Plant Biology Profile

After defining intensive agriculture and analyzing its risks and benefits, this module will enable students to reflect on the various possible avenues for developing agriculture using an agroecological approach. Examples such as biopesticides, ecological intensification, and soil management will be explored. A visit to a company working towards sustainable agriculture is also organized. The site visited varies from year to year depending on student preferences and company availability. Examples of visits made as part of this module include Bayer, Vilmorin, Geves, CTIFL, and sudExpé.

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Students will be asked to present a project or business plan that develops innovative proposals to change farming practices or any other use of plant products in order to reduce environmental impact.

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This course unit presents the main functions of carbon, mineral, and water nutrition in plants, which ensure their autotrophy (the production of their biomass). It will provide the necessary foundations for understanding the fundamental mechanisms of nutrient absorption, distribution, and assimilation. The course unit will consist of two main parts, one dedicated to mineral nutrition and the other to carbon nutrition.

After reviewing the properties of plant membranes and walls and the concepts of transmembrane transport, the part of the EU dedicated to mineral nutrition will teach the mechanisms of water absorption and circulation, root absorption, subcellular compartmentalization and mineral distribution, as well as nitrogen assimilation metabolism.

The chapter on carbon nutrition will present how chloroplasts function in plant cells, photosynthesis (capturing light energy and synthesizing the first carbon compounds), the production of organic compounds, and their allocation within the plant.

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This EU is a module for discovering scientific research in fundamental or applied plant sciences. Students must complete an internship of 10 weeks or more (which may continue into the summer) in a research laboratory (CNRS, INRAE, IRD, CIRAD), in an applied research organization such as GEVES, CTIFL, SudExpe, Serfel, IFV, or in a private company such as Staphyt, AgroXp, or Vilmorin. CIRAD), an applied research organization such as GEVES, CTIFL, SudExpe, Serfel, IFV, or a private company such as Staphyt, AgroXp, or Vilmorin. There are many internship opportunities in this field in the Montpellier area.

This is a module designed to help students enter the professional world by connecting them with key players in the field of plant agricultural sciences, giving students the opportunity to:

• apply the techniques learned in the various courses of the BiPAgro Bachelor's degree program.
• to face the professional environment
• to develop your own career plan and enhance your resume

Students write a thesis that they defend before a panel composed of faculty members, researchers, and/or field technicians/engineers. 

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