Daniel Cornu

TL;DR: Although the lignin composition was consistently modified, theLignin content of the transgenic poplars was similar to that of the controls, and a similar phenotype was observed in brown-midrib mutants of maize and sorghum, known for their altered lignification.

TL;DR: Test the potential of proteinase inhibitors to control Chrysomela tremulae, a beetle that causes severe damage in young plantations and in short-rotation intensive culture (SRIC) of poplar, and OCI, a cysteine proteinase inhibitor, was shown to inhibit this activity in vitro.

TL;DR: Walnut somatic embryos multiplied by repetitive embryogenesis on a solid basal DKW medium developed into mature embryos showing white, enlarged cotyledons and shoot and root apex, which continued their growth after transplanting to a mixture of peat and vermiculite in pots.

TL;DR: Results suggest that transgene expression in perennial species such as trees remains stable over an extended period, as well as identifying one silenced transgenic line that was probably silenced from the beginning, at the post-transcriptional level.