Laura MATHIEU
@lauramathieu.bsky.social
Agroecology. Crop mixtures. Plant interactions. Integrative biology. Quantitative genetics. Multi-omics. Data analysis. Currently postdoc researcher at Agroscope & University of Zurich. 🌾🧬🦠👩🔬👩💻
Alice LAIGLE’s first exhibition at Zurich main station! 🎨✨ So happy to see your work on display. Congratulations Alice! 😻 If you are looking for an artist to create illustrations for science communication, feel free to have a look at her work: alicelaigle.my.canva.site/en/scicomm?u...
🌾🌱 RESEARCH 🌱🌾 In a durum wheat mixture, increased susceptibility to Septoria tritici blotch is linked to delayed defense response induction, probably triggered by early root competition resulting from contrasting root architectures - Mathieu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
Adaptive irrigation and drought-tolerant varieties mitigate climate change impacts on sugarcane yield on a tropical island doi.org/10.24072/pci... A recommendation of Christina et al. 2026: hal.science/hal-05136963
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Peut-on cultiver sans pesticides à grande échelle ? On a filmé la réponse de l'INRAE - 20 Minutes
Alors que les cancers se multiplient et que la biodiversité s’effondre, le gouvernement s'apprête à voter le retour de deux pesticides interdits pour calmer la colère agricole. Face à cette impasse, 2...
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Our study on the evolution of shade avoidance, a "selfish trait" in plants, over 80 years of soybean breeding history. Led by @lukecoevo.bsky.social and Emanuel Kopp, and published here: doi.org/10.1111/eva..... Great stuff!
Shade Avoidance Restricts Soybean Breeding Progress and Increases Herbivore Susceptibility
High planting densities expose field crops to competition for light, which typically induces shade avoidance responses such as stem elongation. While adaptive in natural environments, these responses...
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Don't miss the #Mix4AgroEcology conference 🌱 📆 7-9 October 2026 📍 Paris Saclay 🔔 Call for abstracts and registrations are open: mix4agroecology.colloque.inrae.fr
La Biodiversite en Infographies sort ce jeudi 12 mars! Pour comprendre l'effondrement du vivant, pourquoi c'est un grave problème et ce qu'on peut faire de vraiment efficace, avec des données scientifiques représentées clairement..aux editions Tana
New publication! 🌱 In a mixture of durum wheat varieties, we observed that increased susceptibility to Septoria tritici blotch is linked to delayed defense induction, likely triggered by early root competition. Read the full article: 📖 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 📄 hal.science/hal-05222729v2
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Inspiring the next generation of plant scientists: What we learned from 421 plant biologists
Addressing biodiversity and climate crises requires a new generation of plant scientists, yet interest in plant-related careers is declining globally. A survey of 421 plant biologists revealed that t...
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🛡️🌾 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 🛡️🌾 Wheat varietal mixtures modulate the mean and variance of Septoria tritici blotch disease symptoms through specific plant–plant interactions - Mathieu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 @lauramathieu.bsky.social
Cultivars and variety mixtures in small grain cereals: to mix or not to mix? #opinion #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...
Join the upcoming Women in Genomics event featuring Pamela Ronald @pcronald.bsky.social, a globally recognized leader in plant genetics, a pioneer in food security, and an enthusiastic advocate for sustainable agriculture. 🌾🧬 🗓 18 December 2025 ⏰ 17:00 CET Register here: lnkd.in/eJ99JWW9
Girls are drawing more and more women when asked to draw a scientist. How much more proof do we need? When children see women in science, they imagine women in science. 👩🧪💡 And of course, this doesn’t apply just to scientists!
Science Magazine@science.org · 11mo agoWhen asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #STEMSTEAMDay: https://scim.ag/4qFrPON
Pathogen mediated plant community ecology nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Commentary by Richard C. Cobb highlighting the recent work by Sun et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BCFEQF...
Plant-plant interactions in #wheat mixtures modulate mean and variance of susceptibility to #Septoria tritici blotch @lauramathieu.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Thrilled to share that the first chapter of my PhD thesis has just been published! Our study shows that interactions between wheat varieties can modulate both the mean and variance of susceptibility to Septoria tritici blotch. 🌱↔️🌱 📖 Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Plant–plant interactions in wheat mixtures modulate mean and variance of susceptibility to Septoria tritici blotch
Wheat varietal mixtures modulate the mean and variance of Septoria tritici blotch disease symptoms through specific plant–plant interactions, with mixtures
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Online now: Protecting crops with plant diversity: Agroecological promises, socioeconomic lock-in, and political levers
Protecting crops with plant diversity: Agroecological promises, socioeconomic lock-in, and political levers
Plant diversification—such as cultivar mixtures, intercropping, agroforestry, and rotations at the field scale, or hedgerows, grasslands, and crop mosaics at the landscape scale—is a key strategy for enhancing pest control while providing strong ecological benefits. However, its adoption is hindered by socioeconomic barriers, including low short-term profitability, rigid agricultural sectors, and limited support from public policies. A multi-stakeholder approach at the territorial scale is essential to promote its widespread adoption.
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Chemically and Microbially Mediated Kinship Strategies in Rice Cultivar Mixtures
This study demonstrated that neighbor relatedness alters root signaling (–)-loliolide levels and soil microbial responses followed by improvement of grain yield in closely related rice cultivar mix...
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Differences in growth features between species are driving cereal-legume intercrop yield: A statistical learning approach based on aggregated dataset
Increasing crop diversification is crucial for developing more sustainable agricultural systems, and cereal-legume intercropping is a promising strate…
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🌽🫛 Check out our newly published article on #maize-bean #intercropping, from my first-year master’s internship. Many thanks to Noa for completing the analyses, and to Maud and Domenica for giving me the opportunity to be part of this beautiful, collaborative and #multidisciplinary project.
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Our article on agroecological genomics and participatory science to optimise crop mixtures is now available online. Thanks again to Chiara and Roberto for involving me in the discussions and writing this paper. I am glad to have contributed. To read the article: www.cell.com/trends/plant...
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Predicting plant–pollinator interactions: concepts, methods, and challenges
Plant–pollinator interactions are ecologically and economically important, and, as a result, their prediction is a crucial theoretical and applied goal for ecologists. Although various analytical meth...
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Contrasting performances of modern and landrace cultivars in wheat mixtures and wheat-legume intercrops in organic and low input conditions - Euphytica
The context of global ecological crisis has led to the rediscovery and reuse of landrace crop cultivars. Many recent studies testify the high-quality value of landraces, as well as their agronomic int...
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1/ 🧵on our new preprint! #IDSky #IDEpi #SciComm 📄 Modelling the effectiveness of Integrated Pest Management strategies for the control of Septoria tritici ✍️ Authors: Elliot Vincent, Stephen Parnell, Ed Hill 💻 Code github.com/emrvincent/I... 🔗 @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Modelling the effectiveness of Integrated Pest Management strategies for the control of Septoria tritici
Reducing reliance on pesticides is an important global challenge. With increasing constraints on their use, in recent years there has been a declining trend in pesticide use for arable crops in the UK...
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