Isabelle Goldringer

I received my PhD in plant breeding in 1993 from the National Institute of Agronomy – Paris-Grignon and then worked at INRA as a scientist in quantitative genetics and plant breeding. I am currently senior scientist (Directrice de Recherche) at INRA (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) in the team Diversity Evolution and Adaptation of Populations (DEAP). My research focuses on the dynamic management of crop diversity and the development of diversity-based strategies for more sustainable agro-ecosystems. I develop research in evolutionary genetics applied to subdivided self-pollinating populations with particular focus on the middle-term effects of selection on genetic diversity, and on the adaptive mechanisms involved in response to plant x plant interactions and to local selection. I also conduct more applied research using our understanding of the mechanisms governing the evolution of experimental wheat populations to design more efficient modalities for the dynamic management / in situ conservation of the genetic diversity of cultivated species and to set up participatory breeding programmes involving farmers’ networks. These approaches particularly address the context of organic agriculture and other low-input agricultural systems. This research is / has been carried out in the context of european funded projects (FP6 : FarmSeedOpportunities, FP7 : SOLIBAM, H2020 : DIVERSIFOOD http://www.diversifood.eu/) where I led workpackages.