CYNDEL BERGER
TOAsT Platform Manager and Research Engineer
Research department
Agri-food and Nutrition Sciences Department
Laboratories / platforms
TOAsT platform
Subject taught
Analytical chemistry
Areas of Research / Development / Consulting
- Oxidative techniques for agriculture and agri-food
- Alternative techniques to plant protection products
Responsibility
Head of the TOAsT platform
Training
- PhD in plant health, Paul Sabatier Toulouse III University
- Engineering Degree from PURPAN Engineering School
Professional experience
- 2019–2020: BPE Europe Project Manager (ANADIAG)
- 2016–2019: PhD thesis: Phytosanitary treatment of trees by micro-injection: wound resilience, molecule transfer and efficacy (INRAe (National Agricultural, Food and Environment Research Institute) Joint Research Unit UMR Toxalim (Food Toxicology))
- 2016: Melon production manager (Téradélis)
Publications
- Berger C., Pages M., Volmerange L., Brat P., Hubert O., Grabulos J., Bancal V., Normand A., Pugeaux A., De Lapeyre De Bellaire L., Gerbaud S., Verdier C., Violleau F., 2022. A mobile tool for post-harvest treatment and preservation of bananas using ozone. In: VI International Symposium on Postharvest Pathology: Innovation and Advanced Technologies for Managing Postharvest Pathogens 1363. 2022. p. 143–150.
- Volmerange L., Pages M., Berger C., Quintard V., Violleau F., 2022. Ozone: a tool for reducing melon and plum losses during storage. Presented at: IOA Conference EA3G2022, Toulouse, France.
- Pages M., Berger C., Tourette P.D., Violleau F., 2022. Ozone gas treatment: an alternative solution to preserve the sanitary quality of young grapevine plants. Presented at: IOA Conference EA3G2022, Toulouse, France.
- Berger C., Pages M., Volmerange L., Maldes S., Quintard V., Violleau F., 2022. Improvement of fruit quality by continuous ozone exposure during storage. Presented at: VI International Symposium on Postharvest Pathology, Limasol, Cyprus, 2022.
- Berger C. and Laurent F., 2019. Trunk injection of plant protection products to protect trees from pests and diseases. Crop Protection 124.
- Berger C., Renier A., Mediouni L., Laurent F., 2018. Systemic transfer of plant protection products in trees after trunk injection. 48th congress of the Groupe Français des Pesticides, May 30 to June 1, 2018, Limoges, France.
- Berger C., Renier A., Mediouni L., Laurent F., 2019. Spatiotemporal dynamics of trunk injected imidacloprid, pyrimethanil and difenoconazole in apple trees. 14th International IUPAC Congress on Crop Protection, May 19–24, 2019, Ghent, Belgium.
UMR (Joint Research Unit)
PPGV (Plant Physiology, Pathology and Genetics – 50%)