Contact details

Professor at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne.

Research Unit on Vine and Wine from Champagne (URVVC, EA 4707). Laboratoire de Stress, Défenses et Reproduction des Plantes (SDRP) - Bâtiment 18, Moulin de la Housse - BP 1039 - 51687 REIMS Cedex 2.

Phone: 00 33 3.26.91.34.41

E-mail: ea.barka@univ-reims.fr

Research activities

New alternative strategies of protection in grapevine: elicitors and biological control

Plant Physiology responses to abiotic (cold, heat, UV) and biotic (Botrytis cinerea, beneficial microorganisms) stresses: Impact on the defense mechanisms and carbon metabolism?

Stress Biomarkers

Research keywords

Biological control ; inducers of plant defense mechanisms ; plant microbe Interaction ; Plant Stress Physiology ; Vitis vinifera L.

Technical Skills

Microscopy ; Plant Biochemistry and Physiology ; Plant microbe Interaction

Teaching activities

My teachings relate to Plant Biology and Physiology, from the freshman year to master.

Coordinator for several Teaching Units

Responsible of the specialty "Viticulture and Environment" of Master "Vine and Wine Sciences,"

Teaching key words

Plant Physiology, Plant Under Stress, Plant microbe Interaction

Coordination of national and international programmes

2011-2015

European Program COST FA1103 (URCA coordinator)

Title: Endophytes in Biotechnology and Agriculture

Coordinator: Dr. Carolin Schneider, Institut für Pflanzenkultur, Allemagne

2010-2014

European Program INTEREG IV « PHYTOBIO » (coordinator URCA). French-Belgian program coordinated by Lille University

Title: Phytobio : Development and promotion of new biocontrol pesticides against plant diseases.

Collaboration: UST Lille, Ghent University, Gembloux University, Lille Côte d’Opale University, Centre Provincial de la Recherche Appliquée des Cultures, Interprovincial Proefcentrum voor de Biologische Teelt, Groupement des Agriculteurs Biologiques du Nord-Pas de Calais.

2010-2013

Coordinator of ANR Project « Evaluation et réduction des risques liés à l’utilisation des pesticides »

Title: Reducing pesticides inputs through the use of the Actinomycetales bacteria as a new source of biofungicides to control fungal diseases of the grapevine Vitis vinifera L.

Collaboration: University of Marrakech, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims, CIVC.

2009

Coordinator of 4 Programs “Programme de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement” (Programme PRAD 16870WG ; Programme PRAD n°05-17 ; Programme PRAD n°0403 ; projet PRAD 02/02)

2002-2008

Europol’Agro Program: Vineal

Thesis 1: Induction of grapevine defenses by an endophytic bacteria, Burkholderia phytofirmans, to induce plant defense mechanisms.

Thesis 2: Search for alternative strategies to chemical use in the vineyard: biological and chitosan.

Publications

- Sawicki M, Ait Barka E, Clément C, Vaillant Gaveau N, Jacquard C (2015) Cross-talk between environmental stresses and plant metabolism during reproductive organ development and abscission. Journal of Experimental Botany(FI = 5.794) sous presse.

- Vatsa‐Portugal P, Walker AS, Jacquens L, Clément C, Ait Barka E, N Vaillant‐Gaveau (2014) Inflorescences versus leaves: a distinct modulation of carbon metabolism process during Botrytis infection. Phyisiologia Plantarum, (FI = 3.112.) in press, doi: 10.1111/ppl.12287

- Fernandez O, Theocharis A, Bordiec S, Feil R, Jacquens L, Clément C, Fontaine F, E Ait Barka (2012)Burkholderia phytofirmans strain PsJN acclimates grapevine to cold by modulating carbohydrate metabolism. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. (FI = 4.431) 25(4) 496–504.

- Theocharis A, Bordiec S, Fernandez O, Paquis S, Dhondt-Cordelier S, Baillieul F, Clément C, E Ait Barka (2011)Burkholderia phytofirmans strain PsJN primes Vitis vinifera L. and confers a better tolerance to low non-freezing temperatures. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. (FI = 4.431) 25( 2). 241–249.

- Compant, S., Kaplan, H., Sessitsch, A., Nowak, J., Ait Barka, E. and Clément, C. (2008) Endophytic colonization of Vitis vinifera L. by Burkholderia phytofirmans strain PsJN: from the rhizosphere to inflorescence tissues. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. (FI = 3.408), 63 (1), 84–93.

International conferences

- Ait Barka, E. (2014) How beneficial microorganisms help plants to cope with stress? First international Workshop Plant Signal Behavior 2014 Topic «Plant Behavior and Cell Signaling » 5 Juin 2014, Meknès, Maroc.

- Ait Barka, E., Vatsa, P, Clément C. (2014) Emploi des bactéries actinomycétales pour contrôler les maladies fongiques de la vigne., 4-5 novembre, Centre de congrès d’Angers, Angers.

- Ait Barka E, Dhondt-Cordelier S, Aziz A, Trotel Aziz P, Fontaine F, Spagnolo A, Magnin Robert M, Mazeyrat-Gourbeyre F, Dorey S, Clément C (2012) Biocontrol: a promising way to manage grapevine fungal pathogens.Patholux meeting, Luxembourg (Luxembourg).

- Ait Barka E, Dhondt-Cordelier S, Fernandez O, Fontaine F, Spagnolo A, Magnin-Robert M, Mazeyrat-Gourbeyre F, Dorey S, Clément C (2013) Burkholderia phytofirmans: a promising biocontrol agent to manage fungal pathogens in grapevine. 9^th International Symposium on grapevine physiology and biotechnology, La Serena (Chili).