Training structure
Faculty of Science
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
Plants are directly and indirectly the basis of our food chain. In their environment, plants are constantly in association with micro-organisms that constitute their microbiota. Some of these microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, viruses...) are severely detrimental to crops while others improve their overall health (nutrition, development or resistance to diseases). Therefore, a strategy to meet the challenges of both production and food or feed safety is to understand how plants react, adapt and eventually benefit from the presence of microorganisms in their environment.
For more information on this course and its content, go to https://bioagro.edu.umontpellier.fr/biologie-des-plantes/interactions-plantes-microorganimes/
Objectives
Thanks to a balanced combination of training and practical training (10 months of laboratory internships divided between M1 and M2), our objective is to train students capable of describing and understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the interactions of plants with their biotic environment. We will rely on the great scientific wealth in this field within the Muse perimeter (University of Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, INRAE, Montpellier Supagro).
Know-how and skills
Knowledge and understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the relationship between a plant and its biotic environment
Moreover, although oriented towards the study of biotic interactions, at the end of this course, the student will also have acquired skills in the main thematic fields ranging from physiology to genetics, epigenetics to plant improvement.
A competence in the use of current research tools will also be acquired (statistics, modeling, database management...)
Organization
Internships, tutored projects
Internship | Mandatory |
|---|---|
Duration of the course | 4 months (M1) and 6 months (M2) |
Internship abroad | Possible |
Duration of the internship abroad | 4 months (M1) and 6 months (M2) |
Our pedagogical team has a very large network of internship opportunities (4 months in M1 and 6 months in M2) that correspond to your scientific or professional project, whether locally in Montpellier, in France or abroad. Each internship is evaluated in writing (internship report) and orally (presentation to a panel of experts).
The course also offers two courses entirely dedicated to project management in relation to science, with the aim of developing the ability to organize work around a project conducted alone or in a team.
Program
The Plant-Microorganism Interactions (PMI) program includes 4 semesters (120 ECTS) with specific teaching units (UE) and others shared with the 3 other programs (BiPa, BPT, MEV). The list of the UEs of the course is available on the Master's website https://bioagro.edu.umontpellier.fr/master-biologie-agrosciences/biologie-des-plantes/
The first semesters of M1 and M2 are devoted to academic teaching. The second semesters are mainly dedicated to internships (in the laboratory or in a company) in the thematic fields of the course and in line with the student's professional project. It should be noted that all the practical work of the disciplinary UEs of semester 1 are grouped together in a dedicated UE at the very beginning of semester 2.
A study or internship mobility (ERASMUS), over one or two semesters, is greatly facilitated thanks to the very large network of partnerships between the University of Montpellier and European universities.
Select a program
M1 - Plant Microorganism Interactions (PMI)
Plants are directly and indirectly the basis of our food chain. In their environment, plants are constantly in association with micro-organisms that constitute their microbiota. Some of these microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, viruses...) are severely detrimental to crops while others improve their overall health (nutrition, development or resistance to diseases). Therefore, a strategy to meet the challenges of both production and food or feed safety is to understand how plants react, adapt and eventually benefit from the presence of microorganisms in their environment.
Biostatistics with R
5 creditsElements of plant pathology
3 creditsPlant Cellular and Molecular Biology
3 creditsPlant development
5 creditsPlant-Microorganism Interactions
5 creditsBasics of ecophysiology
2 creditsPlant molecular genetics
5 creditsPlant nutrition
2 credits
Bioinformatics: Data and Databases
2 creditsBibliographic synthesis
2 creditsCHOICE 1
3 creditsYour choice: 1 of 2
Gene networks-Modeling
3 creditsImprovement of tropical and Mediterranean plants
3 credits
Internship 4 months
15 creditsExperimental approaches to plant biology
5 creditsProject management
3 credits
M2 - Plant Microorganism Interactions (PMI)
Thematic school
3 creditsEpigenetics in plants
3 creditsBigOmics, comparative genomics
2 creditsEcophysiology: from phenotype to ideotype
2 creditsQuantitative genetics
3 creditsData processing
3 creditsBioInformatics: building queries
2 creditsInteractions and signalling
3 creditsCHOICE 1
3 creditsYour choice: 1 of 4
Adaptation of tropical field crops to climate change
3 creditsPlants and Men, a shared history
3 creditsModel plants, modeling
3 creditsVirology
3 credits
Project management
3 creditsCrop protection
3 credits
Admission
Conditions of access
Applications are made on the following platforms:
French & European students:
- For the M1, follow the procedure " My Master " from the website : https://www.monmaster.gouv.fr/
- For M2, students must submit their application via the e-candidat application: https: //candidature.umontpellier.fr/candidature
Applications are studied by a pedagogical committee made up of the main teachers of the Master's program.
Successful candidates must complete their administrative registration as soon as possible, and then proceed to a pedagogical registration indicating the nature of the teaching modules chosen.
Target audience
Students with a Bachelor's degree in biology, interested in the field of biotic interactions.
Acceptance into the Master's program is based on the quality of the file evaluated by the teaching staff.
Necessary pre-requisites
Basic knowledge (undergraduate level) in plant physiology, genetics, cell and molecular biology
Recommended prerequisites
Notions and interest in the biology of biotic, beneficial and/or pathogenic interactions
And then
Further studies
Logical continuation into a doctorate in the LMD context.