Professor MICHEL GHANEM

Email: MICHEL.GHANEM@um6p.ma

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Work Affiliations

From 15/11/2019 to Present: Enseignant Chercheur, AGBT - Agrobiotec

Research Interest

My research focus consists of deciphering the physiological bases of plant traits contributing to abiotic stresses adaptation (drought, temperature), resource use, and understanding the genetic basis of these traits. Using various tools, my research aims at identifying novel physiological traits with the potential to maximize crop yields, enhance crop resource use efficiency, ecosystem services or resilience to abiotic stresses for African agriculture. My approach combines experimental and theoretical tools that help identifying key biological processes that are relevant to yield improvement and study their responses to the environment. To this end, I use a variety of ‘real’ (field), ‘controlled conditions” (growth chambers), and ‘simulated’ (crop modeling) environments in order to test physiologically-informed hypotheses. Those hypotheses are examined on a variety of species and genotypes with the goals of developing screening methods (phenotyping) and informing breeding. I am particularly interested in enhancing the use of genetic resources and crop diversity in crop improvement by focusing on African orphan and underutilized crop species.

Research Areas

Applied Sciences (Natural science and engineering)

Ecology and Quality of the Environment (Environment)

Environment ( Natural science and engineering)

Living Organisms ( Natural science and engineering)

Organisation and Biological Functions (Living Organisms)

Plants and Forests (Natural Resources)

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Publications

Abscisic acid has contrasting effects on salt excretion and polyamine concentrations of an inland and a coastal population of the Mediterranean xero-halophyte species Atriplex halimus; Ben Hassine A, Ghanem M, Bouzid S, et al.; 2009; Journal article

A greenhouse investigation of responses to different water stress regimes of Laurus nobilis trees from two climatic regions; Maatallah S, Ghanem M, Albouchi A, et al.; 2010; Journal article

An exploration of the variability of physiological responses to soil drying in relation with C/N balance across three species of the under-utilized genus Vigna; Guiguitant, Julie; Marrou, Helene; Vile, et al.; 2020; Journal article

An inland and a coastal population of the Mediterranean xero-halophyte species Atriplex halimus L. differ in their ability to accumulate proline and glycinebetaine in response to salinity and water stress; Hassine A, Ghanem M, Bouzid S, et al.; 2008; Journal article

Cadmium has contrasting effects on polyethylene glycol - Sensitive and resistant cell lines in the Mediterranean halophyte species Atriplex halimus L.; Lef{è}vre I, Marchal G, Edmond Ghanem M, et al.; 2010; Journal article

CGIAR modeling approaches for resource-constrained scenarios: I. Accelerating crop breeding for a changing climate; Ramirez-Villegas, Julian; Molero Milan, Anabel; Alexandrov, et al.; 2020; Journal article

Characterising root trait variability in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) germplasm; Chen Y, Ghanem M, Siddique K; 2017; Journal article

Ectopic overexpression of the cell wall invertase gene CIN1 leads to dehydration avoidance in tomato; Albacete A, Cantero-Navarro E, Gro{ß}kinsky D, et al.; 2015; Journal article

Evaluation of faba bean breeding lines for spectral indices, yield traits and yield stability under diverse environments; Maalouf F, Nachit M, Ghanem M, et al.; 2015; Journal article

Evaluation of pulse crops' functional diversity supporting food production.; Guiguitant J, Vile D, Ghanem ME, et al.; 2020; Journal article

Germination of untreated and primed seeds in rapeseed (brassica napus var oleifera del.) under salinity and low matric potential; Pace R, Benincasa P, Ghanem M, et al.; 2012; Journal article

Growth-defense tradeoffs and source-sink relationship during both faba bean and lentil interactions with Orobanche crenata Forssk; No authors listed; 2019; Journal article

Hormonal changes during salinity-induced leaf senescence in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.); Ghanem M, Albacete A, Martínez-Andújar C, et al.; 2008; Journal article

Hormonal regulation of sourcesink relations to maintain crop productivity under salinity: A case study of root-to-shoot signalling in tomato; Pérez-Alfocea F, Albacete A, Ghanem M, et al.; 2010; Journal article

Impact of salinity on early reproductive physiology of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in relation to a heterogeneous distribution of toxic ions in flower organs; Ghanem M, Van Elteren J, Albacete A, et al.; 2009; Journal article

Is nitrogen accumulation in grain legumes responsive to growth or ontogeny?; Marrou H, Ricaurte J, Ghanem M, et al.; 2018; Journal article

Leaf emergence (phyllochron index) and leaf expansion response to soil drying in cowpea genotypes; Manandhar A, Sinclair T, Rufty T, et al.; 2017; Journal article

Leaf expansion and transpiration response to soil drying and recovery among cowpea genotypes; Manandhar A, Sinclair T, Rufty T, et al.; 2017; Journal article

Lentil variation in phenology and yield evaluated with a model; Ghanem M, Marrou H, Soltani A, et al.; 2015; Journal article

Limited-transpiration rate under high atmospheric vapour pressure deficit: A trait for developing genotypes for water-deficit conditions; Ghanem M.E., Sinclair T.R.; 2020; Journal article

Lipoxygenase pathway and antioxidant system in salt stressed tomato seedlings (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) | Voie de la lipoxygénase et système antioxydant dans des plantules de tomate (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) soumises au stress salin; Delaplace P, Frettinger P, Ghanem M, et al.; 2009; Journal article

Mucilage and polysaccharides in the halophyte plant species Kosteletzkya virginica: Localization and composition in relation to salt stress; Edmond Ghanem M, Han R, Classen B, et al.; 2010; Journal article

Nitrogen Form Alters Hormonal Balance in Salt-treated Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.); Ghanem M, Martinez-Andujar C, Albacete A, et al.; 2011; Journal article

Omics of root-to-shoot signaling under salt stress and water deficit; Pérez-Alfocea F, Ghanem M, Gómez-Cadenas A, et al.; 2011; Journal article

Opportunities to improve the seasonal dynamics of water use in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) to enhance yield increase in water-limited environments; Ghanem M, Kibbou F, Guiguitant J, et al.; 2017; Journal article

Organ-dependent oxylipin signature in leaves and roots of salinized tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum); Ghanem M, Ghars M, Frettinger P, et al.; 2012; Journal article

Physiological phenotyping of plants for crop improvement; Ghanem M, Marrou H, Sinclair T; 2015; Journal article

Plant-based predictions of canopy transpiration instead of meterological approximations; No authors listed; 2019; Journal article

Principal component analysis of hormone profiling data suggests an important role for cytokinins in regulating leaf growth and senescence of salinized tomato; Albacete A, Ghanem M, Dodd I, et al.; 2010; Journal article

Production potential of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) in East Africa; Ghanem M, Marrou H, Biradar C, et al.; 2015; Journal article

Relevance of limited-transpiration trait for lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) in South Asia; Guiguitant J, Marrou H, Vadez V, et al.; 2017; Journal article

Response to nitrate/ammonium nutrition of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants overexpressing a prokaryotic NH4 +-dependent asparagine synthetase; Martínez-Andújar C, Ghanem M, Albacete A, et al.; 2013; Journal article

Restrictive irrigation improves yield and reduces risk for faba bean across the Middle East and North Africa: A modeling study; Marrou H., Ghanem M.E., Amri M., et al.; 2021; Journal article

Rootstock-mediated changes in xylem ionic and hormonal status are correlated with delayed leaf senescence, and increased leaf area and crop productivity in salinized tomato; Albacete A, Mart?nez-And?jar C, Ghanem M, et al.; 2009; Journal article

Root-synthesized cytokinins improve shoot growth and fruit yield in salinized tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants; Ghanem M, Albacete A, Smigocki A, et al.; 2011; Journal article

Root-targeted biotechnology to mediate hormonal signalling and improve crop stress tolerance; Ghanem M, Hichri I, Smigocki A, et al.; 2011; Journal article

Seasonal and climatic variation of weighted VPD for transpiration estimation; Ghanem, Michel Edmond; Kehel, Zakaria; Marrou, et al.; 2020; Journal article

The tale of taro leaf blight: a global effort to safeguard the genetic diversity of taro in the Pacific; Alexandra, Sefra; Jamora, Nelissa; Smale, et al.; 2020; Journal article

Wheat drought-tolerance to enhance food security in Tunisia, birthplace of the Arab Spring; W S, R S, ME G, et al.; 2019; Journal article

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Keywords

Crop physiology, drought, Drought tolerance, Gene-by-environment-interaction, modeling, nutritional stress, Plant nutrition, Plant stress tolerance, Production plant, Stress response

Professor MICHEL GHANEM

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