Ecole-chercheur "Rethinking plant breeding for a zero-pesticide agriculture" - 13-15 mai 2024 - INRAE Bordeaux

Objectives :

This researcher school will provide a vision of research & innovation frontiers linked to the use of intraspecific and interspecific plant genetic diversity in agroecological crop protection. Beyond the presentation of technological perspectives involving Next Breeding Technologies, this school will illustrate how a range of technical and organisational innovations can also contribute to redesign cropping systems relying on far fewer pesticides. This includes broadening the scope and strategies of breeding programs, using cultivar mixtures, taking advantage of plant microbiomes, and implementing cultivars deployment strategies to enhance resistance durability, among other aspects. This school will be held in the INRAE research center of Bordeaux (France). It will consist of a mix of scientific talks, workshops and visits. The school will also be an opportunity to discover a Bordeaux winery and taste some wines. Attendees are encouraged to present their research activities via a poster session and flash talks.

Link to T0P-AGRI-NETWORK

Program :

Monday 13th May

Arrival of participants in Bordeaux

Free evening

Meeting at the INRAE Villenave d'Ornon center

Tuesday 14th May (location: Auditorium INRAE)

• 8:30 – 8:50 : welcome and distribution of access badges
• 9:00 – 10:00. Introduction by Christian Huygue (INRAE, Link to the slides)
• 10:00 – 11:00. Flash talks presentation of participants, Link to the slides
• 11:00 – 11:20. Break
• 11:20 – 13:00. Breeding plant holobionts: how plant microbiomes could be integrated in breeding strategies (Patrice This and Corinne Vacher, INRAE, Link to the slides)
• 13:00 – 14:00 : Catered lunch
• 14:00 – 15:00. "Exploiting of plant genetic resources for resource-efficient and environmentally friendly crop production" (Andreas Stahl, Julius Kuehn Institute, Link to the slides)
• 15:30 – 16:00. Bus to Chateau Luchey-Halde
• 16:00 – 18:30. Visit of Chateau Luchey-Halde and tasting (Guilherme Martins, Bordeaux Sciences Agro)
• 18:30. Return (in Bordeaux downtown “Arts et Métiers” stop; or INRAE)
• 20:00. Dinner in Bordeaux (optionnal)

Wednesday 15th May (location: Auditorium ISPA)

• 8 :30 – 8 :50 : Poster installation
• 9:00 – 10:00. Breeding for within-field diversity to promote agroecological transition. (Jérôme Enjalbert, INRAE, Link to the slides)
• 10:00 – 10:30. Break & Poster Session
• 10:30 – 12:30. Workshop: Strategies for cultivar deployment in agricultural landscapes: confronting the points of view of breeders and farmers (Frédéric Fabre, Marta Zaffaroni, INRAE, Link to the slides)
• 12:30 – 13:30 : Catered lunch
• 13:30 – 14:30. Poster Session
• 14:30 – 15:00. Break
• 15:00 – 17:00. Workshop: Design of international R&I projects integrating the genetic lever (Thibaut Malausa, INRAE)

Free evening

Practical information

Coming to INRAE Campus : Click here

Address of the INRAE Campus: INRAE, UMR SAVE, Centre de Recherche de Bordeaux-Nouvelle Aquitaine, 71 avenue Edouard Bourlaux CS 20032, 33882 Villenave-d'Ornon cedex

Bus and tram lines to access INRAE Campus : Several possibilities : Tram C (stop Vaclav Havel + 15 min walking) ; bus 5 (stop Vaclav Havel + 15 min walking) ; bus 15, bus 23. Please use the website or apps of TBM, for going to INRAE (Villenave-d'Ornon) : TBM

Tip for hotel accommodation: Talence town centre (tram B, near the Talence Centre-Forum stop), in the Bordeaux station area (tram C, Bordeaux Saint Jean stop ; disclaimer it's a typical station area) or in the centre of Bordeaux (tram B, between the Bergonié and Quinconces stops)

Auditoriums in the INRAE Campus :

The conference will take place in the INRAE auditorium on Tuesday 14th May and in the ISPA auditorium on Wednesday 15th May.

Note that on Tuesday 14th May the meeting point is at Auditorium INRAE : Map of the INRAE campus.

The talks and slides are available below :

Andreas Stahl - Rethinking plant breeding for a zero-pesticide agriculture

Christian Huygue - Towards a productive pesticide-free agriculture in Europe: motivations, challenges and prospects

Jérôme Enjalbert - Breeding for within-field diversity to promote agroecological transitions

Marta Zaffaroni - Strategies for cultivar deployment in agricultural landscapes : confronting the points of view of breeders and farmers

Patrice This - Breeding plant holobionts: how plant microbiomes could be integrated in breeding strategies

FLASH TALK