INTERNATIONAL SUNFLOWER ASSOCIATION
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Last name :
CREUX
First name :
Nicky
Entrance year :
2025
Occupation :
Senior Lecturer and Researcher
Company :
Centre INRAE Occitanie-Toulouse
Email :
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Birthdate :
1979/06/20
Address :
Chemin de Borde Rouge CS 52627, 31326 Castanet Tolosan Cedex / France
Main fields of interest :
- Seeds, genetics
- Crop protection
- Plant physiology
Professional experience : * 2014 - 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Davis
- Sunflower floret development and regulation
* 2018 - 2025 Senior Lecturer University of Pretoria
- Research program focused on crop floral biology and environments
* 2026 - Centre INRAE Occitanie-Toulouse
Education : * BSc Molecular Biology University of Pretoria (1999-2002)
* BSc (Hons) Genetics University of Pretoria (2003 - 2004)
* MSc Genetics University of Pretoria (2004 - 2007)
* PhD Genetics University of Pretoria (2008 - 2013)
Selected publications : * Mangani, R., Mazarura, J., Matlou, S., Marquart, A., Archer, E. and CREUX, N., 2025. The impact of past and current district-level climatic shifts on maize production and the implications for South African farmers. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 156(2), p.109.
* Mapfumo P, Archer E, Swanevelder DZ, Wilken M, CREUX NM and Read D., 2025. Genomic Characterisation of Bidens mottle virus in South Africa and an Assessment of the Impact on Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) in an Open Field Setting. Plant Pathology 74: 1266-1276
* Mapfumo P, Buthelezi S, Wilkens M, Swanevelder D, Archer E and CREUX NM. 2024 Planting date and environmental effects on Sclerotinia head rot progression on sunflower. Plant Pathology 73 (5), 1112-1126
* Mangani R, Gunn KM and CREUX NM, 2023. Projecting the effect of climate change on planting date and cultivar choice for South African dryland maize production. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 341, p.109695.
* Catrice O, Holalu S, Terzić S, Todesco M, CREUX NM, Langlade NB. 2023 Progresses of the international community to understand sunflower–pollinator interactions through multiscale approaches. OCL 30 17, DOI: 10.1051/ocl/2023012
* Marshall CM, Thompson VL, CREUX NM, Harmer SL. 2023. The circadian clock controls temporal and spatial patterns of floral development in sunflower. eLife, 12, p.e80984.
* CREUX NM, Brown EA, Garner AG, Saeed S, Scher CL, Holalu SV, Yang D, Maloof JN, Blackman BK, Harmer SL. 2021. Flower orientation influences floral temperature, pollinator visits and plant fitness. New Phytologist 232: 868-879.
* Atamian HS, CREUX NM, Brown EA, Garner AG, Blackman BK, Harmer SL. 2016. Circadian regulation of sunflower heliotropism, floral orientation, and pollinator visits. Science 353: 587- 590.
