Publications by authors named "Harold Durufle"

Background: Abiotic stresses in plants include all the environmental conditions that significantly reduce yields, like drought and heat. One of the most significant effects they exert at the cellular level is the accumulation of reactive oxygen species, which cause extensive damage. Plants possess two mechanisms to counter these molecules, i.

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The Douglas fir () is a conifer native to North America that has become increasingly popular in plantations in France due to its many advantages as timber: rapid growth, quality wood, and good adaptation to climate change. Tree genetic improvement programs require knowledge of a species' genetic structure and history and the development of genetic markers. The very slow progress in this field, for Douglas fir as well as the entire genus , can be explained using the very large size of their genomes, as well as by the presence of numerous highly repeated sequences.

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Sunflower is a hybrid crop that is considered moderately drought-tolerant and adapted to new cropping systems required for the agro-ecological transition. Here, we studied the impact of hybridity status (hybrids vs. inbred lines) on the responses to drought at the molecular and eco-physiological level exploiting publicly available datasets.

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In order to answer new biological questions, high-throughput data generated by new biotechnologies can be very meaningful but require specific and adapted statistical treatments. Thus, in the context of abiotic stress signaling studies, understanding the integration of cascading mechanisms from stress perception to biochemical and physiological adjustments necessarily entails efficient and valid analysis of multilevel and heterogeneous data. In this chapter, we propose examples to manage, analyze, and integrate multi-omics heterogeneous data.

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Motivation: Inferring gene regulatory networks in non-independent genetically related panels is a methodological challenge. This hampers evolutionary and biological studies using heterozygote individuals such as in wild sunflower populations or cultivated hybrids.

Results: First, we simulated 100 datasets of gene expressions and polymorphisms, displaying the same gene expression distributions, heterozygosities and heritabilities as in our dataset including 173 genes and 353 genotypes measured in sunflower hybrids.

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Background: Multi-omics represent a promising link between phenotypes and genome variation. Few studies yet address their integration to understand genetic architecture and improve predictability.

Results: Our study used 241 poplar genotypes, phenotyped in two common gardens, with xylem and cambium RNA sequenced at one site, yielding large phenotypic, genomic (SNP), and transcriptomic datasets.

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In the global warming context, plant adaptation occurs, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly described. Studying natural variation of the model plant adapted to various environments along an altitudinal gradient should contribute to the identification of new traits related to adaptation to contrasted growth conditions. The study was focused on the cell wall (CW) which plays major roles in the response to environmental changes.

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High-throughput data generated by new biotechnologies require specific and adapted statistical treatment in order to be efficiently used in biological studies. In this article, we propose a powerful framework to manage and analyse multi-omics heterogeneous data to carry out an integrative analysis. We have illustrated this using the mixOmics package for R software as it specifically addresses data integration issues.

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This article provides experimental data describing the RNA and the cell wall protein profiles of rosettes and flower stems of five ecotypes. Four newly-described Pyrenees ecotypes [1] are analyzed in addition to the well-described and sequenced Columbia (Col) ecotype of . All five ecotypes have been grown at two different temperatures, 22 °C and 15 °C.

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This article presents experimental data describing the morphology and the cell wall monosaccharide content of rosettes and flower stems of five ecotypes grown at two contrasted temperatures. Besides, cell wall polysaccharides are reconstructed from data of monosaccharide quantification. The well-described and sequenced Columbia (Col) ecotype and four newly-described Pyrenees ecotypes (Duruflé et al.

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Unlabelled: Natural variations help in identifying genetic mechanisms of morphologically and developmentally complex traits. Mountainous habitats provide an altitudinal gradient where one species encounters different abiotic conditions. We report the study of 341 individuals of derived from 30 natural populations not belonging to the 1001 genomes, collected at increasing altitudes, between 200 and 1800 m in the Pyrenees.

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Introduction: Plant and crop metabolomic analyses may be used to study metabolism across genetic and environmental diversity. Complementary analytical strategies are useful for investigating metabolic changes and searching for biomarkers of response or performance.

Methods And Objectives: The experimental material consisted in eight sunflower lines with two line status, four restorers (R, used as males) and four maintainers (B, corresponding to females) routinely used for sunflower hybrid varietal production, respectively to complement or maintain the cytoplasmic male sterility PET1.

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This article presents experimental data describing the physiology and morphology of sunflower plants subjected to water deficit. Twenty-four sunflower genotypes were selected to represent genetic diversity within cultivated sunflower and included both inbred lines and their hybrids. Drought stress was applied to plants in pots at the vegetative stage using the high-throughput phenotyping platform Heliaphen at INRA Toulouse (France).

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Cell wall proteins (CWPs) play critical and dynamic roles in plant cell walls by contributing to developmental processes and response to environmental cues. Since the CWPs go through the secretion pathway, most of them undergo post-translational modifications (PTMs) which can modify their biological activity. Glycosylation is one of the major PTMs of CWPs and refers to -glycosylation, -glycosylation and glypiation.

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With the global temperature change, plant adaptations are predicted, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying them. Arabidopsis thaliana is a model plant adapted to various environmental conditions, in particular able to develop along an altitudinal gradient. Two ecotypes, Columbia (Col) growing at low altitude, and Shahdara (Sha) growing at 3400m, have been studied at optimal and sub-optimal growth temperature (22°C vs 15°C).

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Kelps are founding species of temperate marine ecosystems, living in intertidal coastal areas where they are often challenged by generalist and specialist herbivores. As most sessile organisms, kelps develop defensive strategies to restrain grazing damage and preserve their own fitness during interactions with herbivores. To decipher some inducible defense and signaling mechanisms, we carried out metabolome and transcriptome analyses in two emblematic kelp species, Lessonia spicata from South Pacific coasts and Laminaria digitata from North Atlantic, when challenged with their main specialist herbivores.

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Plant stems carry flowers necessary for species propagation and need to be adapted to mechanical disturbance and environmental factors. The stem cell walls are different from other organs and can modify their rigidity or viscoelastic properties for the integrity and the robustness required to withstand mechanical impacts and environmental stresses. Plant cell wall is composed of complex polysaccharide networks also containing cell wall proteins (CWPs) crucial to perceive and limit the environmental effects.

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Plant cells are surrounded by cell walls playing many roles during development and in response to environmental constraints. Cell walls are mainly composed of polysaccharides (cellulose, hemicelluloses and pectins), but they also contain proteins which are critical players in cell wall remodeling processes. Today, the cell wall proteome of Arabidopsis thaliana, a major dicot model plant, comprises more than 700 proteins predicted to be secreted (cell wall proteins-CWPs) identified in different organs or in cell suspension cultures.

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