2. VEGEPOLYS - Status and goal
An association dedicated to promote plant’s companies
Funding:
Public grants and self financing
Steering committee:
-Public research and higher education (INRA, University)
-Private companies
-Organizations from plant sectors (unions, cooperatives)
-Local chambers (commerce, agriculture)
Members:
300, including 2/3 of small and medium sized companies
Goal:
Set up innovative Research & Developpment
projects to increase the business of companies
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3. VEGEPOLYS - Strategic location
The large Loire area of France, a unique concentration of activities
around agriculture and horticulture
4.000 companies
30.000 Jobs
450 Researchers
25 training centers
2.500 Students
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4. VEGEPOLYS - Organization
A specific organization to achieve our goal
Emergence Team
5 development managers
Networking between firms,
researchers and higher
education
-conferences
-workshops
-prospecting for
new members and
costumers
Project Team
4 Projects managers
4 Lab technicians
-Laboratory of biotechnologies
+ access to 5 technical platforms
shared:
-Analysis of Nucleic Acids
-Cell imaging
-Collection of Microorganisms
-Phytochemical analyzes
-Tools Phenotyping
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5. VEGEPOLYS - Project Team
3 fields of expertises follow the activities of the Loire area:
Breeding and production of plants
Topics
teams
Plant breeding
Projects manager: Fabienne Mathis
Technician: Nadège Lepocreau
Phytopathology and
cropping systems
Projects manager : Caroline Bonneau
Projects manager: Florian Bryone
Technicians: Laetitia Porcher, Lionel
Vandekerckhove
Phytochemistry
Projects manager : Amélie Chaigneau
Technician: Caroline Servant
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6. VEGEPOLYS - Breeding plant services
Germplasm evaluation
-Trees of phylogeny
-Trees of diversity
-Floral biology
-Mode of reproduction
Tools
Breeding consulting
Germplasm management
platforms
-Bibliography
-Phenotyping
-Analysis of Nucleic Acids-Genotyping
-Specifications
-Planning of the breeding -Cell imaging
-in vitro culture
-Phenotyping tools -Data analysis
-Monitoring
Facilities
-Outsourcing
-Breeding program
-Greenhouses
-Growth rooms
-in vitro laboratory
Breeding selection
-Phenotypic identification and selection
-Genetic identification and selection: MAB
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7. VEGEPOLYS - MAB services
Principle and goals
Principle:
1-For a given species, some plants present 1 or several biological
characters relevant for the selection.
2-Each character can be linked to a gene.
3-This gene is labelled by a specific molecular marker.
So we can detect the presence or not of a character in all plants of
this species assisted by a marker, it is the MAB principle.
Main goals of the MAB:
The MAB can be used to select hybrids carrying genes of interest
and to compile these genes to create a new genitor
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8. VEGEPOLYS - MAB services
transfer of genetic knowledge for fruit trees breeders
A list of fruit trees which have 1 or several genes linked to 1 or several
biological characters of interest will be done by the researchers of
Fruitbreedomics and previous projects.
So the MAB fruitbreedomics services allow to detect the genes
inherited from these parent trees into hybrids.
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9. VEGEPOLYS - MAB services
Services adapted to the small and medium sized companies
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Definition of the project and specific objectives
Identification of expert if necessary (INRA researchers)
Design and evaluation of technical and human resources
Quotation
Realization of the project
Outsourcing of the R&D activities for small and medium
companies and taking care to adapt our response to the
resources of our client.
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10. VEGEPOLYS - MAB services
experience in MAB
R&D experience
-Genotyping and detection of genes for Hidras and Isafruit europeen
projects
-Establishment of a methodology of MAB for Isafruit: poster
-MAB service experience
Several clients breeders for rosacea family
-Extraction of DNA
-Molecular analysis with markers published or provided by
researchers
-Detailed report
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