Diversity, Adaptation, and Plant Development (DIADE)
Tropical plants are at the heart of the DIADE unit’s research. This research aims to understand the nature and role of the mechanisms underlying the structural and functional diversification of the tropical plant genome. Studies also focus on their diversity and population structures, as well as the mechanisms of adaptation to natural variations or anthropogenic changes.
The research is primarily based on genetics, epigenetics, developmental biology, physiology, systematics, and evolution, but also incorporates other approaches such as modeling, remote sensing, ecology, etc. Studies generally involve comparing model plants (rice, Arabidopsis, tomato, poplar) with species of agronomic or ecological interest (coffee, casuarina, yams, maize, palm trees, millet).
The results of this research contribute to the generation of fundamental knowledge, as well as to the development of new strategies aimed at ensuring food security for communities in the Global South.
Label:Joint Research Unit Research UMR)
Main sponsoring bodies: UM, IRD, CIRAD
Research cluster:Agriculture, Environment, Biodiversity – AEB
Doctoral school:Biodiversity, Agriculture, Food, Environment, Earth, Water
HAL portal: the unit’s publications
