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Caroline Chavinier joined the INRAE Sol&Tox team at the EcoSys unit on December 1st, 2025, as a PhD student. She is supervised by Valérie Pot (EcoSys) and Julien Tournebise (Hycar).

Shehyar Iqbal defended his PhD entitled « Nitrogen economy towards ecosystem services: plant key traits and QTL detection in Miscanthus sinensis » on March 10 at the INRAE site of Estrées-Mons. His PhD was funded jointly by the region Hauts-de-France and INRAE on one side, and the French Environment and Management Agency (ADEME) in the context of the MisTigation project on the other.

The main objective is to identify genotypes that absorb large amounts of nitrogen, helping to remove excess nitrate from the soil and thus contribute to the ecosystem service of water regulation in areas near water catchment zones, preserving the quality of drinking water supplied to local population. Another potential ecosystem service, classified as supporting, involves identifying genotypes that can recycle nitrogen efficiently or exhibit variable nitrogen uptake capacities.

Antoine’s experiment was recently featured on the Belgian TV channel RTBF. The program included a lively 3-mn report dedicated to the Ecotron of Gembloux, where Antoine and Marion tackled one fascinating question: How will plants grow 100 years from now?

Six months later, some news about the young miscanthus plants

On March 1st, 2025, Séverine Monnot joined as a post-doctoral fellowship the Miscanthus INRAE's team led by Maryse BRANCOURT-HULMEL, within the BioEcoAgro joint Cross-Border Research Unit.

The MisEauVert project, initially scheduled to end on December 31, 2027, has now been extended until December 31, 2028.

On December 1st, 2024, Manuel Derrien joined the Miscanthus INRAE's team led by Maryse BRANCOURT-HULMEL, within the BioEcoAgro Joint Cross-Border Research Unit.

The kick-off meeting of the MisEauVert project took place January 30, 2024. Initially planned to be held at the facilities of the partner Novabiom, near Chartres, it was ultimately organized as a webinar due to farmer protests.