TIXIER Marie-Stephane
marie-stephane.tixier@supagro.fr
+33 4 30 63 04 24

Marie-Stéphane TIXIER

Professor, Institut Agro Montpellier

Area(s)

Collective responsibility(ies)

Director of Research, Institut Agro Montpellier
Member of CNECA section 2
Member of the Scientific Council of the INRAE SPE Department
Member of the Acarologia editorial committee
Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Society of Acarology
Treasurer of the European Acarology Association
Representative of the Institut Agro in the Biocontrol and Biostimulation Association

Marie-Stéphane Tixier a plus de 20 ans d’expérience dans la recherche et l’enseignement supérieur. Elle a dirigé le département “Biologie et écologie” de l’Institut Agro Montpellier (2014-2022) et en est actuellement la directrice de la recherche.

Elle dispense des enseignements en protection des plantes et en systématique, notamment appliqués à la lutte biologique contre les ravageurs. Elle coordonne un MOOC sur la taxonomie des arthropodes et des nématodes. Elle est spécialiste de la systématique des acariens prédateurs Phytoseiidae et de lutte biologique.

Ses recherches concernent (i) l’identification et la phylogénie de cette famille, et (ii) l’impact de la gestion agroécologique des parcelles sur les communautés d’acariens et les régulations biologiques. Elle est auteur de 111 publications scientifiques, 20 publications professionnelles, 94 communications lors de congrès et un site web contenant des clés d’identification en ligne. Elle développe des collaborations internationales et nationales, tant avec des partenaires académiques que professionnels. 

Mots-clés : Phytoseiidae, lutte biologique, biodiversité, acariens, taxonomie, agroécologie.

Last publications
Tabary* L., Kazakou E., Navia D., Garcia L. & Tixier M.-S. 2026. Linking Phytoseiidae mite communities to the traits of inter‐row plant species in an agroecological vineyard. Journal of Applied Entomology 150 : 20-36. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jen.70006)
Tabary* L., Kazakou E., Dutra de Oliveira Tomás V., Martin Lefevre L., Navia D., Tixier M.-S. & Garcia L. 2026. Multifunctionality of agroecological vineyards: Complex interactions between functional and taxonomic diversity of service crops and ecosystem services. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 401 : 110263. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110263)
Nève de Mévergnies* T., Delauney T., Tixier M.-S., Gendron Hoareau C., Huat J. & Chailleux A. 2026. Ecological and management drivers of pest regulation via multitrophic pathways in tropical insular agroecosystems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 397 : 110030. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.110030)
do Prado T.J., Godoy L.L., Barreto C., Rajoul H., Tixier M.-S., Merot A. & Navia D. 2025. Biodiversity of oribatid mites as a tool to monitor soil health in the agroecological transition: Digging deeper into French Mediterranean vineyards. Applied Soil Ecology 214 : 106358. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106358)
Bohloolzadeh M., Alba J.M., Serrano-Carnero D., Elragig A., Rodríguez-Gómez A., Bielza P., Legarrea S., Navajas M., Tixier M.-S., Paspati A., Recker M. & Montserrat M. 2025. Induced tomato defenses mediated by jasmonic acid do not have a major effect on the density of predator biological control agents. Journal of Pest Science 98 : 2339-2351. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-025-01941-y)
Gard B., Bardel A., Douin M., Perrin B. & Tixier M.-S. 2025. Laboratory and field studies to assess the efficacy of the predatory mite Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recki (Acari: Phytoseiidae) introduced via banker plants to control the mite pest Aculops lycopersici (Acari: Eriophyidae) on tomato. BioControl 70 : 179-191. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-024-10291-0)
Tabary* L., Garcia L., Kazakou E., Navia D. & Tixier M.-S. 2025. Ambulatory dispersal of phytoseiidae mites along vine stocks in an agroecological vineyard: unexpected patterns revealed. Experimental and Applied Acarology 95 : 53. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-025-01076-w)
Tabary* L., Garcia L., Kazakou E., Navia D. & Tixier M.-S. 2025. Ambulatory dispersal of phytoseiidae mites along vine stocks in an agroecological vineyard: unexpected patterns revealed. Experimental and Applied Acarology 95 : 53. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-025-01076-w)
Tabary* L., Garcia L., Kazakou E., Navia D. & Tixier M.-S. 2025. Ambulatory dispersal of phytoseiidae mites along vine stocks in an agroecological vineyard: unexpected patterns revealed. Experimental and Applied Acarology 95 : 53. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-025-01076-w)
Tixier M.-S., Charalabidis A., Douin M. & Feugnet S. 2025. Behavior of Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recki confronted to a combination of plants and food: pollen, Tetranychus urticae and Aculops lycopersici for companion plant use. Experimental and Applied Acarology 94 : 25. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-024-00996-3)