Research projects

DiverSify (EU project) (2017-2020) run by James Hutton Institute (UK). Choose the best species crop teams to favour synergies and optimize production and other services.

DiverIMPACTS (EU project) (2017-2021) run by INRA. Crop diversification through rotation, intercropping, multiple cropping, promoted with actors and value-chains towards sustainability.

Safari Projet (2013–2017). Interactions between crop cover diversity and soil biodiversity in relation with crops yields.

Prograilive (Interregional project) (2016-2018). Intercropping lupine with a cereal to control weeds in lupine crops.

Légitimes ANR project (2014-2017). Build the conditions for a wider insertion of legumes in agricultural systems and assess the expected effects, for a sustainable management of territories ans resources.

PhD theses

	Elana DAYOUB. Competitiveness of different legumes towards weeds, associated traits and interactions with the intercrop design and the services related to nitrogen and weeds provided by legumes in the cropping systems. Referring : g.hellou @ groupe-esa.com (g.hellou @ groupe-esa.com)
	Hélène BOBILLE. Regulation of root exsudation in Fabaceae and consequences in the response to abiotic stresses. Referring : j.fustec @ groupe-esa.com (j.fustec @ groupe-esa.com), anis.limami @ univ-angers.fr (anis.limami @ univ-angers.fr)
	Nicolas CARTON. Trophic interactions induced by lupine intercropped with another specie and consequences on the productivity of both espcies and weed management. Referring : g.hellou @ groupe-esa.com (g.hellou @ groupe-esa.com)
	Baptiste DRUT . Interactions between the crop cover and the soil organisms in relation with the crop diversty in the field: consequences on soil fertility and crop yield. Referring : j.fustec @ groupe-esa.com (j.fustec @ groupe-esa.com)