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Plant Health Institute Montpellier @phimresearch.bsky.social · Jan 22
[ #phimmediaton ] Comment limiter la propagation de la #maladie du swollen shoot du #cacao ? #RégisBabin vous présente les avancées du projet #Coco4Future #Divecosys
La filière cacao en Côte d'Ivoire s'organise face à la maladie du Swollen shoot
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#JJC2026 Pierre-Michel Marty @phimresearch.bsky.social shows that host heterogeneity impacts demographic history of the #RiceBlast #pathogen in the traditional agrosystem of Yuanyang terraces (Yunnan, China)
January 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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sfp-france.bsky.social
#JJC2026 Marine Seidel @phimresearch.bsky.social shows that microclimatic conditions influence the #inoculum composition and concentrations of #Pseudocercospora #fijiensis conidia and ascospores in a #banana plot
January 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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clara-inrae.bsky.social
#microsky #phagesky #phage
At last! Great to see this one out: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Here, we discovered a nested phage-bacteria network despite their high genetic and ecological diversity. Kudos to everyone involved, especially @chloe-feltin.bsky.social !
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Ecological ubiquity and phylogeny drive nestedness in phages–bacteria networks and shape the bacterial defensome
Author summary Viruses that infect bacteria, known as phages, are part of microbial communities and influence the abundance, diversity, and traits of their hosts. In an agriculture-related context, th...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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sfp-france.bsky.social
#JJC2026 @jmaidment.bsky.social (@phimresearch.bsky.social) on structural characterisation of the interactions between #Magnaporthe oryzae MAX #effectors and their #virulence targets in #rice
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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sfp-france.bsky.social
#JJC2026 Sophie Grandet (@phimresearch.bsky.social @microquar.bsky.social) on the #fungal #microbiota of #clementine leaves
January 15, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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Want to know more about the bacterial leaf streak pathogen #Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola and the role of rice seed trade in the pathogen's spread in West Africa? Using genome sequencing and satellite markers, we describe its population structure and molecular epidemiology doi.org/10.1128/aem....
Large- and small-scale population structure of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, a bacterial pathogen of rice | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
West Africa has faced a rapid expansion of rice cultivation with importation of rice varieties mostly from Asia, and rice now constitutes 37% of the cereal consumed in the region. The bacterial pathog...
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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euroxanth.eu
Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) of the #citrus canker pathogen, #Xanthomonas citri, suggests a shift in population structure of the pathogen over the past two decades in #Iran. apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Population Structure of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri in Iran: 1991 - 2022 | Phytopathology®
Citrus canker, caused by Xanthomonas citri pv. citri, is one of the most devastating bacterial diseases of citrus species. The global population of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri includes three lineages ...
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January 12, 2026 at 8:30 AM
phimresearch.bsky.social
[ #PHIMmediation ] #DiagnoPathoRice - Atelier d'identification des #phytopathogènes du #riz dans les rizières du Cambodge 🦠 🧫 🌾 @ird-fr.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social

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DiagnoPathoRice Atelier d'identification des phytopathogènes du riz dans les rizières du Cambodge
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November 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
phimresearch.bsky.social
[ #PHIMCambodia ] Discover the FEF HealthyRice project, preserving soil health while strengthening rice yields! 🌾🌱

🎥 🎞️ www.facebook.com/watch/?v=110...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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lauramathieu.bsky.social
Our article on agroecological genomics and participatory science to optimise crop mixtures is now available online.
Thanks again to Chiara and Roberto for involving me in the discussions and writing this paper. I am glad to have contributed.
To read the article:
www.cell.com/trends/plant...
May 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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lauramathieu.bsky.social
Thrilled to share that the first chapter of my PhD thesis has just been published!

Our study shows that interactions between wheat varieties can modulate both the mean and variance of susceptibility to Septoria tritici blotch. 🌱↔️🌱

📖 Read the full article here:
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Plant–plant interactions in wheat mixtures modulate mean and variance of susceptibility to Septoria tritici blotch
Wheat varietal mixtures modulate the mean and variance of Septoria tritici blotch disease symptoms through specific plant–plant interactions, with mixtures
doi.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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hervesanguin.bsky.social
[#Regenaration] 📢 Launching field trials in #Carnoules to evaluate ours #Litter-Based Fermented #Bioproducts on #DiversifiedPlantCover #SONARES🌱 Hard day 💪🏼 but with such amazing colleagues🙏 #Fertil'Innov @cirad.bsky.social #PHIM #HortSys #PaulaFernandes @umontpellier.bsky.social 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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hervesanguin.bsky.social
📢 Opening of #WCA2025 in Kigali #Rwanda 🤩

▶️ Full programme here:
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🍄 🍄‍🟫 🌍 🧬 DO NOT MISS #MoreenUwimbabazi Wednesday 22/10 11:25 to 11:40. Smart room 1 #Ecology #Mycorrhiza #CoffeeAgroforestry #Uganda #NaFORRI @cirad.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu #ROBUST
October 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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hervesanguin.bsky.social
📢 WANTED étudiant.e Master2 pour étudier #microbiote #foliaire et #santé #abricotiers 🍑
📊 Relever des #défis majeurs en #biologie #intégrative #microbiote #maladies #multispectrales #biochimiques #CANOP #DIVA 🦠 🌳 🛰️ 🧪
👥 Rejoignez un collectif #CIRAD #INRAE #VEGEPOLYS #ONERA #GISfruits✊🏼 💪🏼 🤟🏼
October 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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hervesanguin.bsky.social
[#mediation] 2 jours de partage avec les élèves du #BTSa #MVAOE Lycée professionnel agricole #Borgo autour des agrumes 🍋🍊 des maladies des plantes 😷de la citoyenneté 🤝👫 ensemble pour préserver l'agrumiculture #Corse Merci à l'équipe #enseignante et aux #élèves 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #DGAL @cirad.bsky.social #ESV
Les élèves du lycée agricole de Borgo formés à la lutte contre les ravageurs des agrumes
À l’approche de la récolte des clémentines, le lycée agricole de Borgo organise une formation auprès de ses élèves pour les sensibiliser aux maladies et ravageurs des agrumes. En partenariat avec le C...
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October 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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hervesanguin.bsky.social
[ #mediation ] 🙏🏻 Merci à #IsabellePEINAUD #FabrizioGURRIERI #CampusCorsicAgri #ClaudeAlbertini #DRAAFCorse de nous accueillir du 06-10 octobre pour parler #Agrumes #Science #Maladie #Citoyenneté #Surveillance 🍋 🍊 🍋‍🟩 #OumaimaMOUBSET 👩🏽‍🔬 #ESV #DGAL @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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microquar.bsky.social
[ #EcologicalLaw ] The 10 commandments of #PredatorPrey interactions ? #PreySaturation #PredatorInterference #PredatorSelfRegulation @cirad.bsky.social #ICTP #CapitalFundManagement
General mechanisms for a top–down origin of the predator–prey power law
The ratio of predator-to-prey biomass density is not constant along ecological gradients: denser ecosystems tend to have fewer predators per prey, following a scaling relation known as the ‘predator–....
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September 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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microquar.bsky.social
[ #mediation ] 😱 Aurons nous toujours des agrumes demain ??? 🍊 🍋 Face au #HLB Mobilisez vous avec nous 🙏 🙏 🙏 A découvrir dans #GaranceVoyageuse #151 #OumaimaMoubset #VirginieRavigné #HervéSanguin @cirad.bsky.social #PlateformeESV #DGAL
📰 Commander l'article lnkd.in/em5pggax
La Garance Voyageuse 151 - Le huanglongbing, le tueur silencieux des verger d'agrumes
September 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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hervesanguin.bsky.social
📢🍊#Clementine 🫶🏻 #RejoignezNous ‼️Etudiant.e Ingénieur.e Master #EcologieMicrobienne #Corse #TerreAgrumes #LaureGarnero #maladie #microbiote #IRIS
👥 #MicroQuar @cirad.bsky.social
💻 #Metabarcoding #Nanopore #Biostatistique
📅 Entre octobre 2025 et juin 2026 - stage 4-6 mois
✍ herve.sanguin[at]cirad.fr
Laure Garnero (Terre d'Agrumes)
September 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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microquar.bsky.social
[ #Mediation ] 🫶🏼 Our experts #PascalAlonso #JeanHeinrichDaugrois #PhilippeRott @cirad.bsky.social in #Colombia for XXXII #ISSCT Congress 👍🏼
🧑🏻‍🔬 🗣️ Pathology 1950-1974
👨🏼‍🔬 🗣️ Pathology 2000-2023
🦠 🗣️ Aceria sacchari #vector of SSMV ?
📚 A Guide to #Sugarcane Diseases

📝 More information: lnkd.in/exU_3gix
XXXII #ISSCT Congress (August 2025)
September 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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hervesanguin.bsky.social
📢Recherche Ingénieur.e/Master en #bioinformatique - stage 6 mois avec #FrédéricMahé
💻Activités: mise en place méta-analyse sur #microbiote #agrumes 🍋 🍊 #Nextflow #bash, #git #python #R
👥 Lieu: #MicroQuar @cirad.bsky.social
📅 Période: octobre 2025 - juin 2026
✍ Contacts: herve.sanguin[at]cirad.fr
August 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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hervesanguin.bsky.social
[ #PrunusNews ] 🍑Today was the 2nd year of a massive survey in the #apricot collection at the #AmarineExperimentalEstate to decipher the interaction between #phyllosphere #microbiota and #apricot #health @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social 🤝 🤝 🤝

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August 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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clara-inrae.bsky.social
After many years in the making, here is our host range #phage paper with #ecology, #evolution and #biocontrol perspectives published in Molecular Ecology! @phimresearch.bsky.social‬ @inrae-pv.bsky.social‬ #PVBMT #JulianGarneau onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
These are our key findings:
A Phylogenetic Host‐Range Index Reveals Ecological Constraints in Phage Specialisation and Virulence
Phages are typically known for having a limited host range, targeting particular strains within a bacterial species, but accurately measuring their specificity remains challenging. Factors like the g...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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euroxanth.eu
Very happy to announce our paper @natecoevo.nature.com on the functional replacement of ancestral antibacterial secretion system ( #T4SS #T6SS ) in a bacterial plant pathogen ( #Xanthomonas ). Enjoy reading! rdcu.be/euNrM
Special thanks to @costprogramme.bsky.social !
Functional replacement of ancestral antibacterial secretion system in a bacterial plant pathogen
Nature Ecology & Evolution - The bacterial plant pathogen genus Xanthomonas uses two distinct secretion systems for antibacterial competition. Here the authors show that some Xanthomonas...
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July 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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clara-inrae.bsky.social
🔬 24-month postdoc position Opening: "Rice Disease Metagenomics in East Africa"
Join UMR PHIM (Montpellier, France) @phimresearch.bsky.social
🧬 Oxford Nanopore long-read metagenomics
🌍 3-month field mission in Kenya
⚙️ Recent PhDs
Apply: sebastien.cunnac@ird.fr
#PostdocJobs #Metagenomics #Rice
July 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM