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Rapeseed field in bloom in the Ile de France region. © INRA, CAUVIN Brigitte

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29 Sep 2006

Some highlights from 70 years of INRA rapeseed research

INRA was the first French research institute to carry out artificial selection experiments on rapeseed. This research has spanned 70 years and has resulted in many new discoveries and innovations.  Over that time span, rapeseed has gone from having a marginal presence in France to covering more than 1,500,000 hectares of land in 2015.

Tobacco protoplasts. © INRA, PELLETIER Georges

News

08 Jun 2006

Shedding light on cytoplasmic male sterility

Georges Pelletier was the first winner of INRA’s Agricultural Research Award in 2006. When asked to describe his most significant contributions, he starts by citing cytoplasmic male sterility: "The research took over 15 years, starting in the 1980s, and was riddled with technical challenges. But when you compare what we thought then and what we know now, you really see how scientific understanding has progressed”.