Supervised project

In this module, students work in groups of three or four on a practical project proposed by teaching staff or researchers from private companies, thereby putting their theoretical knowledge into practice. The project is carried out in two stages.

The first stage is carried out during the first semester. It consists of preparing an experiment at the scientific, statistical, technical, and financial levels. This work will be marked throughout the first semester by several oral presentations in the form of "laboratory seminars" on a number of topics:

• Seminar 1: Bibliographic research on the topic of their supervised project.
• Seminar 2: Journal club, with a detailed analysis of a key article related to their supervised project topic
• Seminar 3: Presentation of the experimental plan and statistical data processing
• Seminar 4: Presentation of the material requirements related to their experimentation.

The second stage will take place in the second semester, when the experiment will be set up, monitored, and analyzed. The schedule for the second semester is adapted to allow time for regular monitoring of the experiment, which can be carried out in research laboratories such as those of the CIRAD's UMR AGAP or in a university greenhouse (Bat65). This supervised project work is the subject of a 10-page report in English.

Examples of projects:

• Influence of the lunar calendar on the germination ofArabidopsis thaliana
• Analyzes the effect of inoculation with Phyllobacterium brassicacearum STM196 on the response of 15 rice varieties to salt stress
• Effect of Burkholderia vietnamensis on rice growth under hydroponic conditions
• Influence of light intensity and spectrum on stevia germination
• Effect of inoculation with Glomus intraradices and inoculation with Rhizobium pisi, either alone or in combination, on pea growth
• Influence of the lunar calendar on the growth of radishes, carrots, lettuce, peas, and nasturtiums

Know-how

• Be able to conduct a bibliographic analysis (NCBI PubMed, Agricola, etc.)
• Being able to read and analyze a scientific article
• Putting statistics lessons into practice
• Knowing how to keep a logbook of procedures and organize digital data
• Working on scientific presentations in the form of seminars
• Work on technical and scientific English.

 statistical basics, knowledge of laboratory and greenhouse safety