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Alain Puppo is affiliated with Université Côte d'Azur in France and works extensively in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on Plant Science, with additional interests in Cell Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their main research topics include:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Cassava research and cyanide

Their recent publications consist of studies published between 2020 and 2025, highlighting contributions to understanding nitrogen fixation and related physiological processes in plants. These recent papers include:

  • Plant Nitrate Reductases Regulate Nitric Oxide Production and Nitrogen-Fixing Metabolism During the Medicago truncatula-Sinorhizobium meliloti Symbiosis, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Medicago truncatula Phytoglobin 1.1 controls symbiotic nodulation and nitrogen fixation via the regulation of nitric oxide concentration, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Nitrate reductases and hemoglobins control nitrogen-fixing symbiosis by regulating nitric oxide accumulation, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Oxygen and derived reactive species in legume-rhizobia interactions: paradoxes and dual roles, 2025, Journal of Experimental Botany

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Alain Puppo include:

  • Alexandre Boscari
  • Renaud Brouquisse
  • Antoine Berger
  • Natasha Horta Araújo
  • Mickaël Maucourt

The principal venues where Alain Puppo publishes are:

  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • A burst of plant NADPH oxidases

    Daniel Marino;Daniel Marino;Daniel Marino;Christophe Dunand;Christophe Dunand;Alain Puppo;Nicolas Pauly

  • Oxidative burst in alfalfa-Sinorhizobium meliloti symbiotic interaction

    Renata Santos;Didier Hérouart;Samuel Sigaud;Danièle Touati

  • Legume nodule senescence: roles for redox and hormone signalling in the orchestration of the natural aging process.

    Alain Puppo;Karin Groten;Karin Groten;Fabiola Bastian;Raffaella Carzaniga

  • Expression of the bacterial catalase genes during Sinorhizobium meliloti-Medicago sativa symbiosis and their crucial role during the infection process.

    Alexandre Jamet;Samuel Sigaud;Ghislaine Van de Sype;Alain Puppo

  • Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and glutathione: key players in the legume–Rhizobium symbiosis

    Nicolas Pauly;Chiara Pucciariello;Karine Mandon;Gilles Innocenti

  • Both plant and bacterial nitrate reductases contribute to nitric oxide production in Medicago truncatula nitrogen-fixing nodules.

    Faouzi Horchani;Marianne Prévot;Alexandre Boscari;Edouard Evangelisti

  • The soybean NRAMP homologue, GmDMT1, is a symbiotic divalent metal transporter capable of ferrous iron transport.

    Brent N. Kaiser;Sophie Moreau;Joanne Castelli;Rowena Thomson

  • GmZIP1 encodes a symbiosis-specific zinc transporter in soybean

    Sophie Moreau;Rowena M. Thomson;Brent N. Kaiser;Ben Trevaskis

  • Critical protective role of bacterial superoxide dismutase in rhizobium-legume symbiosis.

    Renata Santos;Didier Hérouart;Alain Puppo;Danièle Touati

  • Nitrogen fixation control under drought stress. Localized or systemic

    Daniel Marino;Pierre Frendo;Ruben Ladrera;Ana Zabalza

  • Hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide: key regulators of the Legume-Rhizobium and mycorrhizal symbioses.

    Alain Puppo;Nicolas Pauly;Alexandre Boscari;Karine Mandon

  • Nitric oxide is formed in Medicago truncatula-Sinorhizobium meliloti functional nodules

    Emmanuel Baudouin;Laurent Pieuchot;Gilbert Engler;Nicolas Pauly

  • A Medicago truncatula NADPH oxidase is involved in symbiotic nodule functioning.

    Daniel Marino;Emilie Andrio;Etienne G. J. Danchin;Elodie Oger

  • DIRECT DETECTION OF RADICALS IN INTACT SOYBEAN NODULES : PRESENCE OF NITRIC OXIDE-LEGHEMOGLOBIN COMPLEXES

    Christel Mathieu;Sophie Moreau;Pierre Frendo;Alain Puppo

  • Effect of flavonoids on hydroxyl radical formation by Fenton-type reactions; influence of the iron chelator

    Alain Puppo

  • Glutathione synthesis is regulated by nitric oxide in Medicago truncatula roots.

    Gilles Innocenti;Chiara Pucciariello;Marie Le Gleuher;Julie Hopkins

  • Nitric oxide is required for an optimal establishment of the Medicago truncatula–Sinorhizobium meliloti symbiosis

    Jennifer del Giudice;Yvan Cam;Isabelle Damiani;Franck Fung-Chat

  • Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and glutathione: a key role in the establishment of the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis?

    Didier Hérouart;Emmanuel Baudouin;Pierre Frendo;Judith Harrison

  • Glutathione and homoglutathione play a critical role in the nodulation process of Medicago truncatula.

    Pierre Frendo;Judith Harrison;Christel Norman;María Jesús Hernández Jiménez

  • Oxidative stress occurs during soybean nodule senescence

    Patricia J. Evans;Daniela Gallesi;Christel Mathieu;Maria Jesus Hernandez

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Frendo
Pierre Frendo Université Côte d'Azur
Renaud Brouquisse
Renaud Brouquisse Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Michael J. Davies
Michael J. Davies University of Copenhagen
David A. Day
David A. Day Flinders University
Brent N. Kaiser
Brent N. Kaiser University of Sydney
Pierre Abad
Pierre Abad INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Massimo Delledonne
Massimo Delledonne University of Verona
Nicolas Rouhier
Nicolas Rouhier University of Lorraine
Sofie Goormachtig
Sofie Goormachtig Ghent University
Andrea Genre
Andrea Genre University of Turin

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