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2009
- Davey, Mark, Neil Graham, Bartel Vanholme, Rony Swennen, Sean May, et Johan Keulemans. 2009. Heterologous oligonucleotide microarrays for transcriptomics in a non-model species; a proof-of-concept study of drought stress in Musa. BMC Genomics 10, no. 1: 436. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-436. [Link]
2008
- Azhar M, Heslop-Harrison J.S. Genomes, diversity and resistance gene analogues in Musa species. Cytogenet Genome Res 121:59–66 (2008) [link]
- Mbéguié-A-Mbéguié D., Hubert O., Fils-Lycaon B., Chillet M., Baurens F.C. (2008). EIN3-like gene expression during fruit ripening of Cavendish banana (Musa acuminata cv. Grande naine). Physiologia plantarum, 133 (2) : 435-448. [link]
- R. Boonruangrod, D. Desai, S. Fluch, M. Berenyi and K. Burg (2008). Identification of cytoplasmic ancestor gene-pools of Musa acuminata colla and Musa balbisiana Colla and their hybrids by chloroplast and mitochondrial haplotyping. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. Dec;118(1):43-55. Epub 2008 Sep 2. [link]
- de Capdeville G., Souza Junior M. T., Szinay D., Diniz L., Wijnker E., de Jong H., Swennen R., Kema G. H. J. and De Jong H., 2008. The potential of high-resolution BAC-FISH in banana breeding. Euphytica DOI 10.1007/s10681-008-9830-2. [link]
- Hribova, E., Dolezelova, M., Dolezel, J.: Localization of BAC clones on mitotic chromosomes of Musa acuminata using fluorescence in situ hybridization. - Biologia Plantarum 52(3): 445-452, 2008
- Carpentier SC, Panis B, Vertommen A, Swennen R, Sergeant K, Renaut J, Laukens K, Witters E, Samyn B, Devreese B. Proteome analysis of non-model plants: A challenging but powerful approach. Mass Spectrom Rev. 2008 Jul-Aug;27(4):354-77. [link]
- Roux N., Baurens F.C., Doležel J., Hribová E., Heslop-Harrison J.S., Town C., Sasaki T., Matsumoto T., Aert R., Remy S., Souza M. and Lagoda P. 2008. Genomics of banana and plantain (Musa spp.), Major staple crops in the tropics. Pp. 83-111 in Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants (Moore P and Ming R eds.). Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models Vol 1. Springer, New York.[link]
- R. N. G. Miller, D. J. Bertioli, F.C. Baurens, C. M.R. Santos, P. C. Alves, N. F. Martins, R. C. Togawa, M. T. Souza Junior, G. J. Pappas Junior.
Analysis of non-TIR NBS-LRR resistance gene analogs in Musa acuminata Colla: Isolation, RFLP marker development, and physical mapping. BMC Plant Biology 2008, 8:15 (30 January 2008)[link] - M. Lescot, P. Piffanelli, A. Y. Ciampi, M. Ruiz, G. Blanc, J. Leebens-Mack, F. R da Silva, C. M.R Santos, A. D'Hont, O. Garsmeur, A. D Vilarinhos, H. Kanamori, T. Matsumoto, C. M Ronning, F. Cheung, B. J Haas, R. Althoff, T. Arbogast, E. Hine, G. J Pappas Jr, T. Sasaki, M. T Souza Jr, R. N. G. Miller, J.C. Glaszmann, C. D Town.
Insights into the Musa genome: syntenic relationships to rice and between Musa species. BMC Genomics 2008, 9:58 [link]
- Pedreschi R., Hertog M., Carpentier S., Lammertyn J., Robben J., Noben J.-P., Panis B., Swennen R. and Nicolai B. M., 2008. Treatment of missing values for multivariate statistical analysis of gel-based proteomics data. Proteomics 8:1371-1383. [link]
- Gilberto Manzo-Sánchez, Marie-Françoise Zapater, Francisco Luna-Martínez, Laura Conde-Ferráez, Jean Carlier, Andrew James-Kay and June Simpson. (2008) Construction of a genetic linkage map of the fungal pathogen of banana Mycosphaerella fijiensis, causal agent of black leaf streak disease., March 2008. Current Genetics. 53 No. 5. [link]
- Santy Peraza-Echeverria James L. Dale Æ, Rob M. Harding, Mike K. Smith, Chris Collet. 2008. Characterization of disease resistance gene candidates of the nucleotide binding site (NBS) type from banana and correlation of a transcriptional polymorphism with resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 4. Molecular Breeding. Vol. 22, No.4 (10.1007/s11032-008-9199-x). [link]
- Endah, R., Beyene, G., Kiggundu A., Van den Berg, N., Kunert, K. and Chikwamba, R. (2008) Elicitor and pathogen-induced expression of NPR-1 like genes in banana. Plant Physiol Biochem. 2008 Nov;46(11):1007-14. [link]
- Khoyratty S, Souza MT, Jaufeerally-Fakim Y (2008) Structural analysis of catalase from two Musa accessions, FHIA18 and Williams, and from Ravenala madagascariensis. In Silico Biology 8, 0032 (2008); [Link]
2007
- J. S. Heslop-Harrison and T. Schwarzacher
Domestication, Genomics and the Future for Banana
Ann Bot 2007 100: 1073-1084 - Carpentier S.C., itters E., Laukens K., Onckelen H.V., Swennen R. and Panis B.
Banana (Musa spp.) as a model to study the meristem proteome: Acclimation to osmotic stress. Proteomics 2007, 7, 92–105 - J.H. Caamal-Velazquez a, B.H. Chi-Manzanero a, J.J. Canche-Yama, E. Castano b, L.C. Rodriguez-Zapata.
Low temperature induce differential expression genes in banana fruits 2007. Scientia Horticulturae 114 (2007) 83-89. - Azhar M. and Heslop-Harrison JS.
Genomes, diversity and resistance gene analogues in Musa species.2008. Cytogenetic and Genome Research In press Dec 2007. - Hribova, E., Dolezelova, M., Town, C.D., Macas, J., Dolezel, J.:
Isolation and characterization of the highly repeated fraction of the banana genome. - Cytogenet Genome Res 2007
- Samyn B., Sergeant K., Carpentier S.C., Debyser G., Panis B., Swennen R. and Beeumen J.V.
Functional Proteome Analysis of the Banana Plant (Musa spp.) Using de Novo Sequence Analysis of Derivatized Peptides. Journal of Proteome Research 2007, 6, 70-80
- Vertommen A., Carpentier S.C., Remmerie N., Witters E., Swennen R. and Panis B.
Towards The Identification Of Protein Complexes In Banana (Musa spp). Meristems. Comm. Appl. Biol. Sci, Ghent University, 72/1, 2007 - Carpentier S.C., Dens K., Van den houwe I., Swennen R., Panis B.
Lyophilization, a practical way to store and transport tissues prior to protein extraction for 2DE analysis? Proteomics 2007 S1: 64-69. - Santy Pereza-Echeverria, Andrew James-Kay, Blondy Canto-Canché, Eduardo Castillo-Castro.
Structural and phylogenetic analysis of Pto-type disease resistance gene candidates in banana. Mol. Genet. Genomics. (2007) DOI 10.1007/s00438-007-0262-9. Print version not yet available. - Laura Conde- Ferraez, Cees Waalwijk, Blondy B. Canto.Canche, Gert H.J. Kema, Pedro W. Crous, Andrew C. James Kay and Edwin C.A. Abeln.
Isolation and characterization of the mating type locus of Mycosphaerella fijiensis, the causal agent of black leaf streak disease of banana. Mol. Plant Pathol. ( 2007) 8(1), 111-120 - Blondy Canto.Canché, Diana K.Guillén-Maldonado, Leticia Peraza- Echeverria, Laura Conde-Ferráez, Andrew James-Kay.
Construction and characterization of a bacterial artificial chromosome library of the causal agent of Black Sigatoka fungal leaf spot disease of banana and plantain, Mycosphaerella fijiensis. Mol. Biotechnol. (2007) 36: 64-70 - C.M. Rodriguez-Garcia, N. Raigosa-Flores, L. Conde-Ferráez, L. Peraza-Echeverria, B. Canto-Canché and A. James-Kay. Can.
Variation in electrophoretic karyotype among Mexican isolates of Mycosphaerella fijiensis. J. Plant Pathol. (2006) 38: 236-241 - Thomas J. Oh, Margaret A. Cullis, Karl Kunert, Iris Engelborghs, Rony Swennen and Christopher A. Cullis.
Genomic changes associated with somaclonal variation in banana (Musa spp.). Physiologia Plantarum Published article online: 12-Feb-2007 doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.00858.x - Cheung F. and Town C.D
A BAC end view of the Musa acuminata genome. BMC Plant Biology 2007, 7:29 [link] - Thomas-Hall S.,Campbell P.R., Carlens K., Kawanishi E., Swennen R., Laszlo Sagi L., and Schenk P.M.
Phylogenetic and molecular analysis of the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit gene family in banana. Journal of Experimental Botany, 1:13. - Remans T., Iram S., Shuey L., Jaufeerally-Fakim Y. and Schenk P.M.
Banana Streak Virus: a Highly Diverse Plant Pararetrovirus Plant viruses. - Mbeguie-A-Mbeguie D., Hubert O., Sabau X., Chillet M., Fils-Lycaon B., And Baurens F.C.
Use of Suppression Subtractive Hybridization approachto identify genes differentially expressed during early banana fruit development undergoing changes in ethylene responsiveness. Plant Science (2007)172: 1025-1036
- H.C. Lohithaswa, F.A. Feltus, H. P. Singh, C.D. Bacon, C. D. Bailey, and A.H. Paterson. 2007. Leveraging rice genome sequence for comparative genomics in monocots. TAG.
- Markku Häkkinen, Chee How Teo, Yasmin Rofina Othman (2007) Genome Constitution for Musa beccarii N.W. Simmonds (Musaceae) varieties. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 2007 45 (1): 69-74 ISSN: 0529-1526 CN: 11-1897/Q
2006
- Juan Bernardo Perez-Hernandez, Rony Swennen and Laszlo Sagi.
Number and accuracy of T-DNA insertions in transgenic banana (Musa spp.) plants characterized by an improved anchored PCR technique. Transgenic Research (2006) 15:139-150 - Smith M.K., S.D. Hamill, P.W. Langdon, J.E. Giles, V.J. Doogan & K.G. Pegg.
Towards the development of a Fusarium wilt race 4 resistant Cavendish banana following gamma irradiation of micropropagated Dwarf Parfitt ( Musa sp., Cavendish (AAA) subgroup). Aust. J. Exp. Agric. (2006). 46(1) 107-113 - Brand, S., Hoelscher, D., Schierhorn, A., Svatos, A., Schroeder, J., Schneider, B.:
A type III polyketide synthase from Wachendorfia thyrsiflora and its role in diarylheptanoid and phenylphenalenone biosynthesis. Planta 224, 413 (2006)
2005
- Bartos J., Alkhimova, O., Dolezelova, M., De Langhe, E., Dolezel, J. 2005.
Nuclear genome size and genomic distribution of ribosomal DNA in MusaEnsete (Musaceae): taxonomic implications. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 109(1-3): 50-57. - Carpentier S.C., Witters E., Laukens K., Deckers P., Swennen R. and Panis B. Preparation of protein extracts from recalcitrant plant tissues: An evaluation of different methods for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis. Proteomics 2005, 5, 2497–2507
- Buhariwalla H.K., Jarret, R., Jayashree, B., Crouch, J.H., Ortiz, R. 2005.
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from Musa balbisiana. Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 327-330. - Coemans B., H. Matsumura , R. Terauchi , S. Remy , R. Swennen , L. Sagi (2005).
SuperSAGE combined with PCR walking allows global gene expression profiling of banana (Musa acuminata), a non-model organism. Theor Appl Genet. 2005 Oct;111(6):1118-26. - Ge X.J., Liu, M.H., Wang, W.K., Schaal, B.A., Chiang, T.Y. 2005. Population structure of wild bananas, Musa balbisiana, in China determined by SSR fingerprinting and cpDNA PCR-RFLP. Molecular Ecology 14: 933-944.
- Geering A.D.W., Olszewski, N.O., Harper, G., Lockhart, B.E.L., Hull , R., Thomas, J.E. 2005.
Banana contains a diverse array of endogenous badnaviruses. Journal of General Virology 86(2): 511-520. - Geering A.D.W., M. M. Pooggin, N. E. Olszewski, B. E. L. Lockhart, & J. E. Thomas (2005).
Characterisation of Banana streak Mysore virus and evidence that its DNA is integrated in the B genome of cultivated Musa. Arch Virol. 2005 Apr;150(4):787-96. - Noyer J.L., S. Causse, K. Tomekpe, A. Bouet and F.C. Baurens (2005)
A new image of plantain diversity assessed by SSR, AFLP and MSAP markers. Genetica May;124(1):61-9.. - Remans T., Grof, C.P.L., Ebert, P.R., Schenk, P.M. 2005.
Identification of functional sequences in the pregenomic RNA promoter of the banana streak virus Cavendish strain (BSV-Cav). Virus Research 108(1): 177-186. - Remy S., Thiry, E., Coemans, B., Windelinckx, S., Swennen, R., S�gi, L. 2005.
Improved T-DNA vector for tagging plant promoters via high-throughput luciferase screening. BioTechniques 38(5): 763-770. - Rudd S., H-W. Mewes, and K. F.X. Mayer. 2005.
Sputnik: a database platform for comparative plant genomics. Nucleic Acids Research, 2003,Vol.31,No.1 - Santos C.M., Martins N.F., Horberg H.M., de Almeida E.R., Coelho M.C., Togawa R.C., da Silva F.R., Caetano A.R., Miller R.N., Souza M.T. Jr. 2005.
Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Musa acuminata ssp. burmannicoides, var. Calcutta 4 (AA) leaves submitted to temperature stresses. Theor Appl Genet. 2005 May;110(8):1517-22. - Nair A S, Teo CH Schwartzecher T and Heslop Harrison J S 2005 Genome classification of banana cultivars from South India using IRAP marker Euphytica 144:285-290
- Ortiz-Vazquez E., D. Kaemmer, H-B. Zhang, J. Muth, M. Rodriguez- Mendiola, C.Arias-Castro and Andrew James. 2005.
Construction and characterisation of a BIBAC genomic library for the diploid banana cultivar Musa acuminata cv.Tuu Gia. Theor. Appl. Genet. 110: 706-713. - Xu C X, Panis B, Strosse H et al.
Establishment of embryogenic cell suspensions and plant regeneration of the dessert banana Williams (Musa AAA group). Journal of Horticultural science and biotechnology, 2005, 80(5): 523-528
2004
- Aert R., Sagi, L., Volckaert, G. 2004.
Gene content and density in banana (Musa acuminata) as revealed by genomic sequencing of BAC clones. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 109(1): 129-139. - Bhat K.V., Amaravathi, Y., Gautam, P.L., Velayudhan, K.C. 2004. AFLP characterization and genetic diversity analysis of indian banana and plantain cultivars (Musa spp.). Plant Genetic Resources 2(2): 121-130.
- Khanna H., Becker, D., Kleidon, J., Dale, J. 2004.
Centrifugation assisted Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation (CAAT) of embryogenic cell suspensions of banana (Musa spp. 'Cavendish' AAA and 'Lady finger' AAB). Molecular Breeding 14(3): 239-252. - Onguso J.M., Kahangi, E.M., Ndiritu, D.W., Mizutani, F. 2004. Genetic characterization of cultivated bananas and plantains in Kenya by RAPD markers. Scientia Horticulturae 99(1): 9-20.
- Ramage C.M., Borda, A.M., Hamill , S.D. , Smith, M.K. 2004.
A simplified PCR test for early detection of 'Dwarf' off-types in micropropagated 'Cavendish' bananas (Musa spp. AAA). Scientia Horticulturae 103(1): 135-138. - Ruiz M., Rouard, M., Raboin, L.M., Lartaud, M., Lagoda, P., Courtois, B. 2004.
TropGENE-DB, a multi-tropical crop information system. Nucleic Acids Research 32(Suppl. 1): D364-D367. - Safar J., Noa-Carrazana, J.C., Vrana, J., Bartos, J., Alkhimova, O., Sabau, X., Simkova, H., Lheureux, F., Caruana, M.L., Dolezel, J., Piffanelli, P. 2004.
Creation of a BAC resource to study the structure and evolution of the banana (Musa balbisiana) genome. Genome 47(6): 1182-1191.
2003
- Baurens F.C., Bonnot, F., Bienvenu, D., Causse, S., Legavre, T. 2003.
Using SD-AFLP and MSAP to assess CCGG methylation in the banana genome. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 21(4): 339-348. - Creste S., Tulmann Neto, A., Silva, S.O., Figueira, A. 2003.
Genetic characterization of banana cultivars (Musa spp.) from Brazil using microsatellite markers. Euphytica 132(3): 259-268. - Nwakanma D.C. , Pillay, M., Okoli, B.E., Tenkouano, A. 2003. PCR-RFLP of the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers (ITS) provides markers for the A and B genomes in Musa L.. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 108(1): 154-159.
- Nwakanma D.C. , Pillay, M., Okoli, B.E., Tenkouano, A. 2003.
Sectional relationships in the genus Musa L. inferred from the PCR-RFLP of organelle DNA sequences. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 107: 850-856. - Sala F., Rigano, M.M., Barbante, A., Basso, B., Walmsley, A.M., Castiglione, S. 2003.
Vaccine antigen production in transgenic plants: strategies, gene constructs and perspectives. Vaccine 21(7/8): 803-808. - Yang I.C., Iommarini, J.P., Becker, D.K., Hafner, G.J., Date, J.L., Harding, R.M. 2003.
A promoter derived from taro bacilliform Badnavirus drives strong expression in transgenic banana and tobacco plants. Plant Cell Reports 21(12): 1199-1206
Proceedings
- Takuji Sasaki , Takashi Matsumoto , Nobukazu Namiki , Franc Christophe Baurens , Manoel Souza , PatHeslop-Harrison , Jarsolav Dolezel , Mathieu Rouard and Nicolas Roux. Fundamental Insights Into The Musa Genome Based On EST And BAC. PAG meeting XV San Diego USA.
- Isabelle Hippolyte , Frederic Bakry , Francoise Carreel , Christophe Jenny , Elizabeth Arnaud , Nicolas Roux, Jean-Christophe Glaszmann , Ange-Marie Risterucci , Olivier Garsmeur ,Angelique D'Hont and Franc-Christophe Baurens. PAG meeting XV San Diego USA Progress Of Musa (Banana and Plantain) Genetic Diversity And Genome Analysis At Agropolis-CIRAD
- Ange-Marie Risterucci,Isabelle Hippolyte, Vanessa Caig, Jason Carling, Margaret Evers, Grzegorz Uszynski,Peter Wenzl, Ling Xia, Eric Huttner, Jean Christophe Glaszmann and Andrzej Kilian.
DArT, a whole genome profiling method for high-troughput genotyping of Musa. Plant genomics European Meetings, 11-14 october 2006, Venice, Italy
- Vroh Bi I., Tenkouano A. 2006.
Assessment of linkage disequilibrium for candidate gene identification and marker-assisted breeding in Musa spp. (bananas and plantains). in Proceedings of the 5th Plant Genomics European Meetings, 11-14 October 2006, Venice, Italy - Hribova E., Macas J., Dolezelova M., Dolezel J. 2006
Characterization of the highly repeated part of the banana genome. In Abstracts of the 5th Plant Genomics European Meetings. P. 205. The Italian Plant Genomics Network, Venice, Italy - Alkhimova O.G., Hribova, E., Dolezelova, M., Dolezel, J. 2004.
Identification of Musa chromosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization with BAC clones. Pp. 22 in 1st international congress on Musa: Harnessing research to improve livelihoods. Abstract guide (Picq, C. (ed.), Vezina, A. (ed.). International Congress on Musa; I. Penang (MYS), 2004/07/06-09. INIBAP, Montpellier , France . - Dolezel J. 2004.
Cytogenetic and cytometric analysis of nuclear genome in Musa. Pp. 245-249 in Banana improvement: cellular, molecular biology, and induced mutations (Jain, S.M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.). Proceedings from a meeting. Leuven , Belgium , 2001/09/24-28. Science Publishers, Enfield , USA . - Dolezel J., Valarik, M., Vrana, J., Lysak, M.A., Hribova, E., Bartos, J., Gasmanova, N., Dolezelova, M., Safar, J., Simkova, H. 2004.
Molecular cytogenetics and cytometry of bananas (Musa spp.). Pp. 229-244 in Banana improvement: cellular, molecular biology, and induced mutations (Jain, S.M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.). Proceedings from a meeting. Leuven , Belgium 2001/09/24-28. Science Publishers, Enfield , USA . - Dolezelova M., Dolezel, J., Van den Houwe, I., Roux, N.S., Swennen, R. 2005.
Ploidy levels revealed. Infomusa 14(1) : 34-36. - Frison E.A., Escalant, J.V., Sharrock, S. 2004.
The global Musa genomic consortium: a boost for banana improvement. Pp. 341-349 in Banana improvement: cellular, molecular biology, and induced mutations (Jain, S.M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.). Proceedings from a meeting. Leuven , Belgium 2001/09/24-28. Science Publishers, Enfield , USA . - Hribova E., J. Macas & J. Dolezel (2005):
Isolation of highly repetitive DNA sequences in Musa acuminata using reassociation kinetics (Cot analysis). Abstracts of the International Conference �Plant and Animal Genome XIII�, P. 54. Sherago International, Inc., San Diego. - Jain S.M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.) 2004.
Banana improvement: cellular, molecular biology, and induced mutations. Proceedings from a meeting. Leuven , Belgium 2001/09/24-28. Science Publishers, Enfield , USA. - Kahl G. 2004.
The banana genome in focus: a technical perspective. Pp. 263-270 in Banana improvement: cellular, molecular biology, and induced mutations (Jain, S.M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.). Proceedings from a meeting. Leuven , Belgium 2001/09/24-28. Science Publishers, Enfield , USA. - Khayat E. 2004.
Discovery of functional genes in the Musa genome. Pp. 322-329 in Banana improvement: cellular, molecular biology, and induced mutations (Jain, S.M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.). Proceedings from a meeting. Leuven , Belgium , 2001/09/24-28. Science Publishers, Enfield , USA. - Pereza-Escheverria S., Dale, J., Khanna, H., Smith, M., Collet, C. 2004.
Potential resistance gene against Fusarium wilt race 4. Pp. 33 in 1st international congress on Musa: Harnessing research to improve livelihoods. Abstract guide (Picq, C. (ed.), Vezina, A. (ed.). International Congress on Musa; I. Penang (MYS), 2004/07/06-09. INIBAP, Montpellier , France. - Pillay M., Tenkouano, A., Ude, G., Ortiz, R. 2004.
Molecular characterization of genomes in Musa and its applications. Pp. 271-286 in Banana improvement: cellular, molecular biology, and induced mutations (Jain, S.M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.). Proceedings from a meeting. Leuven , Belgium , 2001/09/24-28. Science Publishers, Enfield , USA. - Roux N.S., Strosse, H., Toloza, A., Panis, B., Dolezel, J. 2004.
Detecting ploidy level instability of banana embryogenic cell suspension cultures by flow cytometry. Pp. 252-261 in Banana improvement: cellular, molecular biology, and induced mutations (Jain, S.M. (ed.), Swennen, R. (ed.). Proceedings from a meeting. Leuven , 2001/09/24-28. Science Publishers, Enfield ( USA ). - Teo C.H., Schwarzacher, T., Heslop-Harrison, J.S. 2004.
Diversity of LTR retrotransposons and their use as markers. Pp. 28 in 1st international congress on Musa: Harnessing research to improve livelihoods. Abstract guide (Picq, C. (ed.), Vezina, A. (ed.). International Congress on Musa; I. Penang (MYS), 2004/07/06-09. INIBAP, Montpellier .

