Implication dans les enseignements (TP,TD), le suivi des étudiants de L’institut Agro Montpellier.
Activités de recherche :
Acquisition de données morphométriques et de données expérimentales (biologiques)
Acquisition d’images
Acquisition de données de biologie moléculaire
Création et maintien des élevages d’acariens phytophages et prédateurs pour enseignement et recherche
Accompagnement des stagiaires de M1 et M2, doctorants et post-doctorants pour leur formation et certaines de leurs activités]
Mots-clés : Acarien, Phytoseiidae
Dernières publications
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)
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)
Tixier M.-S., Raeckelboom A., Tabary* L., Douin M., Navajas M. & Navia D. 2024. Ambulatory dispersal of Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recki Wainstein (Acari: Phytoseiidae) along Solanceae stem. Experimental and Applied Acarology 93 : 563-582. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-024-00946-z)
Tabary* L., Navia D., Steele R., Douin M. & Tixier M.-S. 2024. Impact of agroecological practices on Phytoseiidae communities in a vineyard of South of France: effect of covercrops and agroforestry. Experimental and Applied Acarology 93 : 369-395. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-024-00938-z)
Mertoglu Boz G., Tixier M.-S., Douin M. & Kumral N.A. 2024. Genetic and morphological features of some Turkish populations of Amblyseius swirskii (Athias-Henriot) (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Acarologia 64 : 1163-1174. (https://dx.doi.org/10.24349/la7w-80ps)
Tixier M.-S., Tabary L. & Douin M. 2022. Drivers for mutation in amino acid sequences of two mitochondrial proteins (Cytb and COI) in Phytoseiidae mites (Acari: Mesostigmata). Experimental and Applied Acarology 88 : 1-40. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-022-00741-8)
Tixier M.-S., Douin M., Lopes I., Migeon A., Fossoud A. & Navajas M. 2022. Genetic diversity of the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) with an overview of its distribution and implications for biological control. Biological Control 168 : 104841. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104841)
Queiroz M.C.V., Douin M., Sato M.E. & Tixier M.-S. 2021. Molecular variation of the cytochrome b DNA and protein sequences in Phytoseiulus macropilis and P. persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) reflect population differentiation. Experimental and Applied Acarology 84 : 687-701. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-021-00648-w)
Tixier M.-S., Perez Martinez S. & Douin M. 2021. Markers for life traits: the example of variations in morphology, molecular and amino acid sequences within the species Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recki Wainstein (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132 : 53–73. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa103)
Tixier M.-S., Auger P., Migeon A., Douin M., Fossoud A., Navajas M. & Arabuli T. 2021. Integrated taxonomy supports the identification of some species of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Georgia. Acarologia 61 : 824-844. (https://dx.doi.org/10.24349/m2Rp-WodG)
