Joët Thierry – Diade

Thierry

Joët

Specialities

Molecular physiology

Function

Research Director

Collective responsibility(s)

MADE Team coordination | Technical platform responsibility: Coffea Biological Resource Center (BRC)

Team(s)

MADE

Membership Institute

IRD

My research focuses on the specialized metabolism of tropical plant seeds, primarily coffee plants, in relation to key chemical or physiological traits involved in their ecology, storage or use.

Keywords

Adaptation, Specialized metabolism, Seeds

Publications

Dussert S, Stavrinides AK, Serret J, Vaissayre V, Combes M-C, Morcillo F, Lefort E, Rialle S, Etienne H, Lashermes P, Joët T. 2025. Gene coexpression network analysis of galactomannan biosynthesis and endosperm maturation in species of the genus Coffea. Plant Physiol Bioch. 229. 110771.

Baschenis N, Dussert S, Seguin M, Lashermes P, Joët T. 2025. Comparative seed physiological ecology in Coffea species highlights variation in germination strategies associated with climate and phylogeny. Ann Bot-London.

Amimi N., Ghouil H., Zitouna-Chebbi R., Joët T., Ammari Y. 2023. Intraspecific variation of Quercus ilex L. seed morphophysiological traits in Tunisia reveals a trade-off between seed germination and shoot emergence rates along a thermal gradient. Annals of Forest Science. 80. 12.

Antoine G., Vaissayre V., Meile J.-C., Payet J., Conejero G., Costet L., Fock-Bastide I., Joët T., Dussert S. 2023. Diterpenes of Coffea seeds show antifungal and anti-insect activities and are transferred from the endosperm to the seedling after germination. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 194. 627-637.

Combes M.-C., Joët T., Stavrinides A. K., Lashermes P. 2022. New cup out of old coffee: contribution of parental gene expression legacy to phenotypic novelty in coffee beans of the allopolyploid Coffea arabica L.. Annals of Botany. 131 (1). 157–170.

Fooyontphanich K., Morcillo F., Joët T., Dussert S., Serret J., Collin M., Amblard P., Tangphatsornruang S., Roongsattham P., Jantasuriyarat C., Verdeil J.-L., Tranbarger T. J. 2021. Multi-scale comparative transcriptome analysis reveals key genes and metabolic reprogramming processes associated with oil palm fruit abscission. BMC Plant Biology. 21. 92.

Hosni H., Diallo A., Morcillo F., Vaissayre V., Collin M., Tranchant-Dubreuil C., Dussert S., Joët T., Castaño F., Marquínez X., Stauffer F. W., Hodel D. R., Castillo Mont J. J., Adam H., Jouannic S., Tregear J. W. 2021. Redox-related gene expression and sugar accumulation patterns are altered in the edible inflorescence produced by the cultivated form of pacaya palm (Chamaedorea tepejilote). Annals of Botany. 128(2). 231-240.

Garot E., Dussert S., Domergue F., Joët T., Fock-Bastide I., Combes M.-C., Lashermes P. 2021. Multi-Approach Analysis Reveals Local Adaptation in a Widespread Forest Tree of Reunion Island. Plant and Cell Physiology. 62 (2). 280-292.

Stavrinides A. K., Dussert S., Combes M.-C., Fock-Bastide I., Severac D., Minier J., Bastos-Siquiera A., Demolombe V., Hem S., Lashermes P., Joët T. 2020. Seed comparative genomics in three coffee species identify desiccation tolerance mechanisms in intermediate seeds. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71 (4). 1-16/erz508.

Amimi N., Dussert S., Vaissayre V., Ghouil H., Doulbeau S., Costantini C., Ammari Y., Joët T. 2020. Variation in seed traits among Mediterranean oaks in Tunisia and their ecological significance. Annals of Botany. 125 (6). 891–904.

Garot E., Joët T., Combes M.-C., Lashermes P. 2019. Genetic diversity and population divergences of an indigenous tree (Coffea mauritiana) in Reunion Island: Role of climatic and geographical factors. Heredity. 122. 833–847.

Garot E., Joët T., Combes M.-C., Severac D., Lashermes P. 2019. Plant population dynamics on oceanic islands during the Late Quaternary climate changes: genetic evidence from a tree species (Coffea mauritiana) in Reunion Island. New Phytologist. 224 (2). 974-986.