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Franck Brignolas

Franck Brignolas

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
34
Citations
3991
World Ranking
5447
National Ranking
228

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Genetics

Franck Brignolas mainly investigates Botany, Horticulture, Specific leaf area, Stomatal conductance and Xylem. His work in the fields of Woody plant, Salicaceae and Water-use efficiency overlaps with other areas such as Water transport. His research integrates issues of Fagus sylvatica and Resistance in his study of Horticulture.

His Specific leaf area study incorporates themes from Irrigation and Cutting. As a part of the same scientific family, Franck Brignolas mostly works in the field of Stomatal conductance, focusing on Agronomy and, on occasion, Soil water, Chlorophyll, Sugar, Genotype and Genetic diversity. His Xylem research includes themes of Shoot, Beech, Physiological condition and Hybrid poplar.

His most cited work include:

  • Impact of drought on productivity and water use efficiency in 29 genotypes of Populus deltoides×Populus nigra (327 citations)
  • Water stress-induced xylem hydraulic failure is a causal factor of tree mortality in beech and poplar (121 citations)
  • Water stress-induced xylem hydraulic failure is a causal factor of tree mortality in beech and poplar (121 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Franck Brignolas focuses on Botany, Horticulture, Water-use efficiency, Agronomy and Genotype. Genetic variability is closely connected to Genetic variation in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Botany. The various areas that Franck Brignolas examines in his Horticulture study include Poplar trees, Dry matter, Cellulose and Transpiration.

His study in Water-use efficiency is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Coppicing, Biomass, Hybrid, Specific leaf area and Drought tolerance. His studies in Agronomy integrate themes in fields like Short rotation coppice and Soil water. Franck Brignolas interconnects Photosynthesis and Basal area in the investigation of issues within Genotype.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (84.62%)
  • Horticulture (37.18%)
  • Water-use efficiency (41.03%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2020)?

  • Phenotypic plasticity (6.41%)
  • Agronomy (34.62%)
  • Gene (24.36%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Phenotypic plasticity, Agronomy, Gene, Cell biology and Botany. Franck Brignolas combines subjects such as Epigenetics and Meristem with his study of Phenotypic plasticity. His research in Agronomy intersects with topics in Short rotation coppice, Bioenergy, Soil water and Competition.

Franck Brignolas has researched Cell biology in several fields, including Histidine kinase and Regulation of gene expression. His Botany study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Horticulture. His Horticulture research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Hydraulic conductivity, Vapour Pressure Deficit, Phenology and Water-use efficiency.

Between 2014 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Changes in the epigenome and transcriptome of the poplar shoot apical meristem in response to water availability affect preferentially hormone pathways. (29 citations)
  • Vulnerability to drought-induced cavitation in poplars: synthesis and future opportunities. (29 citations)
  • Winter-dormant shoot apical meristem in poplar trees shows environmental epigenetic memory. (28 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Ecology

Franck Brignolas mainly investigates Phenotypic plasticity, Epigenetics, Differentially methylated regions, Meristem and Botany. His Epigenetics study combines topics in areas such as Evolutionary biology, Acclimatization and Abiotic stress. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Epigenome and Cell biology.

The Botany study combines topics in areas such as Hydraulic conductivity and Horticulture. Franck Brignolas is involved in the study of Horticulture that focuses on Xylem in particular. The study incorporates disciplines such as Genetic variation and Genotype in addition to Range.

Best Publications

  • Impact of drought on productivity and water use efficiency in 29 genotypes of Populus deltoides×Populus nigra

    Romain Monclus;Romain Monclus;Erwin Dreyer;Marc Villar;Francis M. Delmotte

  • Water stress-induced xylem hydraulic failure is a causal factor of tree mortality in beech and poplar

    Tete Severien Barigah;Olivia Charrier;Olivia Charrier;Olivia Charrier;Marie Douris;Marie Douris;Marc Bonhomme;Marc Bonhomme

  • Impact of successive drought and re-watering cycles on growth and specific leaf area of two Populus x canadensis (Moench) clones, 'Dorskamp' and 'Luisa_Avanzo'

    Nicolas Marron;Erwin Dreyer;Eric Boudouresque;Didier Delay

  • Induced Responses in Phenolic Metabolism in Two Norway Spruce Clones after Wounding and Inoculations with Ophiostoma polonicum, a Bark Beetle-Associated Fungus

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  • Physiological traits of two Populus x euramericana clones, Luisa Avanzo and Dorskamp, during a water stress and re-watering cycle.

    Nicolas Marron;Didier Delay;Jean-Michel Petit;Erwin Dreyer

  • Productivity, leaf traits and carbon isotope discrimination in 29 Populus deltoides × P. nigra clones

    Romain Monclus;Romain Monclus;Erwin Dreyer;Francis M. Delmotte;Marc Villar

  • Diversity of leaf traits related to productivity in 31 Populus deltoides x Populus nigra clones

    Nicolas Marron;Marc Villar;Erwin Dreyer;Didier Delay

  • Common trade-offs between xylem resistance to cavitation and other physiological traits do not hold among unrelated Populus deltoides x Populus nigra hybrids.

    Régis Fichot;Régis Fichot;Tete Severien Barigah;Sylvain Chamaillard;Sylvain Chamaillard;Didier Le Thiec

  • Insights into Populus XIP aquaporins: evolutionary expansion, protein functionality, and environmental regulation

    David Lopez;Gisèle Bronner;Nicole Brunel;Nicole Brunel;Daniel Auguin;Daniel Auguin

  • Xylem anatomy correlates with gas exchange, water-use efficiency and growth performance under contrasting water regimes: evidence from Populus deltoides × Populus nigra hybrids

    Régis Fichot;Françoise Laurans;Romain Monclus;Romain Monclus;Alain Moreau

  • DNA methylating and demethylating treatments modify phenotype and cell wall differentiation state in sugarbeet cell lines.

    Adisa Causevic;Alain Delaunay;Saïda Ounnar;Michel Righezza

  • Phenolic predictors for Norway spruce resistance to the bark beetle Ips typographus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and an associated fungus, Ceratocystis polonica

    Franck Brignolas;François Lieutier;Daniel Sauvard;Erik Christiansen

  • Productivity, water-use efficiency and tolerance to moderate water deficit correlate in 33 poplar genotypes from a Populus deltoides × Populus trichocarpa F1 progeny

    Romain Monclus;Marc Villar;C. Barbaroux;C. Barbaroux;Catherine Bastien

  • Intra- and inter-provenance variability in phloem phenols of Picea abies and relationship to a bark beetle-associated fungus

    François Lieutier;Franck Brignolas;Daniel Sauvard;Annie Yart

  • Hydraulic efficiency and coordination with xylem resistance to cavitation, leaf function, and growth performance among eight unrelated Populus deltoides×Populus nigra hybrids

    Régis Fichot;Régis Fichot;Sylvain Chamaillard;Sylvain Chamaillard;Claire Depardieu;Claire Depardieu;Didier Le Thiec

  • Leaf proteome analysis of eight Populus xeuramericana genotypes: genetic variation in drought response and in water-use efficiency involves photosynthesis-related proteins.

    Ludovic Bonhomme;Ludovic Bonhomme;Romain Monclus;Romain Monclus;Romain Monclus;Delphine Vincent;Sabine Carpin;Sabine Carpin

  • RNAi suppression of DNA methylation affects the drought stress response and genome integrity in transgenic poplar

    Mamadou D Sow;Anne-Laure Le Gac;Régis Fichot;Sophie Lanciano;Sophie Lanciano

  • DNA methylation and histone acetylation: genotypic variations in hybrid poplars, impact of water deficit and relationships with productivity

    Delphine Gourcilleau;Marie-Béatrice Bogeat-Triboulot;Didier Le Thiec;Clément Lafon-Placette;Clément Lafon-Placette

  • Changes in the epigenome and transcriptome of the poplar shoot apical meristem in response to water availability affect preferentially hormone pathways.

    Clément Lafon-Placette;Anne-Laure Le Gac;Didier Chauveau;Vincent Segura

  • Vulnerability to drought-induced cavitation in poplars: synthesis and future opportunities.

    Régis Fichot;Franck Brignolas;Hervé Cochard;Hervé Cochard;Reinhart Ceulemans

  • Methylome of DNase I sensitive chromatin in Populus trichocarpa shoot apical meristematic cells: a simplified approach revealing characteristics of gene-body DNA methylation in open chromatin state.

    Clément Lafon-Placette;Clément Lafon-Placette;Patricia Faivre-Rampant;Alain Delaunay;Alain Delaunay;Nathaniel Street

  • Winter-dormant shoot apical meristem in poplar trees shows environmental epigenetic memory.

    Anne-Laure Le Gac;Clément Lafon-Placette;Didier Chauveau;Vincent Segura

  • Genetic variation and drought response in two Populus × euramericana genotypes through 2-DE proteomic analysis of leaves from field and glasshouse cultivated plants

    Ludovic Bonhomme;Romain Monclus;Romain Monclus;Romain Monclus;Delphine Vincent;Sabine Carpin;Sabine Carpin

  • Stem xylem resistance to cavitation is related to xylem structure but not to growth and water-use efficiency at the within-population level in Populus nigra L.

    Justine Guet;Justine Guet;Régis Fichot;Camille Lédée;Camille Lédée;Françoise Laurans

Frequent Co-Authors

Hervé Cochard
Hervé Cochard INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Erwin Dreyer
Erwin Dreyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Christophe Plomion
Christophe Plomion University of Bordeaux
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine
Jörg Tost
Jörg Tost University of Paris-Saclay
Steven H. Strauss
Steven H. Strauss Oregon State University
Thierry Ameglio
Thierry Ameglio INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jean-Marc Guehl
Jean-Marc Guehl INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Reinhart Ceulemans
Reinhart Ceulemans University of Antwerp
Stéphane Herbette
Stéphane Herbette Integrative Physics and Physiology of Fruit and Forest Trees

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