Fabienne
Morcillo
  • Occitanie Regional delegation, Montpellier, France, Bureau 403

Specialities

Functional Genomics

Function

Research Director

Collective responsibility(s)

Team coordination | Internal Scientific Coordination Co-coordination | CIRAD Correspondent for the Oil Palm Sector

Team(s)

Membership Institute

CIRAD

My research activities focus primarily on the oil palm, a perennial monocotyledon of the Arecaceae family cultivated for oil production. The aim is to deepen our understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing the development and metabolism of the fruit and seeds in this species in order to promote the selection of varieties that meet the sector’s criteria (production, nutritional quality, and seed conservation).

Keywords
  • Fruit, Seed, Development, Metabolism, Oil Palm

Publications

Vaissayre V., Cazals G., Tranbarger T.J., Morcillo F. 2025. The Quantification of Jasmonates in Lipid-Rich Tissues by UHPLC-ESI-QQQ-MS/MS in Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM). Methods Mol Biol. 2916. 25-38.
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.
Romero-Estévez D., Vaissayre V., Morcillo F., Montúfar R., Dussert S. 2023. Exploring fruit lipid diversity in a neglected group of tropical palms: the tribe Phytelepheae. JSFA Reports. 3 (11). 549-560.
Tregear J., Richaud F., Collin M., Esbelin J., Parrinello H., Cochard B., Nodichao L., Morcillo F., Adam H., Jouannic S. 2022. Micro-RNA-Regulated SQUAMOSA-PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) Gene Expression and Cytokinin Accumulation Distinguish Early-Developing Male and Female Inflorescences in Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis). Plants. 11(5). 685.
Morcillo F., Vaissayre V., Serret J., Avallone S., Domonhedo H., Jacob F., Dussert S. 2021. Natural diversity in the carotene, tocochromanol and fatty acid composition of crude palm oil. Food Chemistry. 365. 130638.
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.
Morcillo F., Serret J., Beckers A., Collin M., Tisne S., George S., Poveda R., Louise C., Tranbarger T. J. 2021. A Non-Shedding Fruit Elaeis oleifera Palm Reveals Perturbations to Hormone Signaling, ROS Homeostasis, and Hemicellulose Metabolism. Genes. 12(11). 1724.
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.
Tisne S., Denis M., Domonhedo H., Pallas B., Cazemajor M., Tranbarger T. J., Morcillo F. 2020. Environmental and trophic determinism of fruit abscission and outlook with climate change in tropical regions. Plant-Environment Interactions. 1(1). 17 - 28.
Guerin C., Serret J., Montúfar R., Vaissayre V., Bastos-Siqueira A., Durand-Gasselin T., Tregear J., Morcillo F., Dussert S. 2020. Palm seed and fruit lipid composition: phylogenetic and ecological perspectives. Annals of Botany. 125 (1). 157-172.
Tranbarger T. J., Domonhedo H., Cazemajor M., Tranchant-Dubreuil C., Fischer U., Morcillo F. 2019. The PIP Peptide of inflorescence deficient in abscission enhances populus leaf and Elaeis guineensis fruit abscission. Plants. 8(6). 143.
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