Chercheur
CIRAD Thaïlande
Kunming Institute of Botany, Kuming 650201, Yunnan Chine
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Experience
Senior researcher, I am involved in the "Carbon and global change" group of Eco&Sols. I have been working in CIRAD since 1990. My work links the physiology to the agronomy of tropical tree crops, mainly the rubber tree. This work is done with partners from the producing countries. After 3 years in Gabon, 4 years in Ivory Coast and several in France, I contributed to the building-up of the Hevea Research Platform in Partnership (HRPP) in Thailand from 2001 to 2007. I coordinated the platform from 2013 to 2018. Since August 2018, I am Invited Professor at the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science.
Qualification and expertise
I have a double qualification in rubber agronomy, from planting practices to tapping systems, and in ecophysiology, on a tree to cover scale. My specific interest and expertise is the influence of tapping for latex production on the functioning of the whole tree, particularly on carbon and water budget. Latex is a peculiar plant product and this makes the rubber tree a very interesting model to study resource allocation.
I am now extending the scope of my research to environmental and social impacts of tree plantations within the HEVEADAPT (ANR) project that I am coordinating. Our aim is to assess how family plantations can adapt to global changes and keep sustainable.
Last 10 Publications
Thoumazeau A, Bessou C, Renevier MS, Trap J, Marichal R, Mareschal L, Decaëns T, Bottinelli N, Jaillard B, Chevallier T, Suvannang N, Sajjaphan K, Thaler P, Gay F, Brauman A. 2019. Biofunctool®: a new framework to assess the impact of land management on soil quality. Part A: Concept and validation of the set of indicators. Ecological Indicators, 97, 100–110.
Thoumazeau A, Bessou C, Renevier MS, Panklang P, Puttaso P, Peerawat M, Heepngoen P, Prapatsorn P, Koonklang N, Sdoodee S, Chantuma P, Lawongsa P, Nimkingrat P, Thaler P, Gay F, Brauman A. 2019. Biofunctool®: a new framework to assess the impact of land management on soil quality. Part B: Investigating the impact of land management of rubber plantations on soil quality with the Biofunctool® index. Ecological Indicators, 97, 429-437.
Peerawat, M., Blaud, A., Trap, J., Chevallier, T., Alonso, P., Gay, F., Thaler, P., Spor, A., Sebag, D., Choosai, C., Suvannang, N., Sajjaphan, K. and Brauman, A. 2018. Rubber plantation ageing controls soil biodiversity after land conversion from cassava. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 257, 92-102.
Charbonnier F, Roupsard O, le Maire G, Guillemot J, Casanoves F, Lacointe A, Vaast P, Allinne C, Audebert L, Cambou A, Clément-Vidal A, Defrenet E, Duursma R, Jarri L, Jourdan C, Khac E, Leandro P, Medlyn B, Saint-André L, Thaler P, Van den Meersche K, Barquero Aguilar A, Lehner P, Dreyer, E. 2017. Increased light-use efficiency sustains net primary productivity of shaded coffee plants in agroforestry system. Plant, Cell and Environment, 40 1592–1608. DOI: 10.1111/pce.12964.
Kanpanon N., Kasemsap P., Thaler P., Kositsup B., Rattanawong R., Epron D. 2017. Large variation in carbon isotope composition of bulk leaf material of rubber trees from a germplasm collection: an opportunity for improving water use efficiency in breeding programs. Journal of Rubber Research 20(1) 58-70.
Kanpanon N., Kasemsap P., Thaler P., Kositsup B., Gay F., Lacote R., Epron D. 2015. Carbon isotope composition of latex does not reflect temporal variations of photosynthetic carbon isotope discrimination in rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis). Tree Physiology 35, 1166-1175. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpv070
Chairungsee N, Gay F, Thaler P, Kasemsap P, Thanisawanyangura P, Chantuma A, Jourdan C. 2013. Impact of tapping and soil water status on fine root dynamics in a rubber tree plantation in Thailand. Frontiers in Plant Science 4, 538 1-11. DOI 10.3389/fpls.2013.00538.
Satakhun D., Gay F., Chairungsee N., Kasemsap P., Chantuma P., Thanisawanyangkura S., Thaler P., Epron, D. 2013. Soil CO2 efflux and soil carbon balance of a tropical rubber plantation. Ecological Research 28, 969–979. DOI 10.1007/s11284-013-1079-0.
Abib C.F., Ntoupka M., Peltier R., Harmand J.M., Thaler P. 2013. Ethephon: a tool to boost gum arabic production from Acacia senegal and to enhance gummosis processes. Agroforestry Systems 87 (2), 427-438. DOI 10.1007/s10457-012-9564-y