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Philippe Lashermes

Philippe Lashermes

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8542
World Ranking
16801
National Ranking
705

Overview

Philippe Lashermes is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and has focused their research primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Food Science.

The scientist's research topics broadly cover:

  • Coffee research and impacts
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Plant and animal studies

Philippe Lashermes has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Genetic diversity among commercial arabica coffee (Coffea arabica L.) varieties in Ethiopia using simple sequence repeat markers," 2020, published in Journal of Crop Improvement
  • "Multi-Approach Analysis Reveals Local Adaptation in a Widespread Forest Tree of Reunion Island," 2020, published in Plant and Cell Physiology
  • "New cup out of old coffee: contribution of parental gene expression legacy to phenotypic novelty in coffee beans of the allopolyploid Coffea arabica L.," 2022, published in Annals of Botany
  • "Organization of plant Biological Resource Centers for research in France: History, evolution and current status," 2025, published in Genetic Resources
  • "Assessment of Genetic Diversity among Elite Breeding Lines of Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) in Ethiopia using Simple Sequence Repeats Markers," 2022, published in American journal of biochemistry & biotechnology/American journal of biochemistry and biotechnology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Philippe Lashermes include:

  • Stéphane Dussert
  • Marie-Christine Combes
  • Tadesse Benti
  • Endale Gebre
  • Kassahun Tesfaye

The scientist's work has appeared repeatedly in several journals, notably:

  • Annals of Botany
  • Genetic Resources
  • Journal of Crop Improvement
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • American journal of biochemistry & biotechnology/American journal of biochemistry and biotechnology

Best Publications

  • The coffee genome provides insight into the convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis

    Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet;Alexis Dereeper;Gaëtan Droc

  • Molecular characterisation and origin of the Coffea arabica L. genome.

    Philippe Lashermes;Marie-Christine Combes;J. Robert;Pierre Trouslot

  • The origin of cultivated Coffea arabica L. varieties revealed by AFLP and SSR markers

    François Anthony;Marie-Christine Combes;Carlos Astorga;Benoît Bertrand

  • Coffee resistance to the main diseases: leaf rust and coffee berry disease

    Maria do Céu Silva;Victor Várzea;Leonor Guerra-Guimarães;Helena Gil Azinheira

  • Genetic diversity of wild coffee (Coffea arabica L.) using molecular markers

    François Anthony;Benoît Bertrand;O. Quiros;A. Wilches

  • Genetic diversity for RAPD markers between cultivated and wild accessions of Coffea arabica

    Philippe Lashermes;Pierre Trouslot;François Anthony;Marie-Christine Combes

  • Molecular analysis of introgressive breeding in coffee ( Coffea arabica L.)

    Philippe Lashermes;Sandra Andrzejewski;Benoît Bertrand;Marie-Christine Combes

  • Identification and genetic diversity analysis of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) varieties from Morocco using RAPD markers

    My. Hassan Sedra;Philippe Lashermes;Pierre Trouslot;Marie-Christine Combes

  • Characterization of microsatellite loci in Coffea arabica and related coffee species.

    Marie-Christine Combes;Sandra Andrzejewski;François Anthony;Benoît Bertrand

  • Impact of the Coffea canephora gene introgression on beverage quality of C. arabica

    Benoît Bertrand;Bernard Guyot;François Anthony;Philippe Lashermes

  • Phylogenetic relationships of coffee-tree species (Coffea L.) as inferred from ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA

    Philippe Lashermes;Marie-Christine Combes;Pierre Trouslot;A. Charrier

  • Identification of RAPD markers for resistance to coffee berry disease, Colletotrichum kahawae, in Arabica coffee.

    Charles O. Agwanda;Philippe Lashermes;Pierre Trouslot;Marie-Christine Combes

  • Comparison of the effectiveness of fatty acids, chlorogenic acids, and elements for the chemometric discrimination of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) varieties and growing origins.

    Benoît Bertrand;Diana Villarreal;Andréina Laffargue;Huver Posada

  • Origin, diversity and evolution of NBS-type disease-resistance gene homologues in coffee trees ( Coffea L.)

    S Noir;M C Combes;F Anthony;P Lashermes

  • Suitability of RAPD analysis for the detection of somaclonal variants in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq)

    Alain Rival;L. Bertrand;Thierry Beulé;Marie-Christine Combes

  • Efficient production of Agrobacterium rhizogenes-transformed roots and composite plants for studying gene expression in coffee roots

    Edgardo Alpizar;Eveline Dechamp;Sandra Espeout;Monique Royer

  • Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of Coffea arabica (L.) is greatly enhanced by using established embryogenic callus cultures.

    Alessandra F Ribas;Eveline Dechamp;Anthony Champion;Benoît Bertrand

  • Identification of a major gene (Mex‐1) from Coffea canephora conferring resistance to Meloidogyne exigua in Coffea arabica

    S. Noir;François Anthony;Benoît Bertrand;Marie-Christine Combes

  • Identification of molecular markers linked to a gene conferring resistance to coffee berry disease (Colletotrichum kahawae) in Coffea arabica

    E.K. Gichuru;Charles O. Agwanda;Marie-Christine Combes;E.W. Mutitu

  • Genomic expression dominance in the natural allopolyploid Coffea arabica is massively affected by growth temperature

    Amélie Bardil;Juliana Dantas de Almeida;Marie Christine Combes;Philippe Lashermes

Frequent Co-Authors

Hervé Etienne
Hervé Etienne Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Robert J Henry
Robert J Henry University of Queensland
Ray Ming
Ray Ming University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David Sankoff
David Sankoff University of Ottawa
Giovanni Giuliano
Giovanni Giuliano National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Victor A. Albert
Victor A. Albert University at Buffalo, State University of New York
June Simpson
June Simpson Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Jean-Christophe Glaszmann
Jean-Christophe Glaszmann University of Montpellier
Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona

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