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1. A semi-extensive management system reduces plasma testosterone concentrations, sexual behaviour and sperm production in male goats from subtropical latitudes

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O. U. García-Cruz, L. M. Tejada, M. J. Flores, L. E. Nava-Rivera, N. López-Magaña, H. Hernández, M. Keller, P. Chemineau, J. Santiago-Moreno, J. A. Delgadillo, l’Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (France), Tejada, L. M., Flores, M. J., Hernández, H., Keller, M., Chemineau, P., Santiago-Moreno, J., and Delgadillo, J. A.

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Grazing conditions, Subtropics, Sperm quality, Reproductive seasonality, Libido, Solar radiations, Undernutrition, Animal Science and Zoology, Caprine, Food Science
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Departamento de Reproducción animal, Context: In subtropical latitudes, most goats are managed in semi-extensive management systems, eating only available vegetation. Underfeeding is common during the dry season and may reduce the endocrine and sexual activities of male goats. Aims: The aim of the study was to determine plasma testosterone concentrations, sexual behaviour and sperm production of male goats kept in a semi-extensive management system for 12 months, from March to February. Methods: Control males were placed indoors and were well nourished (n = 5). Experimental males were placed in a flock and grazed daily with females for 7 h, eating only natural vegetation (n = 5). Experimental males were fitted with an apron to prevent mating during the study. Plasma testosterone concentrations were determined every 2 weeks. Sexual behaviour and sperm production were determined in May and June (beginning of breeding season), August and October (middle of season), and November and December (end of season). Key results: Plasma testosterone concentrations were higher (P < 0.05) in control than experimental males in June and from August to December. The percentage of males refusing to ejaculate was lower (P < 0.05) in control than experimental males throughout the study. Total number of spermatozoa per ejaculate was higher (P < 0.05) in control than experimental males in May, June, November and December. Sperm progressive motility was higher (P < 0.05) in control than experimental males in May and June and from October to December. Conclusions: The results indicate that male goats in a semi-extensive management system have lower plasma testosterone concentrations, sexual behaviour, and sperm quantitative and qualitative production than those in a confined management system. Implications: Nutritional supplementation may improve the endocrine and sexual activity of male goats in semi-extensive management systems.

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2022
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2. The identification of runs of homozygosity give a focus on the genetic diversity and the adaptation of the 'Charolais de Cuba' cattle

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Gilles Renand, Michel Naves, Yoel Rodríguez-Valera, Eliecer Pérez-Pineda, Sebastian E. Ramos-Onsins, Dominique Rocha, Yuliaxis Ramayo-Caldas, Producció Animal, Genètica i Millora Animal, Universidad de Granma (UDG), Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative (GABI), Université Paris-Saclay-AgroParisTech-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Unité de Recherches Zootechniques (URZ), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, l’Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (France), Embajada de Francia en Cuba, European Commission, Rodríguez-Valera, Yoel, Naves, Michel, and Ramos-Onsins, Sebastian E.

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[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Population, Genomic inbreeding, Tropical climate, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, adaptation, Runs of Homozygosity, Biology, Runs of homozygosity, Article, Candidate genes, 03 medical and health sciences, Effective population size, lcsh:Zoology, Genetic variation, lcsh:QL1-991, Adaptation, education, 030304 developmental biology, 2. Zero hunger, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Genetic diversity, runs of homozygosity, lcsh:Veterinary medicine, General Veterinary, genomic inbreeding, tropical climate, 0402 animal and dairy science, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, 040201 dairy & animal science, Breed, Evolutionary biology, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, lcsh:SF600-1100, Animal Science and Zoology, candidate genes, Inbreeding, effective population size
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Inbreeding and effective population size (Ne) are fundamental indicators for the management and conservation of genetic diversity in populations. Genomic inbreeding gives accurate estimates of inbreeding, and the Ne determines the rate of the loss of genetic variation. The objective of this work was to study the distribution of runs of homozygosity (ROHs) in order to estimate genomic inbreeding (FROH) and an effective population size using 38,789 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) from the Illumina Bovine 50K BeadChip in 86 samples from populations of Charolais de Cuba (n = 40) cattle and to compare this information with French (n = 20) and British Charolais (n = 26) populations. In the Cuban, French, and British Charolais populations, the average estimated genomic inbreeding values using the FROH statistics were 5.7%, 3.4%, and 4%, respectively. The dispersion measured by variation coefficient was high at 43.9%, 37.0%, and 54.2%, respectively. The effective population size experienced a very similar decline during the last century in Charolais de Cuba (from 139 to 23 individuals), in French Charolais (from 142 to 12), and in British Charolais (from 145 to 14) for the ~20 last generations. However, the high variability found in the ROH indicators and FROH reveals an opportunity for maintaining the genetic diversity of this breed with an adequate mating strategy, which can be favored with the use of molecular markers. Moreover, the detected ROH were compared to previous results obtained on the detection of signatures of selection in the same breed. Some of the observed signatures were confirmed by the ROHs, emphasizing the process of adaptation to tropical climate experienced by the Charolais de Cuba population., This work was supported by Ministerio de Economia y Competividad grants AGL2013-41834-R (MEC, Spain), AGL2016-78709-R (MEC, Spain) and by the CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya. We acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, through the “Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres of Excellence in R&D” 2016–2019 (SEV-2015-0533). Genotyping of the CHCU samples was funded by the Animal Genetics Division of INRAE, as part of the CHACUBA project. Y. Rodriguez-Valera was funded by the French Embassy in Havana (Cuba) and INRAE. Y. Ramayo-Caldas was funded by the European Union H2020 Research and Innovation programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant (P-Sphere) agreement No 6655919.

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2021
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3. Whole-genome sequencing reveals insights into the adaptation of French Charolais cattle to Cuban tropical conditions

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Sebas E. Ramos-Onsins, Yoel Rodríguez-Valera, Lino C. Ramírez-Ayala, Jordi Leno-Colorado, Mathieu Charles, Yuliaxis Ramayo-Caldas, Miguel Pérez-Enciso, Dominique Rocha, Olivier Bouchez, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative (GABI), Université Paris-Saclay-AgroParisTech-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Système d'Information des GENomes des Animaux d'Elevage (SIGENAE), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Génopole Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées [Auzeville] (GENOTOUL), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Universidad de Granma (UDG), Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), MINECO AGL2016-78709-R, European Commission BFU2016-77236-P, Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa 2016-2019 SEV-2015-0533, Animal Genetics Division of INRAE as part of the CHACUBA project, France Embassy in Havana (Cuba), 'Don Carlos Antonio Lopez' Graduate program (BECAL) from Paraguay, European Project: 6655919,P-Sphere, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Programa Nacional de Becas de Postgrado en el Exterior 'Don Carlos Antonio López' (Paraguay), European Commission, l’Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (France), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Producció Animal, Genètica i Millora Animal, AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), and Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries = Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA)

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Thermotolerance, Genotype, lcsh:QH426-470, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], biology.animal_breed, Population, ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species, Introgression, 03 medical and health sciences, CHFR, Genetics, Animals, Animal Fur, education, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, lcsh:SF1-1100, 030304 developmental biology, Tropical Climate, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Genetic diversity, Polymorphism, Genetic, Whole Genome Sequencing, biology, ved/biology, Taurine cattle, Homozygote, Haplotype, 0402 animal and dairy science, Thermogenesis, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, General Medicine, 040201 dairy & animal science, lcsh:Genetics, Haplotypes, Evolutionary biology, Cattle, Animal Science and Zoology, lcsh:Animal culture, Adaptation, Charolais cattle, Research Article
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MPE and SERO were funded by MINECO grant AGL2016-78709-R and from the EU through the BFU2016-77236-P (MINECO/AEI/FEDER, EU) and the “Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa 2016-2019″ award SEV-2015-0533. LCRA is funded by “Don Carlos Antonio López” Graduate program (BECAL) from Paraguay. YRC was funded by the European Union H2020 Research and Innovation programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant (P-Sphere) agreement No 6655919. This work was partially funded by the Animal Genetics Division of INRAE as part of the CHACUBA project. Y. Rodriguez-Valera was funded by the France Embassy in Havana (Cuba) and INRAE.

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2021
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4. Farming intensity indirectly reduces crop yield through negative effects on agrobiodiversity and key ecological functions

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Rémi Duflot, Magali San-Cristobal, Emilie Andrieu, Jean-Philippe Choisis, Diane Esquerré, Sylvie Ladet, Annie Ouin, Justine Rivers-Moore, David Sheeren, Clélia Sirami, Mathieu Fauvel, Aude Vialatte, Dynamiques et écologie des paysages agriforestiers (DYNAFOR), École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Systèmes d'élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux (UMR SELMET), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère (CESBIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), This work was supported by the MUESLI project funded by IDEX ATS Toulouse (Initiative D’EXcellence, Toulouse INP, France) and the SECOMOD project funded by the Metaprogram ECOSERV (INRAE, Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’alimentation et l’Environnement, France)., École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse [ENSAT]-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), and Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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tuotto, conservation biological control, PLS-PM, conventional farming, 03 medical and health sciences, Conventional farming, Ecosystem services, tehomaatalous, maanviljely, 030304 developmental biology, [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, 2. Zero hunger, 0303 health sciences, Ecology, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, 15. Life on land, Prey cards, biodiversiteetti, ekosysteemipalvelut, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], 040103 agronomy & agriculture, agroekologia, 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, prey cards, Animal Science and Zoology, Conservation biological control, Agronomy and Crop Science, Agroecology, biologinen torjunta
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International audience; Farming intensity and landscape heterogeneity influence agrobiodiversity and associated ecological functions. The relative contributions of these agroecosystem components to agricultural production remain unclear because of inter-relations and weather-dependant variations. Using a structural equation modelling approach, we estimated direct and indirect contributions of farming intensity (soil management, pesticide use and fertilisation) and landscape heterogeneity (of semi-natural covers and crop mosaic) to cereal crop production, in 54 fields (mostly wheat), in two years (24 and 30 fields). Indirect effects were evaluated through agrobiodiversity (carabid and plant communities) and ecological functions (pollination and pest control). In 2016, farming intensity had the largest direct positive effect on cereal crop yield, followed by agrobiodiversity (74% of the farming intensity impact) and ecological functions. However, the direct benefits of farming intensity were halved due to negative indirect effects, as farming intensity negatively affected within-field biodiversity and ecological functions. Overall, agrobiodiversity and farming intensity had equal net contributions to cereal crop yields, while heterogeneity of the crop mosaic enhanced biodiversity. In 2017, neither higher farming intensity nor agrobiodiversity and ecological functions could lift cereal production, which suffered from unfavourable meteorological conditions. Semi-natural habitats supported agrobiodiversity. Our study suggests that a reduction of farming intensity combined with higher heterogeneity of crop mosaic can enhance the benefits of ecological functions towards crop production. Semi-natural covers seem to play an essential role in the face of climatic events, by supporting agrobiodiversity and the potential resilience of the agroecosystem functioning.

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2022
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