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Cécile Robin is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and specializes in research within agricultural and biological sciences with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields including plant science, endocrinology, ecology, cell biology, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The researchers main topics include plant and fungal interactions research, forest insect ecology and management, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, and plant virus research studies. Additional areas of interest cover plant and animal studies, nuts composition and effects, as well as mycotoxins in agriculture and food.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by this scientist include the following:

  • Global Geographic Distribution and Host Range of Fusarium circinatum, the Causal Agent of Pine Pitch Canker (2020), published in Forests
  • Biological control of emerging forest diseases: How can we move from dreams to reality? (2021), published in Forest Ecology and Management
  • Combining permanent aerobiological networks and molecular analyses for large-scale surveillance of forest fungal pathogens: A proof-of-concept (2020), published in Plant Pathology
  • Is Xylella fastidiosa a serious threat to European forests? (2020), published in Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research
  • Sixty Years from the First Disease Description, a Novel Badnavirus Associated with Chestnut Mosaic Disease (2020), published in Phytopathology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cécile Robin include:

  • Alberto Santini
  • Francesco Pecori
  • Alessandra Gionni
  • Daria Rzepecka
  • Rémy J. Petit

The scientist's research has appeared most often in these publication venues:

  • EFSA Supporting Publications
  • Plant Pathology
  • Annals of Forest Science
  • Conservation Genetics Resources
  • Forests

Best Publications

  • The fungal dimension of biological invasions

    Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau;Cécile Robin;Marc Buée;Régis Courtecuisse

  • Widespread Phytophthora infestations in European nurseries put forest, semi-natural and horticultural ecosystems at high risk of Phytophthora diseases

    T. Jung;L. Orlikowski;B. Henricot;P. Abad-Campos

  • Meso-Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Paris Basin: 3D stratigraphic constraints

    François Guillocheau;Cécile Robin;Pascal Allemand;Sylvie Bourquin

  • Lithospheric-scale geodynamic context of the Messinian salinity crisis

    Laurent Jolivet;Romain Augier;Cécile Robin;Jean-Pierre Suc

  • Simulating the effects of a climate-change scenario on the geographical range and activity of forest-pathogenic fungi

    Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau;Cécile Robin;Grégory Reynaud;Michel Déqué

  • Occurrence and distribution of Phytophthora species in European chestnut stands, and their association with Ink Disease and crown decline

    A. M. Vettraino;O. Morel;C. Perlerou;C. Robin

  • Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna

    Thomas L.P. Couvreur;Gilles Dauby;Anne Blach‐Overgaard;Vincent Deblauwe

  • Chestnut blight in Europe: Diversity of Cryphonectria parasitica, hypovirulence and biocontrol

    Cécile Robin;Ursula Heiniger

  • The composition of phyllosphere fungal assemblages of European beech (Fagus sylvatica) varies significantly along an elevation gradient

    Tristan Cordier;Tristan Cordier;Cécile Robin;Cécile Robin;Xavier Capdevielle;Xavier Capdevielle;Olivier Fabreguettes;Olivier Fabreguettes

  • Global Geographic Distribution and Host Range of Fusarium circinatum, the Causal Agent of Pine Pitch Canker

    Rein Drenkhan;Beccy Ganley;Jorge Martín-García;Petr Vahalík

  • Spatial variability of phyllosphere fungal assemblages: genetic distance predominates over geographic distance in a European beech stand (Fagus sylvatica)

    Tristan Cordier;Cécile Robin;Xavier Capdevielle;Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau

  • Subduction, convergence and the mode of backarc extension in the Mediterranean region

    Laurent Jolivet;Romain Augier;Claudio Faccenna;François Negro

  • From rifting to oceanic spreading in the Gulf of Aden: a synthesis

    Sylvie Leroy;Ph. Razin;J. Autin;F. Bache

  • Relationship Between Biological Control, Incidence of Hypovirulence, and Diversity of Vegetative Compatibility Types of Cryphonectria parasitica in France.

    Cécile Robin;Carole Anziani;Paolo Cortesi

  • Exhumation, doming and slab retreat in the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain): in situ40Ar/39Ar ages and P–T–d–t paths for the Nevado-Filabride complex

    Romain Augier;Philippe Agard;Patrick Monié;Laurent Jolivet

  • Paleogeographic evolution of the central segment of the South Atlantic during Early Cretaceous times: Paleotopographic and geodynamic implications

    Anne-Claire Chaboureau;Anne-Claire Chaboureau;François Guillocheau;Cécile Robin;Sébastien Rohais

  • The chestnut blight fungus world tour: successive introduction events from diverse origins in an invasive plant fungal pathogen

    Cyril Dutech;Benoit Barrès;Julie Bridier;Cécile Robin

  • Quantification and causes of the terrigeneous sediment budget at the scale of a continental margin: a new method applied to the Namibia–South Africa margin

    F. Guillocheau;F. Guillocheau;D. Rouby;D. Rouby;C. Robin;C. Robin;C. Helm;C. Helm

  • First record of Phytophthora cinnamomi on cork and holm oaks in France and evidence of pathogenicity

    Cécile Robin;Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau;Gilles Capron;Claude Delatour

  • Strategies of attack and defence in woody plant-Phytophthora interactions

    W. Oßwald;F. Fleischmann;D. Rigling;A. C. Coelho

Frequent Co-Authors

François Guillocheau
François Guillocheau University of Rennes
Jean Braun
Jean Braun University of Potsdam
Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau
Marie-Laure Desprez-Loustau INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Marc Jolivet
Marc Jolivet University of Rennes
Gilles Dromart
Gilles Dromart École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
AnnaMaria Vettraino
AnnaMaria Vettraino Tuscia University
Andrea Vannini
Andrea Vannini Tuscia University
Daniel Aslanian
Daniel Aslanian French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Pascal Allemand
Pascal Allemand École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Sylvie Leroy
Sylvie Leroy Sorbonne University

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