
CV Marie France Duval 



Name Marie-France DUVAL
Designation Geneticist
French Agricultural Research Centre for International
Development (CIRAD)
UMR AGAP Genetic Improvement and Adaptation of Mediterranean and Tropical Plants
APMV Team Genetic improvement of vegetatively propagated crops
Avenue Agropolis TA 108/03
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
Phone : +33 4 67 61 75 31
Fax : +33 4 67 61 44 06
Email : marie-france.duval@cirad.fr
Research Interests Genetics, genetic resources, molecular biology
Educational Record
Ph.D (Sciences, Integrative Biology) 2002 SupAgro-University, Montpellier II (France)
M.Sc (DEA) Plant Breeding 1979 University of Paris-Sud (Orsay, France)
Languages
French, Portuguese, English
From 2006- Head of Root and Tubers team, CIRAD (Montpellier)
2001-2005 Geneticist in charge of Vanilla and Fruits Molecular Biology programmes CIRAD (Montpellier)
2000-2001 Geneticist and breeder for fruit trees (mango, papaya) CIRAD (Guadeloupe, FWI)
1998-2000 Research fellow, geneticist CIRAD (EMBRAPA, Brazil, research team on pineapple)
1996-1998 Geneticist in charge of the molecular biology programme on pineapple CIRAD (Montpellier)
1990-1996 Geneticist in charge of pineapple genetic resources CIRAD (Martinique, FWI)
1984-1990 Agronomist in charge of the fruit experimentation CTIFL (Centre Technique Inter professionnel des Fruits et Légumes (Corsica)
1980-1984 Agronomist , Scientific coordinator of the programme for the improvement of truffle production (Nîmes, France)
Professional experience and accomplishments
Management of genetic resources: collecting trips, agro-morphological characterization and evaluation (pineapple), use of molecular markers for accession identification (mango, vanilla, papaya, pineapple)
Diversity studies: PhD Thesis on pineapple diversity; studies on the diversification of vegetatively propagated crops in recent regions of introduction (vanilla in Indian Ocean, mango in the Carribean)
Breeding and selection. Ornamental pineapple (three varieties released), papaya
Main publications
Snoussi, H, Duval, MF, Garcia-Lor, A, Belfalah, Z, Froelicher, Y, Risterucci, AM, Perrier, X, Jacquemoud-Collet, JP, Navarro, P, Harrabi, M, Ollitrault, 2012. Assessment of the genetic diversity of the Tunisian citrus rootstock germplasm. BMC Genetics 2012 13-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s1471-2156-13-16
Chaïr H., Cornet D., Deu M., Baco M.N.,
Agbangla A., Duval M.F., Noyer J.L. 2010. Impact
of farmer selection on yam genetic diversity. Conservation Genetics, 11
(6) : 2255-2265.
[20101104]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-010-0110-z
P. Bory S., Brown S., Duval M.F., Besse P. 2010. Evolutionary processes and diversification in the genus Vanilla. In : Odoux Eric (ed.), Grisoni Michel (ed.). Vanilla. Boca Raton : CRC Press, p. 15-29. (Medicinal and aromatic plants, 47).
Bory
S., Catrice O., Brown S., Leitch I., Gigant R., Chiroleu F., Grisoni M., Duval
M.F., Besse P. 2008. Natural
polyploidy in Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae). Genome, 51
(10) : 816-826.
[20081030]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/G08-068
Bory S., Da Silva D., Risterucci A.M., Grisoni M., Besse P., Duval M.F. 2008. Development of microsatellite markers in cultivated vanilla : Polymorphism and transferability to other vanilla species. Scientia Horticulturae, 115 (4):420-425.[20080610]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2007.10.020
Bory S., Lubinsky P., Risterucci A.M., Noyer J.L., Grisoni M., Duval M.F., Besse P. 2008. Patterns of introduction and diversification of Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae) in Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). American journal of botany, 95 (7) :805-815.20080718]. http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/ajb.2007332
Sardos J., McKey D.B., Duval M.F., Malapa R., Noyer J.L., Lebot V. 2008. Evolution of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) after recent introduction into a South Pacific Island system. The contribution of sex to the diversification of a clonally propagated crop. Genome, 51 (11):912-921. [20081030]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/G08-080
Bory S., Grisoni M., Duval M.F., Besse P. 2007. Biodiversity and preservation of vanilla : Present state of knowledge. Genetic resources and crop evolution, 55 (4): 551-571.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10722-007-9260-3
Duval M.F., Bunel J., Sitbon C., Risterucci A.M. 2005. Development of microsatellite markers for mango (Mangifera indicaL.). Molecular ecology notes, 5 (4) : 824-826.http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01076.x
Ferreira F.R., Duval M.F., Coppens D'Eeckenbrugge G., Santos Cabral J.R., De Bem Bianchetti L. 2005. Coleta e uso de germoplasma de abacaxi. In : by Bruno Machado Teles Walter and Taciana Barbosa Cavalcanti (eds.). Fundamentos para a coleta de germoplasma vegetal . Brasilia : Embrapa, p. 242-278. (Recursos genéticos e biotecnologia).
Risterucci A.M., Duval M.F., Rohde W., Billotte N. 2005. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from Psidium guajava L.. Molecular ecology notes, 5 (4) : 745-748. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2005.01050.x
Besse P., Da Silva D., Bory S., Grisoni M.,
Le Bellec F., Duval M.F. 2004. RAPD genetic
diversity in cultivated vanilla: Vanilla planifolia, and relationships
with V. tahitensis and V. pompona. Plant science, 167
(2) : 379-385.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2004.04.007
Carlier J.D., Reis A., Duval M.F., Coppens D'Eeckenbrugge G., Leitão J.M. 2004. Genetic maps of RAPD, AFLP and ISSR markers in Ananas bracteatus and A. comosus using the pseudo-testcross strategy. Plant breeding, 123 (2) : 186-192.http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0523.2003.00924.x
Coppens D'Eeckenbrugge G., Leal F., Duval M.F., Malézieux E. 2001. Pineapple. In : Charrier André (ed.), Jacquot Michel (ed.), Hamon Serge (ed.), Nicolas Dominique (ed.). Tropical plant breeding. Montpellier : CIRAD, p. 402-424. (Repères).
Duval M.F., Buso G.S.C., Ferreira F.R., Noyer J.L., Coppens D'Eeckenbrugge G., Hamon P., Ferreira M.E. 2003. Relationships in Ananas and other related genera using chloroplast DNA restriction site variation. Genome, 46 (6) : 990-1004.http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/g03074
Duval
M.F., Noyer J.L., Perrier X., Coppens D'Eeckenbrugge G., Hamon P. 2001. Molecular diversity in pineapple assessed by RFLP markers. Theoretical
and applied genetics, 102 (1) : 83-90.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001220051621