The French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE for its initials in French) is one of the world top institutes for research on agriculture, food, and the environment. It uses research, innovation, and support for public policies as tools to guide the emergence of sustainable agricultural and food production systems. The institute aims to carry out science dedicated to life, humans, and the Earth that uncovers solutions to our most pressing concerns.
Areas of expertise bringing to the project: world-class specialists within the fields of nematology, genomics, plant breeding,
Role in NEM-EMERGE:
- Leader of WP3 (Genetic selection: counteracting the outbreak of virulence in asexually reproducing root-knot nematodes)
- Leader of WP4 (Genetic selection: managing potato cyst nematodes that have overcome current host plant resistances)
- INRAE is contributing to WP1, WP5, WP7
