PTL 1 – Plant Adaptation to Global Change

• Stephane MARI (Co-coordinator, INRAE)
• Thomas KROJ (Co-coordinator, INRAE)
• Helene ADAM (DIADE, IRD)
• Benoit PALLAS (LEPSE, INRAE)
• Emmanuelle MULLER (AGAP, CIRAD)
• BACH Network (IPSiM, Institut Agro)
• Christophe MAUREL (HYARCHI, INRAE)
• Claire BILLOT (AGAP, CIRAD)
• Jean BENOIT.MOREL (PHIM, INRAE)
• Pierre MARTRE (LEPSE, INRAE)
• Yves VIGOUROUX (DIADE, IRD)

Main:

• DGIMI
• ISEM
• ECOTRON
• PHIM
• GECO
• Eco&SolS
• AGAP
• ANALYSES
• ChimEco
• DIADE
• AIDA
• BIOWOOEB
• DIASCOPE
• IPSIM
• LEPSE
• Red PECH
• QUALISUD
• VASSAL

Secondary:

• MISTEA

Call for Proposals 2026: Financial Support for Scientific Events, Workshops…

Submission deadline: April 27, 2026, at 5:00 p.m .

The PTL1 aims to deepen our understanding of how plants, in interaction with associated organisms, respond to and adapt to a changing environment. The objective is to better understand their adaptive capabilities and explore ways to enhance them, in order to improve the resilience of ecosystems and agroecosystems while ensuring sustainable agricultural production in the context of global change. The project seeks to bring together the expertise and knowledge of research teams working at different scales and using various disciplinary approaches (physiology, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, phytopathology) to address environmental constraints or stresses as diverse as physical-chemical changes in the atmosphere and soil or the influence of pathogenic, symbiotic, or commensal organisms. Two levels of integration will be considered: plant responses to combinations of stresses (both biotic and abiotic) as well as the integration of different scales (from molecules to whole plants and their interactions within a population).

As part of the scientific outreach activities of this program, the PTL1 may provide financial support for scientific events organized in Montpellier by one (or more) of the units within the AEB cluster and aligned with the PTL1’s scientific focus. Conferences, workshops, and scientific networks are eligible for this type of funding. To better accommodate administrative requirements, there will be two calls for proposals per year (in April and October).

Call for Proposals 2026: Exploratory Projects and PhD Projects

Submission deadline: April 27, 2026, at 5:00 p.m .

The PTL1 aims to deepen our understanding of how plants, in interaction with associated organisms, respond to and adapt to a changing environment. The objective is to better understand their adaptive capabilities and explore ways to enhance them, in order to improve the resilience of ecosystems and agroecosystems while ensuring sustainable agricultural production in the context of global change. The project seeks to bring together the expertise and knowledge of research teams working at different scales and using various disciplinary approaches (physiology, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, phytopathology) to address environmental constraints or stresses as diverse as physical-chemical changes in the atmosphere and soil or the influence of pathogenic, symbiotic, or commensal organisms. Two levels of integration will be considered: plant responses to combinations of stresses (both biotic and abiotic) as well as the integration of different scales (from molecules to whole plants and their interactions within a population).

As part of the implementation of this project, two types of calls for proposals are being issued: exploratory scientific projects and PhD fellowships.

exploratory projects and PhD projects

Submission deadline: April 7, 2025, at 5:00 p.m .

The PTL1 aims to deepen our understanding of how plants, in interaction with associated organisms, respond to and adapt to a changing environment. The objective is to better understand their adaptive capabilities and explore ways to enhance them, in order to improve the resilience of ecosystems and agroecosystems while ensuring sustainable agricultural production in the context of global change. The project seeks to bring together the expertise and knowledge of research teams working at different scales and using various disciplinary approaches (physiology, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, phytopathology) to address environmental constraints or stresses as diverse as physical-chemical changes in the atmosphere and soil or the influence of pathogenic, symbiotic, or commensal organisms. Two levels of integration will be considered: plant responses to combinations of stresses (both biotic and abiotic) as well as the integration of different scales (from molecules to whole plants and their interactions within a population).

As part of the implementation of this project, two types of calls for proposals are being issued: exploratory scientific projects and PhD fellowships.