Montpellier Institute of Plant Sciences (IPSIM)
The IPSIM Joint Research Unit seeks to elucidate the physiological mechanisms governing plant water and mineral nutrition and their responses to abiotic stresses and climate change (water stress, salinity stress, mineral deficiencies, metal toxicity, CO2, and high temperatures).
The research programs focus on water and mineral ion transport in plants, mineral accumulation in seeds, the mechanisms of perception and signaling of environmental stresses, and developmental responses to these stresses (particularly in the root system).
The approach is that of integrative biology, which combines methods from molecular and cellular biology, biochemistry and biophysics, functional genomics, and genetics, using model plants (Arabidopsis thaliana) or crops of agronomic interest (maize, rice, wheat, grapevine, and lupin).
Label:Joint Research Unit Research UMR)
Primary sponsoring organizations: CNRS, UM, INRAE
Secondary sponsoring organization: InstitutAgro
Research cluster:Agriculture, Environment, Biodiversity – AEB
Doctoral school:Biodiversity, Agriculture, Food, Environment, Earth, Water
HAL portal: publications from the unit
