Reseacher at INRAE, working on genetic and evolutionnary basis of WSSMV and SBCMV resistance in tetraploid wheats. Views are my own. Bluesky @Hpidon.bsky.social
Montpellier, France
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Amazing work by @eakhunov on Avr-R 2way GWAS and stem rust F2 population to identify Avr genes and suppressors of resistance. The amount of work is impressive and the results are amazing #IWC2026Bologna
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One of the wheat genomics project working from a while. Presented as a poster in the conference.
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I really enjoyed presenting my poster and sharing my work at #IWC2026Bologna today. If you are at the conference and want to learn about Aegilops tauschii, starch or GWAS pop by my poster (PO493) over the next couple of days 🌾
Julie King presented us with the huge work her group has been doing on introversion lines between triticeae. Tons of interesting traits to gets from there but also knowledge on recombination mechanisms #IWC2026Bologna
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When food prices rise, we blame weather, logistics or geopolitics 🍝
Often correctly.
But there is another layer: decades of underinvestment — or delayed investment — in the science that makes food systems productive.
That was the warning today in the #IWC2026Bologna
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Great talk by Tzion Fahima on Kinase fusion proteins. We still have so much to find on resistance genes. Will we find kinases that provide resistance to viruses? #IWC2026Bologna
Amazing talk by Beat Keller on Resistance to pathogens and the importance of considering the whole system, including the pathogens and its avirulence genes . Pathosystems and resistance are much more complex that the classical zigzag model #IWC2026Bologna
Let’s start #IWC2026Bologna! Looking forward all the great talks. And thanks for the gifts, wheat is really a great organism 😋
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Luigi Cattivelli @luigicattivelli is starting the meeting of the #durum Expert Working Group adjunct to #FSTP5
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Great presentation and impressive work by Karim Ammar, durum wheat breeder from @CIMMYT, and @HafssaKabbaj from @ICARDA on durum wheat breeding!
It’s been a pleasure collaborating and working with you both on the durum wheat project.#FSTP5
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Simon Krattinger from @KAUST explains how wheat went viral. He talks about the role of wild relative introgressions in wheat domestication using my favourite Triticum timopheevii’s role in durum wheat’s history through the failed wheat species genome sequence consortium! #FSTP5
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Stunning images of wheat inflorescence architecture in talk by Thorsten Schnurbush from @LeibnizIPK #FSTP5
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Closing #FSTP5 in Bari, Italy!!! We had excellent time and saw fantastic presentations and posters! We thank the chairs and organisers and are looking forward to come back to Italy for #IWC2026Bologna
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Entertainment at the conference dinner in Old Town, Bari #FSTP5 Ristorante R45
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Great talk of Carlotta Award 1st class winner Philippa Borrill
@PhilippaBorrill
@JohnInnesCentre
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Very interesting talk of Samuela Palombieri (Unitus, DAFNE, Italy) first class winner of the Carlotta Award at #FSTP5
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The Carlotta Award 2025 goes to @PhilippaBorrill from the @JohnInnesCentre who talks about methylation mutants in bread wheat 👏#FSTP5 #WomenInWheat
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Klaudia Kruppa from Martonvasar Hungary @MGIHUNREN gets 2nd prize for The Carlotta Award 🥈 #FSTP5 for her work on introgressing Thinopyrum into wheat for leaf rust resistance and drought tolerance
