientists. Jean-Félix DALLERY (BIOGER) contributed to the annotation and curation of fungal secondary metabolites.
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07 November 2024

By: FS

JPP "Young Plant Pathologist" award

Congratulations to Cécilia Fontyn, who was honored with the "Young Plant Pathologist" award for the latest article from her PhD, published in the "Fresh Ideas in Plant Health" section of the Journal of Plant Pathology.
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06 November 2024

By: FS

Arrival of Ulysse Guillotteau and Alicia Culot

Ulysse Guillotteau and Alicia Culot joined the ADEP team in October and November 2024 for a PhD.
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14 October 2024

By: AD

Best poster award

Amandine Le Ruyet's poster won an award at the European plant science retreat.
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13 September 2024

By: tsn

Welcome to Salomé SOULÉ and Jessy GRAVELINE

Since September 1, 2024, Salomé SOULÉ and Jessy GRAVELINE have joined the EPLM team.
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02 September 2024

By: BIOGER

Gapless genome of Colletotrichum destructivum

Complete genome of the Medicago anthracnose fungus, Colletotrichum destructivum, reveals a mini-chromosome-like region within a core chromosome.
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02 July 2024

Campus Agro Paris-Saclay, 22 place de l'Agronomie, 91120 Palaiseau. Amphi C2.0.37 (Bâtiment C2, rez-de-chaussée)

Julie NOAH's thesis defense

Julie NOAH presented her thesis entitled "Identification of the determinants of the adaptation of Leptosphaeria maculans to different Brassica species", under the supervision of Jessica SOYER, on Tuesday July 2
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08 November 2024

By: N.Lapalu

ISCLB 2024 - Establishment of pangenome graphs for the analysis and monitoring of fungal plant pathogen populations

Poster presented at ISCLB 2024 as part of the GraPanPhy project (SPE INRAE) on the establishment of genome-wide graphs for the analysis and monitoring of plant fungal pathogen populations using Zymospetoria tritici and Pyricularia oryzae as case studies.
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08 November 2024

By: FS

International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights, 5-9 juin 2024 à Zürich (Suisse)

Several teams from BIOGER were represented at ISCLB2024 in Zurich, highlighting the diversity of work being conducted on wheat septoria within our unit. This participation has strengthened the international visibility of our research, which is now well-recognized.
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08 November 2024

By: FS

Pangenome-wide association study of quantitative pathogenicity in Zymoseptoria tritici

The quantitative component of pathogenicity in Zymoseptoria tritici and its adaptation to its host has been deciphered through whole-genome sequencing of the fungus followed by a pangenome-wide association study. This study, led at BIOGER by Thierry Marcel, has recently been published in the journal Nature Communications.
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08 November 2024

By: FS

When higher aggressiveness compensates for a lack of virulence

Using wheat leaf rust as a case study, an experimental study conducted at BIOGER showed that higher aggressiveness (a quantitative component of pathogenicity) can compensate for a lack of virulence, meaning the inability to infect wheat varieties carrying a widely deployed resistance gene. This finding suggests that even if a pathogen lacks the specific ability to overcome certain resistance mechanisms, its overall aggressiveness — such as its ability to infect more rapidly or spread extensively — can still lead to significant disease development.
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08 November 2024

By: FS

Methodological advances in characterizing Zymoseptoria tritici populations

A study conducted at BIOGER showed that it is possible to estimate the frequency of virulent strains in a pathogen population through "bulk" phenotyping on micro-wheat plots arranged in a checkerboard pattern.
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08 November 2024

By: FS

Springtails feeding on a wheat pathogen fungus: a possible bioregulation of inoculum sources?

A study conducted by Thomas Bourgeois, a PhD student at MNHN*, in collaboration with BIOGER, has shown that the springtail Heteromurus nitidus "grazes" the fruiting bodies of Zymoseptoria tritici (septoria) on infected wheat tissues, thereby reducing the amount of available inoculum.
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08 November 2024

By: F.S.

Is thermal aptitude a pivotal driver in the establishment of recent Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici lineages in Europe?

Answers to this question have recently been provided by Kevin Meyer and epidemiologist colleagues at BIOGER as part of the European H2020 RustWatch project.