Frédéric Suffert | Senior researcher in plant disease epidemiology | Agr Eng, PhD, HDR
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Presentation
I am plant disease epidemiologist for INRAE, the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment. I hold an engineering diploma in agronomy specialized in Crop Protection, a PhD in plant pathology from Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, and a HDR (habilitation). I work in the BIOGER research unit located on the Campus Agro Paris-Saclay at Palaiseau. I co-head the team ADEP which focuses on the adaptive and epidemiological processes in wheat-fungal pathogen interactions. I conduct research on the epidemiology of wheat septoria (Zymoseptoria tritici), by relying on a scientific approach to agroecology. I study the processes underlying the disease development, drivers and consequences of Z. tritici sexual reproduction (fungal biology, ecology of residues as source of primary inoculum, etc.), and adaptive dynamics of pathogen populations (virulence and agressiveness patterns) in heterogeneous environments (deployment of resistances in cultivar mixtures, seasonal variations of temperature and moisture conditions, etc.). I have supervised several PhD candidates (ED ABIES) on this topic. I am also interested in the impact of interactions between cultivated and wild compartments (roles of alternating and alternative hosts, service vs. disservice plants, etc.) on the dynamics of diseases with complex biological cycles. In 2023 I initiated a research program on the epidemiology of stem rust (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici), which is considered reemerging in Europe. I graduated from the IHEDN and I address cindynic issues applied to epidemiosurveillance and crop biosecurity for governmental agencies (see C&Aw pages for a comprehensive agroterrorism horizon scanning). I am member of the ANSES expert committee Risques Biological Risks to Plant Health and participates in expertise activities for INRAE (e.g. ESCo INRAE RegulNat). I am member of the scientific council of the INRAE Plant Heath division (SPE) and member of the steering committee of the international health monitoring (VSI) for the French plateform for Epidemiosurveillance in Plant Health (ESV). I am member of the board of the French Phytopathological Society (SFP) and associate editor for Journal of Plant Pathology. I am member of the Association of Naturalists of the Yvelines (ANY) and an enthusiatic photographer of micromycetes (mainly rusts and powdery mildews), during "phytopathological strolls".
References
2024
• Fontyn C, Meyer KJG, Boixel A-L, Picard C, Destanque A, Marcel TC, Suffert F, Goyeau H. 2024. Can higher aggressiveness effectively compensate for a virulence deficiency in plant pathogen? A case study of Puccinia triticina’s fitness evolution in a diversified varietal landscape. Journal of Plant Pathology, in press.
• Suffert F, Le Prieur S, Gélisse S, Dzialo E, Saintenac C, Marcel TC. 2024. Estimating the frequency of virulence against an Stb gene in Zymoseptoria tritici populations by bulk phenotyping on checkerboard microcanopies of wheat NILs. Plant pathology, on line https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13894 [pdf]
• Collectif. 2024. Pesticides : « Nous, chercheurs et chercheuses, dénonçons une mise au placard des connaissances scientifiques ». Tribune, Le Monde, 8 février 2024 https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2024/02/07/pesticides-nous-chercheurs-et-chercheuses-denoncons-une-mise-au-placard-des-connaissances-scientifiques_6215195_3232.html [pdf]
• Meyer KJG, Leconte M, Vidal T, Goyeau H, Suffert F. 2024. Is thermal aptitude a pivotal driver in the establishment of recent Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici lineages in Europe? Journal of Plant Pathology, on line https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01590-7 [pdf]
• Bourgeois T, Prado S, Suffert F*, Salmon S*. 2024. The collembolan Heteromurus nitidus grazes the wheat fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici on infected tissues: opportunities and limitations for bioregulation. Pest Management Science, on line https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8026 [pdf] [*equal contribution]
• Sarthou J-P, Sester M, Lamichhane J-R, Aubertot J-N, Sarthou V, Suffert F. 2024. Effet des pratiques d’ACS sur les maladies et leurs conséquences sur l’état sanitaire des cultures. In: L’agriculture de conservation des sols, Cordeau S, Maron PA, Sarthou JP, Chauvel B (Eds), Quae Editions (France), in press https://www.quae.com/produit/1776/9782759235667/l-agriculture-de-conservation-des-sols
2023
• Boixel A-L, Goyeau H, Berder J, Moinard J, Suffert F, Soubeyrand S, Sache I, Vidal T. 2023. A landscape-scale field survey demonstrates the role of wheat volunteers as a local and diversified source of leaf rust inoculum. Scientific Reports 13: 392 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47499-6 [pdf]
• Barroso-Bergada D, Tamaddoni-Nezhad D, Varghese D, Vacher C, Galic N, Laval V, Suffert F, Bohan DA. 2023. Unravelling the web of dark interactions: explainable inference of the diversity of microbial interactions. Advances in Ecological Research 68: 155-183 https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2023.09.005 [pdf]
• Vialatte A (coord.), Martinet V (coord.), Tibi A (coord.), Alignier A, Angeon V, Bedoussac L, Bohan DA, Bougherara D, Carpentier A, Castagneyrol B, Cordeau S, Courtois P, Deguine J-P, Doehler M, Enjalbert J, Fabre F, Féménia F, Fréville H, Goulet F, Grateau R, Grimonprez B, Gross N, Hannachi M, Jeanneret P, Labarthe P, Launay M, Lelièvre V, Lemarié S, Martel G, Masson A, Navarrete M, Plantegenest M, Ravigné V, Rusch A, Suffert F, Tapsoba A, Thoyer S. 2022. Protéger les cultures en augmentant la diversité végétale des espaces agricoles. Rapport de l’expertise scientifique collective, INRAE (France), 954 p. https://dx.doi.org/10.17180/q7wm-q442 [pdf]
• Bourgeois TP, Suffert F, Durya G, Biaua G, Lacoste S, Prado S, Dupont J, Salmon S. 2023. Dietary preferences of Heteromurus nitidus (Collembola) among wheat fungal communities: implications for bioregulation of two widespread pathogens. Applied Soil Ecology 188: 104897 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.104897 [pdf]
• Feurtey A, Lorrain C, McDonald MC, Milgate A, Solomon P, Warren R, Puccetti G, Scalliet G, Torriani S, Gout L, Marcel T, Suffert F, Alassimone J, Lipzen A, Yoshinaga Y, Daum C, Barry K, Grigoriev I, Goodwin SB, Genissel A, Seidl MF, Stukenbrock EH, Lebrun M-H, Kema G, McDonald BA, Croll D. 2023. A thousand-genome panel retraces the global spread and climatic adaptation of a major fungal crop pathogen. Nature Communications 14: 1059 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36674-y [pdf]
• Fontyn C, Meyer K, Boixel A-L, Delestre G, Piaget E, Picard C, Suffert F, Marcel TC, Goyeau H. 2023. Evolution within a given virulence phenotype (pathotype) is driven by changes in aggressiveness: a case study of French wheat leaf rust populations. Peer Community Journal, section Infections 3: e39 https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.264 [pdf]
• Karisto P, Suffert F, Mikaberidze A. 2023. Spatially-explicit modeling improves empirical characterization of dispersal. Plant Environment-Interactions 4: 86-96 https://doi.org/10.1002/pei3.10104 [pdf]
• Langlands-Perry C, Pitarch A, Lapalu N, Cuenin M, Bergez C, Noly A, Amezrou R, Gélisse S, Barrachina C, Parrinello H, Suffert F, Valade R, Marcel TC. 2023. Quantitative and qualitative plant-pathogen interactions call upon similar pathogenicity genes with a spectrum of effects. Frontiers in Plant Science 14:1128546 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1128546 [pdf]
• Reignault P, Sache I, Choquer M, Corio-Coster MF, Dellagi A, Suffert F. 2023. Phytopathologie. 2023. De Boeck Supérieur (Belgique) 384 p. https://www.deboecksuperieur.com/ouvrage/9782807302884-phytopathologie
• Suffert F. 2023. A la découverte des premières rouilles printanières en lisière de forêt de Bois-d’Arcy (Les Clayes-sous-Bois, Yvelines, FR). Compte rendu de la sortie mycologie et botanique organisée le 15 avril 2023 pour l’Association des Naturalistes des Yvelines (ANY) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7840443 [pdf]
2022
• Tibi A (coord.), Martinet V (coord.), Vialatte A (coord.), Alignier A, Angeon V, Bohan DA, Bougherara D, Cordeau S, Courtois P, Deguine J-P, Enjalbert J, Fabre F, Fréville H, Grateau R, Grimonprez B, Gross N, Hannachi M, Launay M, Lelièvre V., Lemarié S, Martel G, Navarrete M, Plantegenest M, Ravigné V., Rusch A, Suffert F, Thoyer S. 2022. Protéger les cultures en augmentant la diversité végétale des espaces agricoles. Synthèse du rapport de l’expertise scientifique collective, INRAE (France), 86 p. https://www.inrae.fr/actualites/augmenter-diversite-vegetale-espaces-agricoles-proteger-cultures [pdf]
• Fontyn C, Zippert A-C, Delestre G, Marcel TC, Suffert F, Goyeau H. 2022. Is virulence phenotype evolution driven exclusively by Lr gene deployment in French Puccinia triticina populations? Plant Pathology 71: 1511-1524 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13599 [pdf]
• Karisto P, Suffert F, Mikaberidze A. 2022. Measuring splash-dispersal of a major wheat pathogen in the field. PhytoFrontiers, 2: 30-40 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-05-21-0039-R [pdf]
• Lapalu N, Simon A, Demenou B, Paumier D, Guillot M-P, Gout L, Suffert F, Valade R. 2022. Complete genome sequences of Septoria linicola: a resource for studying a damaging flax pathogen. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-09-22-0185-A [pdf]
• Rodriguez-Algaba J, Hovmøller MS, Schulz P, Hansen JG, Lezaun JA, Joaquim J, Randazzo B, Czembor P, Zemeca L, Slikova S, Hanzalová A, Holdgate S, Wilderspin S, Mascher F, Suffert F, Leconte M, Flath K, Justesen AF. 2022. Stem rust on barberry species in Europe: Host specificities and genetic diversity. Frontiers in Genetics 13: 988031 https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.988031 [pdf]
• Barroso-Bergadà D, Massot M, Vignolles N, Faivre d’Arcier J, Chancerel E, Guichoux E, Walker A-S, Vacher C, Bohan DA, Laval V, Suffert F. 2022. Metagenomic next⁃generation sequencing (mNGS) data reveals the phyllosphere microbiome of wheat plants infected by the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Phytobiomes Journal, sous presse https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-02-22-0008-FI [pdf]
• McDonald BA, Suffert F, Bernasconi A, Mikaberidze A. 2022. How large and diverse are field populations of fungal plant pathogens? The case of Zymoseptoria tritici. Evolutionary Applications 15: 1360-1373 https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13434 [pdf]
• Bernard F, Chelle M, Riahi El Kamel O, Pincebourde S, Sache I, Suffert F. 2022. Daily fluctuations in leaf temperature modulate the development of a foliar pathogen. Agricultural Forest Meteorology 322: 109031 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109031 [pdf]
• Valade R, Boixel A-L, Meyer K, Suffert F. 2022. 2021, l’odyssée de l’espèce Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici : retour sur une année exceptionnelle qui pose la question de l’endémicité de la rouille noire du blé en France et incite à maintenir l’effort d’épidémiosurveillance en systèmes céréaliers. Phytoma - La santé des végétaux 754: 45-50 http://www.phytoma-ldv.com/revue-1850-PHYTOMA-754 [pdf]
• Suffert F. 2022. La Russie et la Chine instrumentalisent-elles la réglementation phytosanitaire à des fins géopolitiques ? The Conversation, 25 avril 2022, https://bit.ly/biogeopolitique [pdf]
• Orellana-Torrejon C, Vidal T, Gazeau G, Boixel A-L, Gélisse S, Lageyre J, Saint-Jean S, Suffert F. 2022. Multiple scenarios for sexual crosses in the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici on wheat residues: potential consequences for virulence gene transmission. Fungal Genetics and Biology 163: 103744 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2022.103744 [pdf]
• Orellana-Torrejon C, Vidal T, Saint-Jean S, Suffert F. 2022. The impact of wheat cultivar mixtures on virulence dynamics in Zymoseptoria tritici populations persist after interseason sexual reproduction. Plant Pathology 71: 1537-1549 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13577 [pdf] [point presse#1] [point presse#2]
• Orellana-Torrejon C, Vidal T, Boixel A-L, Gélisse S, Saint-Jean S, Suffert F. 2022. Annual dynamics of Zymoseptoria tritici populations in wheat cultivar mixtures: a compromise between the efficiency and durability of a recently broken-down resistance gene? Plant Pathology 71: 289-303 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13458 [pdf] [point presse#1] [point presse#2] [point presse#3]
• Boixel AL, Chelle M, Suffert F. 2022. Patterns of thermal adaptation in a worldwide plant pathogen: local diversity and plasticity reveal two-tier dynamics. Ecology and Evolution 12: e8515 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8515 [pdf]
• Boixel AL, Gélisse S, Marcel TC, Suffert F. 2022. Differential tolerance of Zymoseptoria tritici to altered optimal moisture conditions during the early stages of wheat infection. Journal of Plant Pathology 104: 495–507 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-021-01025-7 [pdf]
• Suffert F, Suffert M. 2022. ‘Phytopathological strolls’ in the dual context of COVID-19 lockdown and IYPH2020: transforming constraints into an opportunity for public education about plant pathogens. Plant Pathology 71: 30-42 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13430 [pdf] [planches photo] [point presse] [présentation orale]
• Vialatte A, Tibi A, Alignier A, Angeon V, Bedoussac L, Bohan DA, Bougherara D, Carpentier A, Castagneyrol B, Cordeau S, Courtois P, Deguine J-P, Enjalbert J, Fabre F, Féménia F, Fréville H, Goulet F, Grateau R, Grimonprez B, Gross N, Hannachi M, Jeanneret P, Kuhfuss L, Labarthe P, Launay M, Lefebvre M, Lelièvre V, Lemarié S, Martel G, Masson A, Navarrete M, Plantegenest M, Ravigné V, Rusch A, Suffert F, Tapsoba A, Thérond O, Thoyer S, Martinet V. 2022. Promoting crop pest control by plant diversification in agricultural landscapes: a conceptual framework for analysing feedback loops between agro-ecological and socio-economic effects. Advances in Ecological Research 65: 133-165 https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2021.10.004 [pdf]
2021
• Vidal T, Gauffreteau A, Enjalbert J, Suffert F. 2021. Mélanger les variétés pour construire des peuplements plus résistants aux bioagresseurs. In: L’immunité des plantes: pour des cultures résistantes aux maladies, Lannou C, Carenta C, Roby D, Ravigné V, Hannachi M, Moury B (Eds), Quae Editions (France), p. 221-232 ISBN 978-2-7592-3233-8 [pdf]
• Ben Krima S, Slim A, Gélisse S, Houki H, Nadaud I, Sourdille P, Yahyaoui A, Ben M’Barek S, Suffert F, Marcel TC. 2021. Life story of Tunisian durum wheat landraces revealed by their genetic and phenotypic diversity. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.14.251157 [pdf]
• Laval V, Kerdraon L, Barret M, Boudier B, Liabot A-L, Marais C, Balesdent M, Fischer-Le Saux M, Suffert F. 2021. Assessing the cultivability of bacteria and fungi from arable crop residues using metabacoding data as a reference. Diversity 13: 404 https://doi.org/10.3390/d13090404 [pdf] [point presse]
• Paumier D, Bammé B, Penaud A, Valade R, Suffert F. 2021. First report of the sexual stage of the flax pathogen Mycosphaerella linicola in France and its impact on pasmo epidemiology. Plant Pathology 70: 475-483 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13296 [pdf]
2020
• Kerdraon L, Barret M, Balesdent M, Suffert F*, Laval V*. 2020. Impact of a resistance gene against a fungal pathogen on the plant host residue microbiome: the case of the Leptosphaeria maculans-Brassica napus pathosystem. Molecular Plant Pathology 21: 1445-1558 https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12994 [pdf] [*equal contribution]
2019
• Kerdraon L, Barret M, Laval V, Suffert F. 2019. Differential dynamics of microbial community networks help identify microorganisms interacting with residue-borne pathogens: the case of Zymoseptoria tritici in wheat. Microbiome 7: 125 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-019-0736-0 [pdf]
• Kerdraon L, Laval V, Suffert F. 2019. Microbiomes and pathogen survival in crop residues, an ecotone between plant and soil. Phytobiomes Journal 3: 246-255 https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-02-19-0010-RVW [pdf]
• Kerdraon L, Balesdent M-H, Barret M, Laval V, Suffert F. 2019. Crop residues in wheat-oilseed rape rotation system: a pivotal, shifting platform for microbial meetings. Microbial Ecology 4: 931-945 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-019-01340-8 [pdf]
• Morais D, Duplaix C, Sache I, Laval V, Suffert F*, Walker A-S*. 2019. Overall stability in the genetic structure of a Zymoseptoria tritici population from epidemic to interepidemic stages at a small spatial scale. European Journal of Plant Pathology 154: 423-436 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-018-01666-y [pdf] [*equal contribution]
• Boixel AL, Delestre G, Legeay J, Chelle M, Suffert F. 2019. Phenotyping thermal responses of yeasts and yeast-like microorganisms at the individual and population levels: proof-of-concept, development and application of an experimental framework to a plant pathogen. Microbial Ecology 78: 42-56 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1253-6 [pdf]
2018
• Suffert F, Thompson R. 2018. Some reasons why the latent period should not always be considered constant over the course of a plant disease epidemic. Plant Pathology 67: 1831-1840 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12894 [pdf]
• Suffert F, Delestre G, Gélisse S. 2018. Sexual reproduction in the fungal foliar pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici is driven by antagonistic density-dependence mechanisms. Microbial Ecology 77: 110-123 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1211-3 [pdf]
• Suffert F, Goyeau H, Sache I, Carpentier F, Gélisse S, Morais D, Delestre G. 2018. Epidemiological trade-off between intra- and interannual scales in the evolution of aggressiveness in a local plant pathogen population. Evolutionary Applications 11: 768-780 https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12588 [pdf]
2017
• Soubeyrand S, Garreta V, Monteil C, Suffert F, Goyeau H, Berder J, Berge O, Moinard J, Fournier E, Tharreau D, Morris C, Sache I. 2017. Testing differences between pathogen compositions with small samples and sparse data. Phytopathology 107: 1199-1208 https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-02-17-0070-FI [pdf]
• Mumford J, Leach AW, Holt J, Suffert F, Sache I, Moignot B, Hamilton RA. 2017. Integrating crop bioterrorism hazards into pest risk assessment tools. In: Gullino ML, Stack J, Fletcher J, Mumford J (Eds.), Practical tools for plant and food biosecurity, Springer, p. 121-142 ISBN 978-3-319-46897-6 [pdf]
• Suffert F. 2017. Characterization of the threat resulting from plant pathogens use as anti-crop bioweapons: an EU perspective on agroterrorism. In: Gullino ML, Stack J, Fletcher J, Mumford J (Eds.), Practical tools for plant and food biosecurity, Springer, p. 31-60 ISBN 978-3-319-46897-6 [pdf]
2016
• Suffert F, Delestre G, Carpentier F, Walker AS, Gazeau G, Gélisse S, Duplaix C. 2016. Fashionably late partners have more fruitful encounters: impact of the timing of co-infection and pathogenicity on sexual reproduction in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genetics and Biology 92: 40-49 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2016.05.004 [pdf]
• Morais D, Gélisse S, Laval V, Sache I, Suffert F. 2016. Inferring the origin of primary inoculum of Zymoseptoria tritici from differential adaptation of resident and immigrant populations to wheat cultivars. European Journal of Plant Pathology 145: 393-404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10658-015-0853-y [pdf]
• Morais D, Sache I, Suffert F*, Laval V*. 2016. Is onset of Septoria tritici blotch epidemics related to local availability of ascospores? Plant Pathology 65: 250-260 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/ppa.12408 [pdf] [*equal contribution]
2015
• Suffert F, Ravigné V, Sache I. 2015. Seasonal changes drive short-term selection for fitness traits in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81: 6367-6379 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00529-15 [pdf]
• Siou D, Gélisse S, Laval V, Suffert F, Lannou C. 2015. Mutual exclusion between fungal species of the FHB complex in a wheat spike. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81: 4682-4689. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00525-15 [pdf]
• Morais D, Laval V, Sache I, Suffert F. 2015. Comparative pathogenicity of sexual and asexual spores of Zymoseptoria tritici (Septoria tritici blotch) on wheat leaves. Plant Pathology 64: 1429–1439 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12372 [pdf]
• Siou D, Gélisse S, Laval V, Repinçay C, Bourdat-Deschamps M, Suffert F, Lannou C. 2015. Interactions between head blight pathogens: consequences on disease development and toxins production in wheat spikes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81: 957-965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.02879-14 [pdf]
2014
• Gautier A, Marcel T, Confais J, Crane C, Kema G, Suffert F, Walker A-S. 2014. Development of a rapid multiplex SSR genotyping method to study populations of the plant pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella graminicola. BMC Research Notes 7: 373 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-373 [pdf]
2013
• Siou D, Gelisse S, Laval V, Repinçay C, Canalès R, Suffert F, Lannou C. 2013. Effect of wheat spike infection timing on Fusarium head blight development and mycotoxin accumulation. Plant Pathology 63: 390-399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12106 [pdf]
• Suffert F, Sache I, Lannou C. 2013. Assessment of quantitative traits of aggressiveness in Mycosphaerella graminicola on adult wheat plants. Plant Pathology 62: 1330-1341 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppa.12050 [pdf]
• Bernard F, Sache I, Suffert F, Chelle M. 2013. The development of a foliar fungal pathogen does react to leaf temperature! New Phytologist 198: 232-240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12134 [pdf]
2012
• Reynaud P, Le Fay-Souloy C, Moignot B, Suffert F. 2012. The European PLANTFOODSEC project: Framework for a national approach to analyse and prioritise plant health risks. EuroReference 7: 32-35 [pdf]
• Ben Slimane R, Bancal P, Suffert F, Bancal M-O. 2012. Localized septoria leaf blotch lesions in winter wheat flag leaf do not accelerate apical senescence during necrotrophic stage. Journal of Plant Pathology 94: 543-553 http://dx.doi.org/10.4454/JPP.FA.2012.055 [pdf]
2011
• Suffert F, Sache I. 2011. Relative importance of different types of inoculum to the establishment of Mycosphaerella graminicola in wheat crops in north-west Europe. Plant Pathology 60: 878-889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02455.x [pdf]
• Suffert F, Sache I, Lannou C. 2011. Early stages of Septoria tritici blotch epidemics of winter wheat: Build-up, overseasoning, and release of primary inoculum. Plant Pathology 60: 166-177 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02369.x [pdf]
• Sache I, Roy A-S, Suffert F, Desprez-Loustau M-L. 2011. Invasive plant pathogens in Europe. In: Biological invasions: Economic and environmental costs of alien plant, animal, and microbe species, Pimentel D (Eds.), CRC Press, London, 227-242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b10938-14 [pdf]
2010
• Suffert F. 2010. Emergences épidémiologiques non-conventionnelles et analyse de risque : le cas de la biosécurité agricole et de l'agroterrorisme. In: Barnouin J et Sache I (Eds), Les maladies émergentes. Épidémiologie chez le végétal, l'animal et l'homme, Quae Editions (France), p. 373-384 ISBN 978-2-7592-0510-3
• Stack J, Suffert F, Gullino ML. 2010. Bioterrorism: A threat to plant biosecurity? In: Gullino ML et Strange RN (Eds), The role of plant pathology in food safety and food security, Springer, p. 115-132 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8932-9_10 [pdf]
• Gosme M, Suffert F, Jeuffroy MH. 2010. Intensive versus low-input cropping systems: What is the optimal partitioning of agricultural area in order to reduce pesticide use while maintaining productivity? Agricultural Systems 103: 110-116 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2009.11.002 [pdf]
2009
• Barbier M, Sache I, Prete G, Suffert F. 2009. Cultures en péril ? L'affaire de tous. Pour La Science 65: 110-115 [pdf]
• Suffert F, Latxague E, Sache I. 2009. Plant pathogens as agroterrorist weapons: Assessment of the threat for European agriculture and forestry. Food Security 1: 221-232 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-009-0014-2 [pdf]
2008
• Suffert F, Barbier M, Sache I, Latxague E. 2008. Biosécurité des cultures et agroterrorisme. Une menace, des questions scientifiques et une opportunité : réactiver un dispositif d’épidémiovigilance. Le Courrier de l'Environnement 56: 67-86 [pdf]
• Suffert F, Lucas JM. 2008. Lateral roots of carrot have a low impact on alloinfections involved in a cavity spot epidemic caused by Pythium violae. Journal of General Plant Pathology 74: 296-301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10327-008-0104-6 [pdf]
• Suffert F, Delalande D, Prunier M, Andrivon D. 2008. Modulation of primary and secondary infections in epidemics of carrot cavity spot through agronomic management practices. Plant Pathology 57: 109-121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01708.x [pdf]
• Suffert F, Montfort F. 2008. Pathometric relationships reveal epidemiological processes involved in carrot cavity spot epidemics. European Journal of Plant Pathology 122: 425-436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10658-008-9309-y [pdf]
2007
• Suffert F. 2007. Cavity spot de la carotte, l’épidémiologie appliquée à la gestion des risques parasitaires. Comprendre et modéliser les mécanismes d’une maladie d’origine tellurique dans une perspective de protection intégrée. Phytoma 601: 36-40 [pdf]
• Latxague E, Sache I, Pinon J, Andrivon D, Barbier M, Suffert F. 2007. A methodology for assessing the risk posed by the deliberate and harmful use of plant pathogens in Europe. EPPO Bulletin 37: 427-435 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2338.2007.01118.x [pdf]
• Desprez-Loustau ML, Robin C, Buée M, Courtecuisse R, Garbaye J, Suffert F, Sache I, Rizzo D. 2007. The fungal dimension of biological invasions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22: 472-480 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2007.04.005 [pdf]
• Suffert F, Montfort F. 2007. Demonstration of secondary infection by Pythium violae in epidemics of carrot cavity spot using root transplantation as method of soil infestation. Plant Pathology 56: 588-594 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01566.x [pdf]
• Suffert F. 2007. Kinetics modelling of the carrot cavity spot caused by a complex of pathogens of the genus Pythium dominated by Pythium violae. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 29: 41-55 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07060660709507436 [pdf]
• Suffert F, Guibert M. 2007. The ecology of a Pythium community in relation to the epidemiology of carrot cavity spot. Applied Soil Ecology 35: 488-501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.10.003 [pdf]
2005
• Suffert F. 2005. A theoretical approach to the 'complementation' notion concerning strategies of crop protection. Phytoprotection 86: 89-92 http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/012509ar [pdf]
2003
• Suffert F. 2003. L'utilisation volontaire d'agents phytopathogènes contre les cultures. Phytoma 563: 8-12 [pdf]
2002
• Suffert F. 2002. L'épidémiologie végétale, nouvelle discipline de guerre ? Lumière sur le bioterrorisme agricole, un enjeu émergent pour la recherche agronomique. Le Courrier de l'Environnement 47: 57-69 [pdf]
Supervised PhD candidates
• Chloé Papin (2023-... ; director) "Characterising the impact of wheat cultivar mixtures on the evolution of the virulence structure of a Zymoseptoria tritici population" (ED ABIES)
• Cécilia Fontyn (2018-2022 ; director) "Is aggressiveness a significant component for the adaptation of Puccinia triticina populations to the cultivated wheat landscape?" (ED ABIES) [abstract & pdf] [publications #1, #2, #3] [Phloème 2022 prize]
• Carolina Orellana-Torrejon (2018-2022 ; co-director) "Impact of wheat cultivar mixtures on the annual adaptation dynamics of a Zymoseptoria tritici population to a recently broken down qualitative resistant gene" (ED ABIES) [abstract & pdf] [publications #1, #2, #3] [BSPP 2022 prize]
• Safa Ben Krima (2017-2020 ; co-supervisor) "Adaptation of phytopathogenic fungi to genetically heterogeneous host populations: case study of the durum wheat-Zymoseptoria tritici pathosystem" (ED SEVE) [abstract] [publication #1]
• Anne-Lise Boixel (2015-2020 ; co-supervisor) "Environmental heterogeneity, a driver of adaptation to temperature in foliar plant pathogen populations?" (ED ABIES) [abstract & pdf] [publications #1, #2] [Dufrenoy silver medal from the Académie d'Agriculture]
• Lydie Kerdraon (2015-2019 ; director) "Microbial diversity and pathogen-microbiome interactions in crop residues: the case of Zymoseptoria tritici and Leptosphaeria maculans in a wheat-oilseed rape system" (ED ABIES) [abstract & pdf] [publications #1, #2, #3, #4, #5]
• David Morais (2011-2015 ; co-supervisor) "Determinants of the early epidemic stages of wheat septoria leaf blotch: quantity, efficacy and origin of primary inoculum" (ED ABIES) [abstract & pdf] [publications #1, #2, #3, #4]
• Frédéric Bernard (2009-2012 ; co-supervisor) "The development of a foliar fungal pathogen does react to temperature, but to which temperature?" (ED ABIES) [abstract & pdf] [publications #1, #2]
Projects
• MOBIDIV (PPR ANR 2021-2026). Mobilizing and breeding Intra and inter-specific crop diversity for a systemic change towards pesticide-free agriculture | More details
• COMBINE (ANR 2023-2027). Combining varieties to compel the adaptation of plant pathogen populations: how to solve the efficiency - sustainability - adoption trade-off | More details
• DURABLASSO (Thèse CIFRE ARVALIS 2023-2026). Characterising the impact of wheat variety associations on the evolution of the virulence structure of a Zymoseptoria tritici population.
• WHEATSECURITY (ERA-NET SusCrop UE 2023-2026). Identification and sustainable deployment of wheat genetic diversity to enhance the resilience and security of the European food supply | More details
• MYCOMIX (SPE INRAE 2024-2026 and BIOSPHERA transverse 2024-2025). Do varietal mixtures influence the composition and structure of fungal communities in the phyllosphere and residuesphere?
• MICROBIAL RENDEZ-VOUS (INRAE-CSIRO linkage proposal 2024). Crop residues are an unchecked meeting place for plant pathogens that offer opportunities for the development of novel strategies for sustainable disease management.
• SEED (Métaprogramme INRAE SuMCrop 2021-2022). Impact of the management of durum wheat seeds by Tunisian farmers on the sustainability of disease control.
• TREMÄ (Métaprogramme INRAE SuMCrop 2024-2025). Tunisian-French consortium and seminar on disease resistance in field crops.
• PROFAS (France-Algérie 2023-2024). Promoting Saharan wheat and related know-how.
• BLADE2025 (IVD4 2021-2025). Wheats for sustainable and ecological agriculture.
• BASTAFUN (SPE INRAE, 2023-2025). The genomic basis of multi-stress adaptation in a phytopathogenic fungus.
• PHECOLLPHYT 1 and 2 (Aviv MNHN 2021-2022 and prématuration Alliance Sorbonne Université SATT Lutech 2023-2025). Use of collembola pheromones for the control of wheat fungal pathogens.
• RUSTWATCH (H2020 UE, 2018-2022). A European early-warning system for wheat rust diseases | More details
• ROUILLENOIRE_2.0 (FSOV 2024-2026). Anticipating the re-emergence of stem rust of wheat in France by combining epidemiosurveillance and characterisation of plant material.
• MYCORE (OI BASC Paris-Saclay 2022-2023). Myco-control of wild buckwheat by a naturally occurring rust.
