Microp: Harnessing the second genome of plants; Microbial imprinting for crop resilience.
We study the plant-microbiome interactions in order to enhance plant growth and resilience to environmental stress.
April 25, 2020
Nutrient Availablity
In MiCROP we will find new signaling molecules and unravel their production, transportation and perception that influence beneficial microbes under phosphate starvation.
In two projects funded by Chinese Scholarship Council, We study how phosphate starvation influences plant metabolism, and what the role of strigolactones is in these changes. We aim to fully elucidate strigolactone biosynthesis pathways in diverse plant species and explore their functional plasticity.
In a ‘Holland Innovative Potato’ project, we study how nitrogen influence plant metabolism, and which metabolites and microbes are essential for plant to obtain more nitrogen.
Projects
CSC: Elucidation of strigolactone biosynthesis pathways in Gramineae
Strigolactone biosynthesis in Gramineae (maize, rice, sorghum) and functional diversity of strigolactones.
April 25, 2017
CSC: Biosynthesis and role of strigolactones in the phosphate starvation response in tomato
We study how phosphate deficiency change plant metabolism, and what is the role of strigolactone in these changes. We also elucidate strigolactone biosynthesis in tomato.
April 25, 2015
