Know more

Arabidopsis thaliana is still the most studied model plant in PHENOPSIS but, since 2013, PHENOPSIS has also been used to grow oilseed rape, tomato and Brachypodium dystachion. PHENOPSIS has also been used to measure the transpiration kinetics of excised vine leaves. In 2023, an experiment validated the possibility of carrying out experiments on wheat up to the grain stage, with results very similar to those obtained in the field, thanks to LED lighting that simulates the spectrum and intensity of the sun and a dripper that penetrates the vegetation in each of the pots to deliver the chosen nutrient solution as close as possible to the plant. This opens up new prospects for PHENOPSIS.

• Role of cell cycle inhibitors in cell division, leaf growth and plasticity of leaf growth in response to drought treatments (C. Granier, in collaboration with IBMP Strasbourg, ANR Blanc project)
• Natural variation in A. thaliana shoot development and function in response to drought and heat stress (D. Vile, O. Ayala-Garay, F. Vasseur, W. Rymasweski)
• Leaf growth response to drought: role of the snaking/gasa gene family (C. Vazquez-Rovere, LabIntex project)
• Multiscale analysis of young canola genotypes in response to drought treatments: what have we learned from A. thaliana? (A. Dambreville, KIC AgWaterBreed project)
• Natural variation in shoot development of Brachypodium distachion in response to drought: a GWA approach (S. Hazen, sabbatical)
• Multiscale dynamic analyses of tomato leaf and fruit growth and their responses to drought treatments: a modelling approach (G. Koch, in collaboration with PSH Avignon & BFP Bordeaux, Agropolis project)