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Cayenne 2009 - Knowledge-Based Management of Tropical Rainforests

Rainforests play a major role in the supply of goods and ecosystem services for countries and people. They require all the more care since they contain exceptional richness as regards biodiversity, si Lire la suite

 

15/12/2009
Press release

Bisphenol-A affects intestinal function, scientists find

Researchers at INRA-Toulouse have demonstrated for the first time that exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) affects intestinal function. BPA, a component of many plastic food containers, is often detected in Lire la suite

 

27/11/2009
Press release

3D structure of key region in bronchiolitis virus marks first step in developing therapy

Researchers at the Pasteur Institute, CNRS, INRA and the Université Paris-Sud 11 have revealed details of the three-dimensional structure of an RNA-protein complex in the virus that causes bronchiolit Lire la suite

 

Emerging infectious animal deseases Emerging infectious animal diseases

Recent health crises have brought to light the very real threat these zoonoses pose to human health, global food safety and the economy, stressing the need for revitalising research in this area. Infe Lire la suite

 

24/11/2009
Press Info item

The control of node canker in wheat through a better use of canopy architecture

Node canker is one of the principal leaf diseases affecting wheat in France and many other European countries. Two parasitic fungi are responsible for this disease: currently the most widespread is M Lire la suite

 

24/11/2009
Press Info item

Crohn's disease: evidence for a key molecule that causes inflammation of the intestinal mucosa

INRA researchers at Université Clermont 1, working in association with scientists from McGill University in Quebec, have recently published results of considerable importance to our understanding of t Lire la suite

 

24/11/2009
Press Info item

Helping plants to fight against saline stress

Defending plants from saline stress is now a worrying situation encountered in many parts of the world that suffer from increasing pressure on water resources, notably because of climate change and th Lire la suite

 

Animal genomics

"Genomics appeared in the 1990s, born from the evolution of Molecular Genetics, which originally was concerned with the study of a gene or a small fraction of the genome and later evolved towards the Lire la suite

 

Olivier Loudet INRA junior researcher receives Starting Grant from European Research Council

The European Research Council (ERC) awards grants to support frontier research on the sole criterion of scientific excellence. Awardees are thus given the possibility of starting a research team. For Lire la suite

 

Heribert Hirt is 5th INRA researcher named a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization

Heribert Hirt, a research director at the Joint Research Unit for Plant Genomics (INRA-CNRS-Université d'Evry), has been elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). He join Lire la suite

 

The soil: a resource for sustainable agriculture

From food production to raw materials for construction and industry, from regulating the water cycle and water quality to improving our landscapes, from carbon storage aimed at limiting the greenhouse Lire la suite

 

Research results in food and nutrition

On the occasion of the International Food Show, the latest Press Info items illustrate the diversity of the research conducted at INRA in the field of food and nutrition, taste, health and food safety Lire la suite

 

Biodiversity and agriculture: a new challenge for agricultural research

Comprehending the relationship between agriculture and biodiversity plays a key role in understanding and managing biodiversity. To respond to this challenge, the synergies between agronomy, ecology a Lire la suite

 

November 4-5, 2008
Montpellier (France)

cow grazing in pasture Biodiversity and Agriculture: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Research for More Sustainable Farming

This international Conference, aimed at European and international decision-makers and stakeholders, aimed at demonstrating the strategic importance of research on the interactions between agriculture and biodiversity. Lire la suite


Food and nutrition and processed products

The different facets of our diet reflect the varied characteristics of this essential activity. Interactions between need, pleasure, culture, tradition, sharing, etc., are particularly complex. Like M Lire la suite

> Download Food and nutrition and processed products (PDF)

 

Biodiversity and agriculture Biodiversity and agriculture: a new challenge for agricultural research

"For many years, biodiversity was considered separately by ecologists who focused on a wild and natural state as being in equilibrium, and by agronomists who studied the diversity of genetic resources Lire la suite

> Download Biodiversity and Agriculture (PDF, 700kO)

 

July 3, 2008
Paris (France)

20th Anniversary of INRA Productions Animales

INRA Productions Animales is a French scientific journal launched 20 years ago. On the occasion of its 20th year of publication, INRA is organising a day for presenting research results and prospects in different fields of animal production. Lire la suite


22/06/2007
Press Info item

A Biological Resource Centre for Tropical Plants in the West Indies

The Biological Resource Centre (BRC) for Tropical Plants, based in Guadeloupe and Martinique, groups six collections of cultivated plants managed by INRA and CIRAD. Its purpose is to safeguard these Lire la suite

 

08/06/2007
Press release

archives Archives of INRA’s international journals go online

INRA, together with the publishing house EDP Sciences, are digitising the back issues of seven international journals. The complete archives of these journals will thus be freely available on the Inte Lire la suite

 

the new journal ANIMAL ANIMAL, a new international scientific journal

In February 2007, INRA, the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) and the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP) launched a new international journal of animal science, entitled "ANIMAL Lire la suite

 

 
 
 

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