2025
Tavernier F, Motelica-Heino E, Thomas M, Herbold T, Shi M, Le Cunff L, Romieu C, Segura V. In situ near-infrared non-destructive monitoring of sugar accumulation reveals that single berries ripening takes only 20 days. Quantitative Plant Biology. Published online 2025:1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2025.10025
Chir L, Boulord R, Coindre E, Segura V, Saurin N, Doligez A, Pallas B, Simonneau T, Coupel-Ledru A. Genetic variability of leaf temperature and underlying morpho-physiological traits in a grapevine diversity panel. Journal of Experimental Botany, eraf324. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf324
Watson A, Segura V, Bourhis Y, Perez G, Farrera I, Costes E, Andrés F. Using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict budbreak of the following year. Quantitative Plant Biology, 6:e24, 1–9. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2025.10019
Duruflé H, Déjardin A, Jorge V, Pégard M, Pilate G, Rogier O, Sanchez L, Segura V. Natural variation in chalcone isomerase defines a major locus controlling radial stem growth variation among Populus nigra populations. Peer Community Journal, 5, article no. e50. https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.559
Serrie M, Segura V, Blanc A, Brun L, Dlalah N, Gilles F, Heurtevin L, Le Pans M, Signoret V, Viret S, Audergon J-M, Quilot B, Roth M. Multi-environment GWAS uncovers markers associated to biotic stress response and genotype-by-environment interactions in stone fruit trees, Horticulture Research, 12(7), uhaf088, https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhaf088
Tavernier F, Savoi S, Torregrosa L, Hugueney P, Baltenweck R*, Segura V*, Romieu C*. The single-berry metabolomic clock paradigm reveals new stages and metabolic switches during grapevine berry development, Journal of Experimental Botany, eraf038. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf038
2024
de Verdal H, Segura V, Pot D, Salas N, Garin V, Rakotoson T, Raboin L-M, VomBrocke K, Dusserre J, Castro Pacheco SA, Grenier C. Performance of phenomic selection in rice: Effects of population size and genotype-environment interactions on predictive ability, PLoS ONE, 19(12): e0309502. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309502
Aqbouch L, Abou-Saaid O, Sarah G, Zunino L, Segura V, Mournet P, Bonal F, Zaher H, El Bakkali A, Cubry P, Costes E, Khadari B. Genome-wide association analysis of flowering date in a collection of cultivated olive tree, Horticulture Research, uhae265, https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhae265
Lesur I, Rogier O, Dia Sow M, Boury C, Duplan A, Garnier A, Senhaji-Rachik A, Civan P, Daron J, Delaunay A, Duvaux L, Benoit V, Guichoux E, Le Provost G, Sanou E, Ambroise C, Plomion C, Salse J, Segura V, Tost J, Maury S. A strategy for studying epigenetic diversity in natural populations: proof of concept in poplar and oak, Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(18), 5568–5584, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae266
Brault C, Segura V, Roques M, Lamblin P, Bouckenooghe V, Pouzalgues N, Cunty C, Breil M, Frouin M, Garcin L, Camps L, Ducasse M-A, Romieu C, Masson G, Julliard S, Flutre T, Le Cunff L. Enhancing grapevine breeding efficiency through genomic prediction and selection index. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, jkae038. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae038
Watson AE, Guitton B, Soriano A, Rivallan R, Vignes H, Farrera I, Huettel B, Arnaiz C, da Silveira Falavigna V, Coupel-Ledru A, Segura V, Sarah G, Dufayard J-F, Sidibe-Bocs S, Costes E, Andrés F. Target enrichment sequencing coupled with GWAS identifies MdPRX10 as a candidate gene in the control of budbreak in apple. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1352757
Coupel-Ledru A, Westgeest AJ, Albasha R, Millan M, Pallas B, Doligez A, Flutre T, Segura V, This P, Torregrosa L, Simonneau T, Pantin F. Clusters of grapevine genes for a burning world. New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19540
2023
Ollat N, Marguerit E, de Miguel M, Coupel-Ledru A, Cookson SJ, van Leeuwen C, Vivin P, Gallusci, P, Segura V, Duchêne E. Moving towards grapevine genotypes better adapted to abiotic constraints. Vitis, 62, 67-76. https://doi.org/10.5073/vitis.2023.62.special-issue.67-76
Rogier O, Chateigner A, Lesage-Descauses MC, ..., Segura V. RNAseq based variant dataset in a black poplar association panel. BMC Res Notes 16, 248. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06521-wl
Blois L, de Miguel M, Bert P-F, Girollet N, Ollat N, Rubio B, Segura V, Voss-Fels KP, Schmid J, Marguerit E. Genetic structure and first genome-wide insights into the adaptation of a wild relative of grapevine, Vitis berlandieri. Evolutionary Applications, 00, 1– 17. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13566
Barotto AJ, Martínez-Meier A, Segura V, Monteoliva S, Charpentier J-P, Gyenge J, Sergent A-S, Millier F, Rozenberg P, Fernández ME. Use of near-infrared spectroscopy to estimate physical, anatomical and hydraulic properties of Eucalyptus wood. Tree Physiology, 43, 3, 501–514. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpac132
2022
Brault C, Lazerges J, Doligez A, Thomas M, Ecarnot M, Roumet P, Bertrand Y, Berger G, Pons T, François P, Le Cunff L, This P, Segura V. Interest of phenomic prediction as an alternative to genomic prediction in grapevine. Plant Methods 18(1):108. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-022-00940-9
Wade A, Durufle H, Sanchez L, Segura V. eQTLs are key players in the integration of genomic and transcriptomic data for phenotype prediction. BMC Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08690-7
Robert P, Brault C, Rincent R, Segura V. Phenomic Selection: A New and Efficient Alternative to Genomic Selection. Methods Mol Biol.2467:397-420. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2205-6_14
Brault C, Segura V, This P, Le Cunff L, Flutre T, François P, Pons T, Péros J-P, Doligez A. Across-population genomic prediction in grapevine opens up promising prospects for breeding. Horticulture Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/hr/uhac041
Coupel-Ledru A, Pallas B, Delalande M, Segura V, Guitton B, Muranty H, Durel C-E, Regnard J-L, Costes E. Tree architecture, light interception and water-use related traits are controlled by different genomic regions in an apple tree core collection. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17960
Persoons A, Maupetit A, Louet C, Andrieux A, Lipzen A, Barry KW, Na H, Adam C, Grigoriev IV, Segura V, Duplessis S, Frey P, Halkett F, De Mita S. Genomic Signatures of a Major Adaptive Event in the Pathogenic Fungus Melampsora larici-populina. Genome Biology and Evolution, 14 (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab279
2021
Sow MD, Le Gac A-L, Fichot R, Lanciano S, Delaunay A, Le Jan I, Lesage‐Descauses M-C, Citerne S, Caius J, Brunaud V, Soubigou‐Taconnat L, Cochard H, Segura V, Chaparro C, Grunau C, Daviaud C, Tost J, Brignolas F, Strauss SH, Mirouze M, Maury S. RNAi suppression of DNA methylation affects the drought stress response and genome integrity in transgenic poplar. New Phytologist, 232 (1), 80-97. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17555
2020
Pégard M, Segura V, Muñoz F, Bastien C, Jorge V, Sanchez L. Favorable Conditions for Genomic Evaluation to Outperform Classical Pedigree Evaluation Highlighted by a Proof-of-Concept Study in Poplar. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 1552. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.581954
Chateigner A, Lesage-Descauses M-C, Rogier O, Jorge V, Leplé J-C, Brunaud V, Paysant-Le Roux C, Soubigou-Taconnat L, Martin-Magniette M-L, Sanchez L, Segura V. Gene expression predictions and networks in natural populations supports the omnigenic theory. BMC Genomics, 21, 416. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-06809-2
Sergent A-S, Segura V, Charpentier J-P, Dalla-Salda G, Fernández M-E, Rozenberg P, Martinez-Meier A. Assessment of resistance to xylem cavitation in cordilleran cypress using near-infrared spectroscopy. Forest Ecology and Management, 462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117943
2019
Chauvin T, Cochard H, Segura V, Rozenberg P. Native-source climate determines the Douglas-fir potential of adaptation to drought. Forest Ecology and Management, 444, 9-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.03.054
2018
Rincent R, Charpentier J-P, Faivre-Rampant P, Paux E, Le Gouis J, Bastien C, Segura V. Phenomic selection is a low-cost and high-throughput method based on indirect predictions: proof of concept on wheat and poplar. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 8 (12), 3961-3972. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200760
Rogier O, Chateigner A, Amanzougarene S, Lesage-Descauses M-C, Balzergue S, Brunaud V, Caius J, Soubigou-Taconnat L, Jorge V, Segura V. Accuracy of RNAseq based SNP discovery and genotyping in Populus nigra. BMC Genomics, 19, 909. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-5239-z
Sow MD, Segura V, Chamaillard S, Jorge V, Delaunay A, Lafon-Placette C, Fihcot R, Faivre-Rampant P, Villar M, Brignolas F, Maury S. Narrow-sense heritability and Pst estimates of DNA methylation in three Populus nigra L. populations under contrasting water availability. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 14, 78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-018-1293-6
Le Gac A-L, Lafon-Placette C, Chauveau D, Segura V, Delaunay A, Fichot R, Marron M, Le Jan I, Berthelot A, Bodineau G, Bastien J-C, Brignolas F, Maury S. Winter-dormant shoot apical meristem in poplar trees shows environmental epigenetic memory, Journal of Experimental Botany, 69 (20), 4821-4837. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery271
Lafon-Placette C, Le Gac A-L, Chauveau D, Segura V, Delaunay A, Lesage-Descauses M-C, Hummel I, Cohen D, Jesson B, Le Thiec D, Bogeat-Triboulot M-B, Brignolas F, Maury S. Changes in the epigenome and transcriptome of the poplar shoot apical meristem in response to water availability affect preferentially hormone pathways. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69 (3), 537-551. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx409
Sow MD, Allona I, Ambroise C, Conde D, Fichot R, Gribkova S, Jorge V, Le-Provost G, Pâques L, Plomion C, Salse J, Sanchez-Rodriguez L, Segura V, Tost J, Maury S. Epigenetics in Forest Trees: State of the Art and Potential Implications for Breeding and Management in a Context of Climate Change. In Advances in Botanical Research, 88, 387-453. Academic Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.abr.2018.09.003
Chaix G, Giordanengo T, Segura V, Mourey N, Charrier B, Charpentier J-P. Near infrared spectroscopy, a new tool to characterize wood for use by the cooperage industry. In : Chemistry of lignocellulosics: current trends, 42-65. Boca Raton : CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b20936
2017
Gebreselassie MN, Ader K, Boizot N, Millier F, Charpentier J-P, Alves A, Simões R, Rodrigues JC, Bodineau G, Fabbrini F, Sabatti M, Bastien C, Segura V. Near-infrared spectroscopy enables the genetic analysis of chemical properties in a large set of wood samples from Populus nigra (L.) natural populations. Industrial Crops and Products, 107, 159-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.05.013
Bauchet G, Grenier S, Samson N, Segura V, Kende A, Beekwilder J, Cankar K, Gallois J-L, Gricourt J, Bonnet J, Baxter C, Grivet L, Causse M. Identification of major loci and genomic regions controlling acid and volatile content in tomato fruit: implications for flavor improvement. New Phytologist, 215, 624-641. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14615
2016
Albert E, Segura V, Gricourt J, Bonnefoi J, Derivot L, Causse M. Association mapping reveals the genetic architecture of tomato response to water deficit: focus on major fruit quality traits. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67, 6413-6430. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erw411
Pulkka S*, Segura V*, Harju A, Tapanila T, Tanner J, Pâque LE, Charpentier J-P. Prediction of stilbene content from heartwood increment cores of Scots pine using near infrared spectroscopy methodology. Journal of NIRS, 24, 517-528. https://doi.org/10.1255/jnirs.1225
Faivre‐Rampant P, Zaina G, Jorge V, Giacomello S, Segura V, Scalabrin S, Guérin V, De Paoli E, Aluome C, Viger M, Cattonaro F, Payne P, StephenRaj P, Le Paslier MC, Berard A, Allwright M, Villar M, Taylor G, Bastien C, Morgante M. New resources for genetic studies in Populus nigra: genome‐wide SNP discovery and development of a 12k Infinium array. Molecular Ecology Resources, 16, 1023-1036. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12513
Plomion C, Bastien C, Bogeat-Triboulot M-B, Bouffier L, Déjardin A, Duplessis S, Fady B, Heuertz M, Le Gac A-L, Le Provost G, Legué V, Lelu-Walter M-A, Leplé J-C, Maury S, Morel A, Oddou-Muratorio S, Pilate G, Sanchez L, Scotti I, Scotti-Saintagne C, Segura V, Trontin J-F, Vacher V. Forest tree genomics: 10 achievements from the past 10 years and future prospects. Annals of Forest Science, 73, 77-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-015-0488-3
2014
Giraud H, Lehermeier C, Bauer C, Falque M, Segura V, Bauland C, Camisan C, Campo L, Meyer N, Ranc N, Schipprack W, Flament P, Melchinger AE, Menz M, Moreno-González J, Ouzunova M, Charcosset A, Schön CC, Moreau L. QTL detection for hybrid performance using different allele coding methods in multi-line crosses of maize (Zea mays L.) reveals multi-allelic series at different loci in the flint and dent heterotic groups. Genetics 198, 1717-1734. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.114.169367
Fodor A, Segura V, Denis M, Neuenschwander S, Fournier-Level A, Chatelet P, Homa FAA, Lacombe T, This P, Le Cunff L. (2014) Genome-wide prediction methods in highly diverse and heterozygous species: proof-of-concept through simulation in grapevine. PLoS ONE, 9, e110436. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110436
Sauvage C, Segura V, Bauchet G, Stevens R, Thi Do P, Nikoloski Z, Fernie AR, Causse M. (2014) Genome Wide Association in tomato reveals 44 candidate loci for fruit metabolic traits. Plant Physiology, 165, 1120-1132. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.114.241521
2013
Townsend T, Segura V, Chigeza G, Penfield T, Rae AM, Harvey D, Bowles DJ, Graham IA. (2013) The use of combining ability analysis to identify elite parents for Artemisia annua F1 hybrid production. PLoS ONE, 8, e61989. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061989
Seren U*, Vilhjálmsson BJ*, Horton MW, Meng D, Forai P, Huang YS, Long Q, Segura V, Nordborg M. (2013) GWAPP: A Web Application for Genome wide Association Mapping in A. thaliana. Plant Cell, 24, 4793-4805. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.112.108068
2012
Korte A*, Vilhjalmsson BJ*, Segura V*, Platt A., Long Q, Nordborg M. (2012). A mixed-model approach for genome-wide association studies of correlated traits in structured populations. Nature Genetics, 44 : 1066-1071. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2376
Segura V*, Vilhjalmsson BJ*, Platt A, Korte A, Seren U, Long Q, Nordborg M. (2012) An efficient multi-locus mixed-model approach for genome-wide association studies in structured populations. Nature Genetics 44: 825-830. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2314
2010
Segura V. (2010) Génétique et amélioration d’Artemisia annua L. pour une production durable d’antipaludiques à base d’artémisinine. Médecine Sciences 26, 701-703. https://doi.org/10.1051/medsci/2010268-9701
Graham IA, Besser K, Blumer S, Branigan C, Czechowski T, Elias L, Guterman I, Harvey D, Isaac PG, Khan AM, Larson TR, Li Y, Pawson T, Penfield T, Rae AM, Rathbone DA, Reid S, Ross J, Smallwood MF, Segura V, Townsend T, Vyas D, Winzer T, Bowles DJ. (2010) The genetic map of Artemisia annua L. identifies loci affecting yield of the antimalarial drug artemisinin. Science 327, 328-331. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1182612
Fernandez L, Torregrosa L, Segura V, Bouquet A, Martinez-Zapater JM. (2010) Transposon induced gene activation as a mechanism generating cluster shape somatic variation in grapevine. Plant Journal 61, 545-557. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.04090.x
2009
Segura V, Durel CE, Costes E. (2009) Dissecting apple tree architecture into genetic, ontogenetic and environmental effects: QTL mapping. Tree Genetics & Genomes 5, 165-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-008-0181-x
2008
Segura V, Cilas C, Costes E. (2008) Dissecting apple tree architecture into genetic, ontogenetic and environmental effects: mixed linear modelling of repeated spatial and temporal measures. New Phytologist 178, 302-314. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02374.x
Bylesjö M, Segura V, Soolanayakanahally RY, Rae AM, Trygg J, Gustafsson P, Jansson S, Street NR. (2008) LAMINA: a tool for rapid quantification of leaf size and shape parameters. BMC Plant Biology 8, 82. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-8-82
Segura V, Ouangraoua A, Ferraro P, Costes E. (2008) Comparison of tree architecture using tree edit distances: application to two-year-old apple hybrids. Euphytica 161, 155-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-007-9430-6
2007
Segura V, Denancé C, Durel CE, Costes E. (2007) Wide range QTL analysis for complex architectural traits in a one-year-old apple progeny. Genome 50, 159-171. https://doi.org/10.1139/G07-002
2006
Segura V, Cilas C, Laurens F, Costes E. (2006) Phenotyping progenies for complex architectural traits: a strategy for 1-year-old apple trees (Malus x domestica Borkh.). Tree Genetics & Genomes 2, 140-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-006-0037-1
Legave JM, Segura V, Fournier D, Costes E. (2006) The effect of genotype, location and their interaction on early growth and branching in apricot trees. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 81, 189-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/14620316.2006.11512049
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