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Cindy E. Morris

Directrice de Recherche (DREX), INRAE at Avignon
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I am a senior scientist and research director at the Plant Pathology research unit of INRAE’s center in Avignon, France where I have worked since 1989. My research focuses on microbial ecology to elucidate how the adaptation of microorganisms to their habitats affects two seemingly conflicting impacts on the environment: their capacity to i) cause disease, and in particular newly emerging diseases and to ii) play beneficial roles in major environmental phenomena – the water cycle in particular. My research concerns primarily the bacterium *Pseudomonas syringae* but my team also studies a wide range of other bacterial and fungal pathogens of plants. Questions common to the models of my team include the nature of non-agricultural habitats of pathogens and their role in disease outbreaks, and tracking pathways of long distance dissemination via the atmosphere and waterway. Detail of my activities can be found on the website of a project I coordinate about modernizing surveillance for plant health (https://beyond.paca.hub.inrae.fr/) and on my blog about the interaction of microorganisms with atmospheric processes (<https://bioice.wordpress.com/>). This work has led me to be involved in fostering understanding and adoption of the concept of One Health. In collaboration with Avignon University, I recently co-founded a new international graduate teaching and research program – IMPLANTEUS that opened in Sept 2020 (https://implanteus.univ-avignon.fr/en/) - that melds plant production and food processing with environmental sciences and human health. I also compose lyrics and performs songs about science and post educational videos about plant health and atmospheric processes on my YouTube channel (<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcaDNBCQ2nFaZ6NIJPSoMwg>). Awards & Recognition 2009. Distinguished Alumnus, Lyman Briggs College, Michigan State University, USA 2015. Chevalier of the Order of Agricultural Merit, July 2015, French Minister of Agriculture 2021. Fellow, American Society of Phytopathology https://www.apsnet.org/members/give-awards/awards/Pages/2021_Morris.aspx 2023. Femme-en-tête, Collège des Sociétés Savantes Académiques de France https://societes-savantes.fr/femmes-en-tete-2023-cindy-morris/ 2023. Fellow. International Society for Plant Pathology https://www.isppweb.org/about_objectives.asp#hm

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Predictive ecology and management of phyllosphere microbial communities through cross-scale synthesis

David W Armitage , Morgan E Carter , Robin A Choudhury , Mitja N.P. Remus-Emsermann , Cindy E. Morris
Phytobiomes Journal, 2023, 7 (2), pp.145-150. ⟨10.1094/PBIOMES-02-23-0012-P⟩
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Thirty-five years of aerosol–PBAP in situ research in Brazil: the need to think outside the Amazonian box

Maurício C. Mantoani , Jorge Martins , Leila Droprinchinski Martins , Federico Carotenuto , Tina Šantl-Temkiv
Climate , 2023, 11 (1), pp.17. ⟨10.3390/cli11010017⟩
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Comparative abundance and diversity of populations of the Pseudomonas syringae and Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae species complexes throughout the Durance River catchment from its French Alps sources to its delta

Cindy E. Morris , Christelle Lacroix , Charlotte Chandeysson , Caroline Guilbaud , Cecile Monteil
Peer Community Journal, 2023, 3, pp.e88. ⟨10.24072/pcjournal.317⟩
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Rainfall effects on vertical profiles of airborne fungi over a mixed land-use context at the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot

Maurício C. Mantoani , Ana P.M. Emygdio , Cristiane Degobbi , Camila Ribeiro Sapucci , Lara C.C. Guerra
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2023, 331, pp.109352. ⟨10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109352⟩
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Computing geographical networks generated by air‐mass movement

Hervé Richard , Davide Martinetti , D. Lercier , Y. Fouillat , B. Hadi
GeoHealth, 2023, 7, pp.e2023GH000885. ⟨10.1029/2023GH000885⟩
Journal articles hal-04308308v1
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Bioaerosol vertical fungal spores profile in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Ana Paula Mendes Emygdio , Cristiane Degobbi , Federico Carotenuto , Dulcilena de Matos Castro E Silva , Thaysla Beluco Quintino
Aerobiologia, 2022, 38, pp.85-101. ⟨10.1007/s10453-021-09736-1⟩
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Pseudomonas syringae on plants in Iceland has likely evolved for several million years outside the reach of processes that mix this bacterial complex across Earth's temperate zones

Cindy E. Morris , Natalia Ramirez , Odile Berge , Christelle Lacroix , Cécile Monteil
Pathogens, 2022, 11, ⟨10.3390/pathogens11030357⟩
Journal articles hal-03610038v1
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One Health concepts and challenges for surveillance, forecasting and mitigation of plant disease beyond the traditional scope of crop production

Cindy E. Morris , Ghislain Geniaux , Claire Nédellec , Nicolas Sauvion , Samuel Soubeyrand
Plant Pathology, 2022, 71, pp.86-97. ⟨10.1111/ppa.13446⟩
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The diversity of lipopeptides in the Pseudomonas syringae complex parallels phylogeny and sheds light on structural diversification during evolutionary history

Alexandre Bricout , Cindy E. Morris , Charlotte Chandeysson , Matthieu Duban , Corinne Boistel
Microbiology Spectrum, 2022, 10 (6), pp.e01456-22. ⟨10.1128/spectrum.01456-22⟩
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Inferring long-distance connectivity shaped by air-mass movement for improved experimental design in aerobiology

Maria Choufany , Davide Martinetti , Samuel Soubeyrand , Cindy E. Morris
Scientific Reports, 2021, 11 (1), pp.11093. ⟨10.1038/s41598-021-90733-2⟩
Journal articles hal-03244418v1
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Empirical formulation for multiple groups of primary biological ice nucleating particles from field observations over Amazonia

Sachin Patade , Vaughan T J Phillips , Pierre Amato , Heinz G Bingemer , Susannah M Burrows
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2021, 78 (7), pp.2195-2220. ⟨10.1175/JAS-D-20-0096.1⟩
Journal articles hal-03202577v1
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Spatiotemporal large-scale networks shaped by air mass movements

Maria Choufany , Davide Martinetti , Rachid Senoussi , Cindy E. Morris , Samuel Soubeyrand
Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2021, 6, pp.602621. ⟨10.3389/fams.2020.602621⟩
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The quasi-universality of nestedness in the structure of quantitative plant-parasite interactions

Benoît Moury , Jean-Marc Audergon , Sylvie Baudracco-Arnas , Safa Ben Krima , François Bertrand
Peer Community Journal, 2021, 1, pp.e44. ⟨10.24072/pcjournal.51⟩
Journal articles hal-03461843v1
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Aetiology of garlic rot, an emerging disease in France

Paul L. Chretien , Cindy E. Morris , Magali Duffaud , Christel Leyronas
Plant Pathology, 2021, 70 (6), pp.1276-1291. ⟨10.1111/ppa.13394⟩
Journal articles hal-03225453v1
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Climatic and landscape changes as drivers of environmental feedback that influence rainfall frequency in the United States

Rachel A. Moore , Davide Martinetti , E. Keith Bigg , Brent C. Christner , Cindy E. Morris
Global Change Biology, 2021, 27, pp.6381-6393. ⟨10.1111/gcb.15876⟩
Journal articles hal-03358078v1
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Editorial: Plant pathogen life-history traits and adaptation to environmental constraints

Christophe Le May , Josselin Montarry , Cindy E. Morris , Omer Frenkel , Virginie Ravigné
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020, 10, pp.1730. ⟨10.3389/fpls.2019.01730⟩
Journal articles hal-02624654v1
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Bioaerosol field measurements: Challenges and perspectives in outdoor studies

Tina Šantl-Temkiv , Branko Sikoparija , Teruya Maki , Federico Carotenuto , Pierre Amato
Aerosol Science and Technology, 2020, 54, pp.520-546. ⟨10.1080/02786826.2019.1676395⟩
Journal articles hal-02319383v1
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Presentation of three novel tailed phages targeting multiple strains of Pseudomonas syringae

Jacob B Jørgensen , Amaru M Djuurhus , Alexander B. Carstens , Witold Kot , Horst H. Neve
PHAGE, 2020, 1 (4), pp.245-250. ⟨10.1089/phage.2020.0040⟩
Journal articles hal-03107145v1
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Visualizing the invisible: class excursions to ignite children’s enthusiasm for microbes

Terry J Mcgenity , Amare Gessesse , John E Hallsworth , Esther Garcia Cela , Carol Verheecke‐vaessen
Microbial Biotechnology, 2020, 13, pp.844-887. ⟨10.1111/1751-7915.13576⟩
Journal articles hal-02733228v1
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Spatiotemporal patterns of microbial composition and diversity in precipitation

Ken A. Aho , C.F. Weber , Brent C. Christner , Boris A. Vinatzer , Cindy E. Morris
Ecological monographs, 2020, 90 (1), pp.e01394. ⟨10.1002/ecm.1394⟩
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Genome-wide association multi-locus and multi-variate linear mixed models reveal two linked loci with major effects on partial resistance of apricot to bacterial canker

Mariem Omrani , Morgane Roth , Guillaume Roch , Alain Blanc , Cindy E. Morris
BMC Plant Biology, 2019, 19, pp.31. ⟨10.1186/s12870-019-1631-3⟩
Journal articles hal-02621426v1
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Macromolecular fungal ice nuclei in Fusarium: effects of physical and chemical processing

Anna T. Kunert , Mira L. Pöhlker , Kai Tang , Carola S. Krevert , Carsten Wieder
Biogeosciences, 2019, 16, pp.4647-4659. ⟨10.5194/bg-16-4647-2019⟩
Journal articles hal-02627569v1

Chancre de l’abricotier : diversité bactérienne en verger

Luciana Parisi , Laurent Brun , Odile Berge , Benoit Borschinger , Christelle Lacroix
Phytoma , 2019, 727, pp.42-47
Journal articles hal-02307757v1
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The overlapping continuum of host range among strains in the Pseudomonas syringae complex

Cindy E. Morris , Jay Ram Lamichhane , Ivan Nikolic , Slaviša Stanković , Benoît Moury
Phytopathology Research, 2019, 1, pp.4. ⟨10.1186/s42483-018-0010-6⟩
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Forest restoration: Transformative trees

Douglas Sheil , Aida Bargués-Tobella , Ulrik Ilstedt , Pierre L. Ibisch , Anastassia Makarieva
Science, 2019, 366 (6463), pp.316-317. ⟨10.1126/science.aay7309⟩
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Soil fertility, leaf nutrients and their relationship in kiwifruit orchards of China’s central Shaanxi province

Nannan Wang , Haohao He , Christelle Lacroix , Cindy E. Morris , Zhande Liu
Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2019, 65 (4), pp.369-376. ⟨10.1080/00380768.2019.1624481⟩
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Revisiting the concept of host range of plant pathogens

Cindy E. Morris , Benoît Moury
Annual Review of Phytopathology, 2019, 57, pp.63-90. ⟨10.1146/annurev-phyto-082718-100034⟩
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Bacteria from four phylogroups of the Pseudomonas syringae complex can cause bacterial canker of apricot

Luciana Parisi , Benedicte Morgaint , Jorge Blanco Garcia , Caroline Guilbaud , Charlotte Chandeysson
Plant Pathology, 2019, 68 (7), pp.1249-1258. ⟨10.1111/ppa.13051⟩
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Lutte biologique contre une plante parasite en Afrique

Claude Alabouvette , Cindy E. Morris
Phytoma , 2018, 713, pp.52-56
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First report of Fusarium proliferatum causing garlic clove rot in France

Christel Leyronas , Paul L. Chretien , Claire Troulet , Magali Duffaud , François Villeneuve
Plant Disease, 2018, 102 (12), pp.2658. ⟨10.1094/PDIS-06-18-0962-PDN⟩
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Diversity and ice nucleation activity of microorganisms collected with a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) in France and the United States

Celia Jimenez-Sanchez , Regina Hanlon , Ken A. Aho , Craig Powers , Cindy E. Morris
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018, 9, pp.1667. ⟨10.3389/fmicb.2018.01667⟩
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Amélioration des moyens de lutte contre Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, agent de la bactériose du Kiwi : Biologie du ravageur, étude épidémiologique, outils de diagnostic et moyens de lutte.

Marie-Lisa Brachet , A. Moronvalle , Sylvie Désiré , V. Mechenin , Eric Sclaunich
Innovations Agronomiques, 2018, 63, pp.307-319. ⟨10.15454/1.519118468056355E12⟩
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Striking similarities between Botrytis cinerea from non-agricultural and from agricultural habitats

Marc Bardin , Christel Leyronas , Claire Troulet , Cindy E. Morris
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018, 9, pp.1820. ⟨10.3389/fpls.2018.01820⟩
Journal articles hal-01946288v1
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Assessing the aerial interconnectivity of distant reservoirs of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Christel Leyronas , Cindy E. Morris , Maria Choufany , Samuel Soubeyrand
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018, 9, pp.2257. ⟨10.3389/fmicb.2018.02257⟩
Journal articles hal-02621012v1
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Phytobiomes contribute to climate processes that regulate temperature, wind, cloud cover and precipitation

Cindy E. Morris
Phytobiomes Journal, 2018, 2 (2), pp.55-61. ⟨10.1094/PBIOMES-12-17-0050-P⟩
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Investigation of amino acids as herbicides for control of Orobanche minor parasitism in red clover

Monica Fernandez-Aparicio Ruiz , Alexandre Bernard , Laurent Falchetto , Pascal Marget , Bruno Chauvel
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017, 8, pp.842. ⟨10.3389/fpls.2017.00842⟩
Journal articles hal-01608026v1
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Frontiers for research on the ecology of plant pathogenic bacteria: Fundamentals for sustainability

Cindy E. Morris , Marie-Anne Barny , Odile Berge , Linda L. Kinkel , Christelle Lacroix
Molecular Plant Pathology, 2017, 18 (2), pp.308-319. ⟨10.1111/mpp.12508⟩
Journal articles hal-02624126v1
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Mapping rainfall feedback to reveal the potential sensitivity of precipitation to biological aerosols

Cindy E. Morris , Samuel Soubeyrand , E. Keith Bigg , Jessie M. Creamean , David C. Sands
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2017, 98 (6), pp.1109-1118. ⟨10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00293.1⟩
Journal articles hal-02627944v1
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Ice nucleators, bacterial cells and Pseudomonas syringae in precipitation at Jungfraujoch

Emiliano Stopelli , Franz Conen , Caroline Guilbaud , Jakob Zopfi , Christine Alewell
Biogeosciences, 2017, 14 (5), pp.1189-1196. ⟨10.5194/bg-14-1189-2017⟩
Journal articles hal-01594979v1
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Trees, forests and water: Cool insights for a hot world

David Ellison , Cindy E. Morris , Bruno D Locatelli , Douglas Sheil , Jane Cohen
Global Environmental Change, 2017, 43, pp.51-61. ⟨10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.01.002⟩
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Survival and electrotransformation of Pseudomonas syringae strains under simulated cloud-like conditions.

Laurine S Blanchard , Anaïs Monin , Hounaïda Ouertani , Lamia Touaibia , Elisa Michel
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2017, 93 (5), pp.fix057. ⟨10.1093/femsec/fix057⟩
Journal articles hal-01608828v1
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Measurements and modeling of surface–atmosphere exchange of microorganisms in Mediterranean grassland

Federico Carotenuto , Teodoro Georgiadis , Beniamino Gioli , Christel Leyronas , Cindy E. Morris
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017, 17, pp.14919-14936. ⟨10.5194/acp-2017-527⟩
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Testing differences between pathogen compositions with small samples and sparse data

Samuel Soubeyrand , Vincent Garetta , Caroline Monteil , Frédéric Suffert , Henriette Goyeau
Phytopathology, 2017, 107 (10), pp.1199-1208. ⟨10.1094/PHYTO-02-17-0070-FI⟩
Journal articles hal-01607233v1

The phyllosphere: microbial jungle at the plant–climate interface

Corinne C. Vacher , Arndt Hampe , Annabel J. Porté , Ursula Sauer , Stéphane Compant
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 2016, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 47, pp.1-24. ⟨10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-121415-032238⟩
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Agrifood systems and the microbial safety of fresh produce: Trade-offs in the wake of increased sustainability

Christophe Nguyen The , Marc Bardin , Annette Berard , Odile Berge , Julien Brillard
Science of the Total Environment, 2016, 562, pp.751-759. ⟨10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.241⟩
Journal articles hal-01509043v1
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Population-genomic insights into emergence, crop adaptation and dissemination of Pseudomonas syringae pathogens

Caroline Monteil , Koji Yahara , David J. Studholme , Leonardos Mageiros , Guillaume Méric
Microbial Genomics, 2016, 2 (10), pp.1-16. ⟨10.1099/mgen.0.000089⟩
Journal articles hal-01602197v1
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Predicting abundance and variability of ice nucleating particles in precipitation at the high-altitude observatory Jungfraujoch

Emiliano Stopelli , Franz Conen , Cindy E. Morris , Erik Herrmann , Stephan Henne
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2016, 16 (13), pp.8341 - 8351. ⟨10.5194/acp-16-8341-2016⟩
Journal articles hal-02640170v1
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A set of PCRs for rapid identification and characterization of Pseudomonas syringae phylogroups

Benoit Borschinger , Claudia Bartoli , Charlotte Chandeysson ,