LIDROVIR - ANR - 2024-2028

LIDROVIR : ROLES OF LIPID DROPLETS DURING PLANT VIRUS INFECTION

Lead by Ms Sylvie German-Retana (INRAE Bordeaux, BFP), this project will aim at investigating the role of Lipid Droplet in plant cells during viral infection. In the LiDrovir project, we propose, based on a unique consortium with high complementary and transdisciplinary skills in virology, lipid metabolism, imagery and genetics, to decipher the roles of leaf Lipid Droplet s in the plant virus cycle. At GAFL, Using the major crop Tomato and through genome editing approaches we will assess how this knowledge on the role of LDs can be used to propose genetic resistances to breeders.