Clément Larue


I am currently a postdoc at Biogeco, joining the ECOGERE team to work with Rémy Petit and Olivier Lepais.

Using observations (phenology - floral architecture - insects), experiments (pollinators exclusion - emasculation), molecular analyses (SNP and SSR genotyping – paternity analyses), and Bayesian model, I study chestnut pollination.
My research includes the study of the origin of gynodioecy, sexual interference in plants, the evolutionary advantage of duodichogamous species, pollination efficiency and design of highly productive environmentally friendly orchards.

For more information, feel free to browse around or contact me via clement.larue@inrae.fr.



Experience

Postdoctoral research fellow

Biogeco and Invenio

The main goal of this postdoc is to better understand mechanisms chestnut pollination. I will (I) identify effective insect pollinators of chestnut, (II) study the effect of orchard structure and composition on tree pollination success, and (III) estimate the quality of the pollination service in production orchards.

2022 - 2023

Education

PhD in Evolutionary, Functional and Community Ecology

École doctorale #304 Science et Environnements, Bordeaux, France

Subject: From pollination to seed set: chestnut as case study
at Biogeco, supervised by Rémy Petit.

2018 - 2021

Master in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution

Université de Bordeaux, France

M2 Internship: Diversité et structure génétique spatiale d’une population de tilleuls : identification des espèces et des clones
at Biogeco, supervised by Rémy Petit.

M1 Internship: Les indices calculés à partir des données cynégétiques peuvent-ils être utiles à la gestion du lièvre d’Europe ?
at Office national de la chasse et de la faune sauvage, supervised by Bernard Mauvy and Jean-Sébastien Guitton.

2015 - 2017

Bachelor in life sciences

Université de Bordeaux, France

Internship: Etude d’une plante emblématique des Pyrénées en voie de disparition, Subularia aquatica : détermination de son régime de reproduction
at EDB, supervised by Monique Burrus and Nathalie Escaravage.

2012 - 2015

Research

This section is divided into Publications, Talks, Posters, Awards and Software development.

Publications

Articles submitted for publication...

Harmful self-pollination drives gynodioecy in European chestnut, a self-incompatible tree

C. Larue and R. Petit

American Journal of Botany

Chestnut reproductive biology and orchard design

C. Larue and R. Petit

Acta Horticulturae

Insect pollination in chestnut: an organized mess?

C. Larue and R. Petit

Acta Horticulturae

2023

Strong pollen limitation in hybrid chestnuts (Castanea sp.) orchards: Forest trees cannot compensate for the lack of pollen donors

C. Larue and R. Petit

Annals of Forest Science. In press

[Not yet available]

Adaptive function of duodichogamy: Why do chestnut trees have two pollen emission peaks?

G. Pauly, C. Larue and R. Petit

American Journal of Botany. In press

[Online]

2022

Sexual interference revealed by joint study of male and female pollination success in chestnut

C. Larue, E. Klein, and R. Petit

Molecular Ecology

[Online][PDF]

Confirmation that chestnuts are insect-pollinated

R. Petit and C. Larue

Botany Letters

[Online][PDF]

2021

De la pollinisation à la formation des graines : le cas du châtaignier

C. Larue

Université de Bordeaux

[Online][PDF]

An intensive study plot to investigate chestnut tree reproduction

C. Larue, T. Barreneche and R. Petit

Annals of Forest Science

[Online][PDF]

Development of highly validated SNP markers for genetic analyses of chestnut species

C. Larue, E. Guichoux, B. Laurent, T. Barreneche, C. Robin, M. Massot, A. Delcamp and R. Petit

Conservation Genetics Resources

[Online][PDF]

Efficient monitoring of phenology in chestnuts

C. Larue, T. Barreneche and R. Petit

Scientia Horticulturae

[Online][PDF]

Revisiting pollination mode in chestnut (Castanea spp.): an integrated approach

C. Larue, E. Austruy, G. Basset and R. Petit

Botany Letters

[Online][PDF]

2020

Microhaplotype genotyping-by-sequencing of 98 highly polymorphic markers in three chestnut tree species

B. Laurent, C. Larue, E. Chancerel, E. Guichoux, R. Petit, T. Barreneche, C. Robin and O. Lepais

Conservation Genetics Resources

[Online][PDF]

Sixty Years from the First Disease Description, a Novel Badnavirus Associated with Chestnut Mosaic Disease

A. Marais, S. Murolo, C. Faure, Y. Brans, C. Larue, F. Maclot, S. Massart, M. Chiumenti, A. Minafra, G. Romanazzi, M. Lefebvre, T. Barreneche, C. Robin, R. Petit and T. Candresse

Phytopathology

[Online][PDF]

Talks

Chestnut reproductive biology and orchard design

VII International Chestnut Symposium - International Society for Horticultural Science, Lugo, Spain

June 28, 2023

La pollinisation du châtaignier : de surprises en découvertes

Société Botanique de France, Paris, France [recording]

February 3, 2023

Pollinisation et conception de nouveaux vergers de châtaigniers

Vinitech Sifel, Bordeaux, France

November 29, 2022

Self-interference revealed by joint study of male and female pollination success in chestnut

GDR Pollineco, Paris, France

October 7, 2022

De la pollinisation à la formation des graines : le cas du châtaignier

Biogeco PhD defense, Cestas-Pierroton, France [recording]

December 8, 2021

La pollinisation des châtaigneraies

Vinitech Sifel, Bordeaux, France [recording]

December 1, 2020

Is self-pollen interference the cause of chestnut gynodioecy?

Botany 2020 (online), Anchorage, Alaska

July 29, 2020

Pollination and fruit production in sweet chestnut

Centro de Investigación Forestal, Pontevedra, Spain

July 16, 2019

Rôle des insectes dans la pollinisation du châtaignier

SPIPOLL, Cendras, France

May 26, 2019

Role of insects in chestnut pollination

GDR Pollineco, Montpellier, France

March 11, 2019

Les outils biomol pour aider dans la caractérisation et le choix variétal

Vinitech Sifel, Bordeaux, France

November 21, 2018

Posters

Insect pollination in chestnut

VII International Chestnut Symposium - International Society for Horticultural Science, Lugo, Spain

June 28, 2023

[PDF]

Awards

Young Minds Award

International Society for Horticultural Science Best poster presentation at VII International Chestnut Symposium [Online]

2023

Silver Medal Dufrenoy

French Academy of Agriculture Best thesis in crop science [Online]

2023

Jussieu Prize

French Botanical Society Best article published in Botany Letters in 2020 [Online]

2021

Dordogne-Périgord Sustainable Development Awards

Dordogne Department Council 'Coup de coeur' prize [Online]

2020

Software development

Monte Carlo estimation and exact computation of overlapping canopied areas

C. Larue, J. Schoeters

Java program computing canopied areas covered by given buffer zone
Available on Github here
Visualization using JBotSim of the Monte Carlo method shown here

2021

Automatic analysis of large DNA genotyping data

C. Larue, J. Schoeters

Java program analyzing Excel DNA data files for potential mismatches of parent/child associations
Available on Github here

2020

Teaching


Students

2023

La pollinisation imprécise mais efficace du châtaignier

T. Renard

M1 BSA, Bordeaux


2022

La pollinisation imprécise mais efficace du châtaignier

G. Pauly

M2 BEE, Bordeaux

[PDF]

L’effet de la canopée sur la pollinisation : Le cas du châtaignier européen (Castanea sativa)

T. Chalet

M1 BEE, Bordeaux

[PDF]

La pollinisation et les pollinisateurs du châtaignier : pourquoi les insectes visitent-ils les fleurs femelles ?

A. Lacroix

L3 BOE, Bordeaux

[PDF]

2021

Le rôle du téléphore fauve (Rhagonycha fulva) dans la pollinisation du châtaigner

S. Gentet

M2 BV, Lyon

[PDF]

La pollinisation du châtaignier(Castanea sp.) : Insectes impliqués et mécanismes

G. Pauly

M1 BEE, Bordeaux

[PDF]

Les insectes pollinisateurs du châtaignier

M. Rheinheimer

L2 Biologie, Bordeaux


2020

La pollinisation chez le châtaignier : étude des liens entre visites des insectes pollinisateurs, biologie florale et phénologie des arbres

E. Austruy

M2 AgroSup, Dijon

[PDF]

La floraison du châtaignier

T. Menthonnex and J. Bonnier

L3 B0E, Bordeaux


2019

Etude des communautés d’insectes floricoles. Exemple de la pollinisation du châtaignier, Castanea sativa

G. Basset

M1 EBP, Poitiers

[PDF]

Other

Reviews

Service

Summer Schools

BIOBAYES: introduction to Bayesian statistics

2019

Wildlife photography

I am passionate about nature photography. I started by photographing birds and game species in the French forests, then I started astrophotography, and I developed my skills in macro photography when I began my PhD thesis and in UVIF photography during my postdoc.
I use my pictures to illustrate my scientific articles and presentations. I use Fujifilm equipment, Fuji X-H2 and Fuji X-H2s APS-C hybrid cameras, and mainly XF 80mm F2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro and XF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR lenses. I develop my pictures with Capture One software.

Free time

I spend a lot of time outside, in nature, watching plants and birds. I love music, I play the drums. I read a lot, I am passionate about science fiction and fantasy books. I like manual work, I love woodworking and carpentry, recently I also work metals and I learn to forge...