Characterization of the genetic diversity of plants and associated microorganisms; Genomic bioprospecting of genes associated with stress response and metabolic phenotypic plasticity in crops; Ecophysiology of abiotic stress in plants; Physiology and biochemistry of seed germination; Micropropagation and conservation and improvement of plant resources

Plants are essential for life on the planet as primary producers of oxygen, but they are also the main source of food for humans, fiber and wood for clothing, producing paper bags or containers, building homes and furniture, and a source of renewable energy.They are also excellent biofactories for metabolites with nutraceutical, pharmaceutical or agricultural use properties.Furthermore, at the level of ecosystem services, plants are the main actors in atmospheric carbon fixation, water retention, temperature regulation, also participating in soil conservation, and the biodiversity associated with them.The seedbed was created with the objective of offering students of biology, bioengineering, microbiology, pharmaceutical chemistry, or nutrition/dietetics a research and interdisciplinary training space to approach the plant model with both a basic and applied approach.It thus aims to offer knowledge exchange experiences and experimental practices to motivated students, combining multiple transversal approaches (genomics and bioinformatics, plant and microbial biotechnology, physiology and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology).