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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
47
Citations
9897
World Ranking
2494
National Ranking
87

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Genetics

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Medicago truncatula, Symbiosis, Mutant and Vicia faba. The Botany study combines topics in areas such as Mycorrhiza and Cell biology. His Medicago truncatula research incorporates themes from Genetic analysis, Genome, Strain, Molecular genetics and Transformation.

His Symbiosis study deals with Nitrogen fixation intersecting with Rhizobium and Legume. His Mutant research integrates issues from Nod and Pisum. His research integrates issues of Genetic variability, Biotechnology and Amplified fragment length polymorphism, Genetic diversity in his study of Vicia faba.

His most cited work include:

  • A putative Ca2+ and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase required for bacterial and fungal symbioses. (622 citations)
  • Shoot control of root development and nodulation is mediated by a receptor-like kinase (466 citations)
  • Medicago truncatula, a model plant for studying the molecular genetics of the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. (340 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Agronomy, Vicia faba, Medicago truncatula and Mutant. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Symbiosis, Rhizobiaceae and Gene, Rhizobium. His work deals with themes such as Genetic variability and Horticulture, which intersect with Agronomy.

His Vicia faba study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Sterility, Molecular biology, Hybrid and Genotype. As a part of the same scientific family, Gérard Duc mostly works in the field of Medicago truncatula, focusing on Cell biology and, on occasion, Root nodule, Lotus japonicus and Rhizobia. His study in Mutant is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Nod and Mycorrhiza.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (38.54%)
  • Agronomy (23.96%)
  • Vicia faba (22.92%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2020)?

  • Agronomy (23.96%)
  • Vicia faba (22.92%)
  • Genetics (15.62%)

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

Gérard Duc focuses on Agronomy, Vicia faba, Genetics, Molecular biology and Business. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Rhizobium leguminosarum, Microbial inoculant and Microbial population biology. Gérard Duc has included themes like Glutathione, Gene and Synteny in his Vicia faba study.

Candidate gene, Genome-wide association study, Medicago, Chromosome and Genome are the core of his Genetics study. His Candidate gene research includes themes of Plant disease resistance, Genetic variability, Single-nucleotide polymorphism and Root rot. His Molecular biology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Dehydrogenase, Ingestion, Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and Red blood cell.

Between 2015 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Why are grain-legumes rarely present in cropping systems despite their environmental and nutritional benefits? Analyzing lock-in in the French agrifood system (93 citations)
  • A SNP-based consensus genetic map for synteny-based trait targeting in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) (55 citations)
  • Co-inoculation of a pea core-collection with diverse Rhizobial strains shows competitiveness for nodulation and efficiency of nitrogen fixation are distinct traits in the interaction (23 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Genetics

Gérard Duc mostly deals with Subsidy, Food systems, Agricultural economics, European union and Sustainable agriculture. Subsidy combines with fields such as Returns to scale, Agrochemical and Agroecology in his investigation.

Best Publications

  • A putative Ca2+ and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase required for bacterial and fungal symbioses.

    Julien Lévy;Cécile Bres;René Geurts;Boulos Chalhoub

  • Shoot control of root development and nodulation is mediated by a receptor-like kinase

    Lene Krusell;Lene H. Madsen;Shusei Sato;Grégoire Aubert

  • Nutritional value of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) seeds for feed and food

    Katell Crépon;Pascal Marget;Corinne Peyronnet;Benoit Carrouée

  • The Medicago truncatula SUNN gene encodes a CLV1-like leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase that regulates nodule number and root length.

    Elise Schnabel;Etienne-Pascal Journet;Fernanda de Carvalho-Niebel;Gérard Duc

  • Medicago truncatula, a model plant for studying the molecular genetics of the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis.

    David G. Barker;Sylvie Bianchi;François Blondon;Yvette Dattée

  • First report of non-mycorrhizal plant mutants (Myc−) obtained in pea (Pisum sativum L.) and fababean (Vicia faba L.)

    Gerard Duc;Alain Trouvelot;Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson;Silvio Gianinazzi

  • Faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

    G. Duc

  • Why are grain-legumes rarely present in cropping systems despite their environmental and nutritional benefits? Analyzing lock-in in the French agrifood system

    Marie-Benoit Magrini;Marc Anton;Célia Cholez;Guenaelle Corre-Hellou

  • Selection of nodulation and mycorrhizal mutants in the model plant Medicago truncatula (Gaertn.) after γ-ray mutagenesis

    Muriel Sagan;Dominique Morandi;Elisabeth Tarenghi;Gérard Duc

  • Diversity maintenance and use of Vicia faba L. genetic resources

    Gérard Duc;Shiying Bao;Michael Baum;Bob Redden

  • Mutagenesis of pea (Pisum sativum L.) and the isolation of mutants for nodulation and nitrogen fixation

    G. Duc;A. Messager

  • Developmental Genes Have Pleiotropic Effects on Plant Morphology and Source Capacity, Eventually Impacting on Seed Protein Content and Productivity in Pea

    Judith Burstin;Pascal Marget;Myriam Huart;Annie Moessner

  • Breeding Annual Grain Legumes for Sustainable Agriculture: New Methods to Approach Complex Traits and Target New Cultivar Ideotypes

    G. Duc;H. Agrama;S. Bao;Jens Berger

  • IPD3 controls the formation of nitrogen-fixing symbiosomes in pea and Medicago Spp.

    Evgenia Ovchinnikova;Etienne-Pascal Journet;Mireille Chabaud;Viviane Cosson

  • Differentiation of Symbiotic Cells and Endosymbionts in Medicago truncatula Nodulation Are Coupled to Two Transcriptome-Switches

    Nicolas Maunoury;Miguel Redondo-Nieto;Marie Bourcy;Willem Van de Velde

  • Grain legume seed filling in relation to nitrogen acquisition: A review and prospects with particular reference to pea

    Christophe Salon;Nathalie G. Munier-Jolain;Gérard Duc;Anne-Sophie Voisin

  • Genetic variability for feeding value of faba bean seeds (Vicia faba): Comparative chemical composition of isogenics involving zero-tannin and zero-vicine genes

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  • The Clavata2 genes of pea and Lotus japonicus affect autoregulation of nodulation

    Lene Krusell;Naoto Sato;Izumi Fukuhara;Bjørn E. V. Koch

  • Genetic and Cellular Analysis of Resistance to Vesicular Arbuscular (VA) Mycorrhizal Fungi in Pea Mutants

    V. Gianinazzi-Pearson;S. Gianinazzi;J. P. Guillemin;A. Trouvelot

  • Adaptation of Medicago truncatula to nitrogen limitation is modulated via local and systemic nodule developmental responses

    Christian Jeudy;Sandrine Ruffel;Sandra Freixes;Pascal Tillard

  • A SNP-based consensus genetic map for synteny-based trait targeting in faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

    Anne Webb;Amanda Cottage;Thomas Wood;Khalil Khamassi

  • Local and Systemic Regulation of Plant Root System Architecture and Symbiotic Nodulation by a Receptor-Like Kinase

    Emeline Huault;Carole Laffont;Jiangqi Wen;Kirankumar S. Mysore

  • Pulses for Sustainability: Breaking Agriculture and Food Sectors Out of Lock-In

    Marie-Benoît Magrini;Marc Anton;Jean-Michel Chardigny;Gérard Duc

Frequent Co-Authors

Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy
Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Judith Burstin
Judith Burstin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Grégoire Aubert
Grégoire Aubert INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Frederick L. Stoddard
Frederick L. Stoddard University of Helsinki
Alain Baranger
Alain Baranger INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Marc Boutry
Marc Boutry Université Catholique de Louvain
Pascal Ratet
Pascal Ratet University of Paris-Saclay
Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Marie-Laure Pilet-Nayel
Marie-Laure Pilet-Nayel Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection
Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson
Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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