The teacher-searchers

Plant Sciences and Agronomy Department

• Agronomy
• Plant ecophysiology

• Low-input cropping systems
• Companion planting (legume-non-legume)
• Phenotyping of root traits
• Plant-environment interaction

Responsibility for teaching units: Agro-Bachelor training

• Sustainable management of cropping systems in third year
• Functioning of agrosystems AND Crop management in second year

• 2017 – PhD in Agronomy Sciences, Université d’Angers
• 2012 – Master 2 in integrative plant biology, University of Angers
• 2009 – Master 1 in plant protection, Syria
• 2008 – Engineering diploma in Agronomy, Syria

• 2021: Research engineer: INRAE (National Agricultural, Food and Environment Research Institute)(Joint Research Unit UMR AGIR (Agroecology, Innovations and Ruralities): VASCO team): KIC-Climate project.
• 2020: Contract teacher in agronomy and plant ecophysiology: INP-ENSAT.
• 2018–2020: Temporary teaching and research assistant: INP-ENSAT, INRAE (National Agricultural, Food and Environment Research Institute)(Joint Research Unit UMR AGIR (Agroecology, Innovations and Ruralities): VASCO team).
• 2017–2018: Agronomy teacher: Lycée agricole de Laval.
• 2012–2017: PhD student in agronomy: LEVA research unit (ESA), University of Angers “Competitiveness of legume species against weeds: traits involved in the early uptake of soil mineral nitrogen and complementarity of traits between species in companion planting systems.”
• 2012: M2 internship in companion planting systems (cereal-legume): LEVA research unit (ESA), University of Angers.
• 2009/2010: Plant protection research engineer: Scientific Agricultural Research Center, Syria.

• Dayoub E., Naudin C., Piva G., Shirtliffe S. J., Fustec J., Corre-Hellou G. (2017) Traits affecting early season nitrogen uptake in nine legume species. Heliyon, 2017. 3(2): p. Article e00244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00244.
• Dayoub E., Lamichhane J.R., Schoving C., Debaeke P., Maury P. (2021) Early-Stage phenotyping of root traits provides insights into the drought tolerance level of soybean cultivars. Agronomy 11(1),188. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11010188.
• Debaeke P., Journet E.P., Maury P., Schoving C., Dayoub E., Lamichhane J.R., Abella M., Alletto L., Chambert C., Champolivier L. (2021) Impacts of climate change on soybean cultivation and adaptation possibilities. Book chapter. 1er Cahier Régional Occitanie sur les Changements Climatiques (CROCC_2021).
• Dayoub E., Lamichhane J.R., Debaeke P. Maury P. (2022) Genotypic differences in root traits to design drought-avoiding soybean ideotypes. OCL 29, 26. https://doi.org/10.1051/ocl/2022021.
• Dayoub E., Piva G., Shirtliffe S. J., Fustec J., Corre-Hellou G., Naudin C. (2022) Species choice influences weed suppression, N sharing and crop productivity in oilseed rape-legume intercrops. Agronomy 12(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12092187.
• Lamichhane J.R., Alletto L., Cong W.F., Dayoub E., Maury P., Plaza-Bonilla D., Reckling M., Saia S., Soltani E., Tison G., Debaeke P. (2023) Relay cropping for sustainable intensification of agriculture across temperate regions: Crop management challenges and future research priorities. F. Crop. Res. 291, 108795. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108795

INRAE (National Agricultural, Food and Environment Research Institute), UMR AGIR (Agroecology, Innovations and Ruralities) (VASCO team)