D. Hervé LECOQ

CURRICULUM VITAE

Hervé LECOQ

INRA, Station de Pathologie Végétale, Domaine St Maurice, B.P. 94, 84143 Montfavet,  France.

Tél: 33 (0)4 32 72 28 56  Fax: 33 (0)4 32 72 28 42

Email: Herve.Lecoq@avignon.inra.fr

Born on May 9th 1949 in Landau (Germany),

Married, 4 children.

Directeur de Recherche (First class) at the Station de Pathologie Végétale of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) in Avignon-Montfavet (France).

Graduated in September 1972 from the Institut National Agronomique with a specialisation in Plant Pathology and from the University of Paris VI (Dissertation subject : ‘Study of the viruses of Pyricularia oryzae, the rice blast fungus’).

Ø      September 1972-December 1973 : Scientific cooperation at the Quebec Province Department of Agriculture in Quebec (Canada) (Cytogenetic studies on Achillea millefolium).

Ø      January 1974-July 1977 : Research on fungal viruses at the Station Centrale de Pathologie Végétale (INRA) in Versailles.

Ø      January 1977-April 1977 : Sabbatical stay at the Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, USA, with Prof R.N. Campbell (Study of fungal virus vectors).

Ø      July 1977 until now : Research on Cucurbit viruses at the Station de Pathologie Végétale (INRA)  in Avignon-Montfavet.

Ø      August 1987-June 1988 : Sabbatical stay at the Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, with Prof. D. Purcifull and Prof. E. Hiebert (Study of  cucurbit potyviruses).               

Ø      September 1993-December 1998 : Head of the Station de Pathologie Végétale (INRA) in Avignon-Montfavet.

Ø      November 2000-March 2001 : Sabbatical stay at the Department of Virology, ARO, The Volcani Centre, Bet Dagan, Israel with Prof. B. Raccah (Study of  cucurbit potyviruses).     

My major field of interest are presently the characterisation of emerging viruses infecting cucurbits, the study of cucurbit potyvirus ecology, epidemiology and variability, the development of control strategies with a special reference on breeding for resistance and on the risk assessment studies on transgenic plants.

 I have published more than 75 scientific papers in international journals and contributed to 12 book chapters and more than 100 posters and oral presentations at national and international meetings. I am the co-author of two books : ‘Les maladies des Cucurbitacées’ published in 1991 and translated in five languages and ‘Principes de Virologie Végétale’ published in 2001.  

 Presently, I am the President in charge of the 'International Vegetable Virus Working Group' of the International Society for Horticultural Sciences (ISHS), and the member representing Europe in the 'Plant Virus Epidemiology Committee' of the International Society of Plant Pathology (ISPP).