Department of Plant Sciences

Projects

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• 633 Active
• 1425 Finished

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  The hidden potential of the seed microbiome: How does the seed microbiome shape seed performance and plant drought resilience?

  Borgo, E. (PhD candidate) & Bentsink, L. (Promotor)

  1/04/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• LTER-LIFE

  van der Plas, T. (PI), Athanasiadis, I. (CoPI) & Lu, Z. (CoPI)

  1/04/25 → 1/04/27

  Project: PostDoc

• Breaking Regeneration Recalcitrancy: Dissecting Regeneration Response using Induced Transcription Factors

  Syafii, S. (PhD candidate), Willemsen, V. (Promotor) & Heidstra, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Understanding and applying soil-microbiome-mediated control of Striga

  Bhat, S. S. (PhD candidate), Rodenburg, J. (Promotor), Ajal, J. (Co-promotor) & de Boer, W. (Other)

  1/04/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Environmental modulation of protein mobility in land plants

  Mishra, N. (PhD candidate), Pierik, R. (Promotor), Willemsen, V. (Promotor), Romanowski, A. (Co-promotor) & de Keijzer, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Causal Machine Learning for sustainable smallholder farming in Africa

  Quintero Puentes, D. (PhD candidate) & Athanasiadis, I. (Promotor)

  1/04/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• CROPXR onion late drought

  Palaiochorinos, F. (PhD candidate), Bai, Y. (Promotor), van der Linden, G. (Co-promotor) & Torres Sanchez, D. (Other)

  1/04/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Growing under times of stress: how the BAP/D transcription factor and COP1/SPA ubiquitin ligase complexes drive plasticity

  Winter, R. (PhD candidate), Pierik, R. (Promotor) & Toledo Ortiz, G. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Model-based climate monitoring and control in CEA for resource efficient production

  Fadilah, N. (PhD candidate), Marcelis, L. (Promotor) & Heuvelink, E. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Exploring management options to affect Basal Stem Rot in Oil Palm in Indonesia

  mr Setiawan, N. (PhD candidate), Descheemaeker, K. (Promotor) & Etalo, D. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/25 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Stem Rot 100%

• Winning the battle early: enhancing our understanding of pest egg-killing cell death responses for crop resistance breeding

  Fan, L. (PhD candidate), Fatouros, N. (Promotor), Bouwmeester, K. (Co-promotor) & Caarls, L. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Metabolic regulation of flavour and health-related metabolites in banana fruit

  Reninta, R. (PhD candidate), Bai, Y. (Promotor) & Bovy, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/25 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Fruit Quality 100%
  • Nutritive Value 50%
  • Sensation of Taste 50%

• Explaining the variability in emissions from dairy houses and the field-application of manure

  Schep, C. (PhD candidate), Groot Koerkamp, P. (Promotor) & Mosquera Losada, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• The restoration ecology of saproxylic biodiversity in deadwood-deprived landscapes

  Buesink, R. (PhD candidate) & Schranz, E. (Promotor)

  1/03/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Sensing Sodium: The First Step Towards Salt Tolerance in Plants

  Ortega Ortega, S. (PhD candidate), Testerink, C. (Promotor) & Bentsink, L. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Control of Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants

  van den Berg, F. (PhD candidate), Testerink, C. (Promotor) & Chung, K. P. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Micropollutant uptake and transformation in constructed wetland plants

  Ilchmann, S. (PhD candidate), Sutton, N. (Promotor), Karlova, R. (Co-promotor), Wagner, T. (Co-promotor) & van Leeuwen, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Biogeography of root-knot nematodes and associated microbiomes at a European scale

  Willemsen, I. (PhD candidate), Helder, H. (Promotor) & Goverse, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• GreenTE - Mechanosensing pathways during seed drying

  Nogueira Ferreira, M. J. (PI) & Silva Artur, M. (Project Leader)

  1/02/25 → 1/02/28

  Project: PostDoc

• The Agronomy of Carbon: bringing realism to soil carbon sequestration in European soils

  Vidal Morant, M. (PhD candidate), Descheemaeker, K. (Promotor), Hijbeek, R. (Co-promotor) & de Wit, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Characterization and Optimization of Salicornia Biomass Quality under Saline and Contaminated Soils

  Turato, E. (PhD candidate), Schranz, E. (Promotor) & Trindade, L. (Promotor)

  15/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Carbon and nutrient cycling in regenerative systems

  van den Berg, L. (PhD candidate), van Eekeren, N. (Promotor), Hoek van Dijke, A. (Co-promotor) & Vidal, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• “Plug & Play”: Combining plant virus-derived VLPs and microalgae production platform towards a toolkit for biotechnological applications

  Zutt, E. (PhD candidate), Kormelink, R. (Promotor), D'Adamo, S. (Co-promotor) & Matsumura, E. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Biological pest control with biodiversity in and around greenhouses.

  Estublier, F. (PhD candidate), Messelink, G. (Promotor) & Bianchi, F. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Small RNA inheritance in plants: from molecules to mechanisms

  Dirkmaat, J. (PhD candidate), Pierik, R. (Promotor) & Nodine, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Developing models and approaches to breed for resilient and diversified agricultural systems

  Wellens, M. (PhD candidate), Maliepaard, C. (Promotor), Bourke, P. (Co-promotor) & Haug, B. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Factors determining grass – white clover population dynamics

  Janssen, P. (PhD candidate), van Eekeren, N. (Promotor) & Hofmeijer, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Mechanisms of root microbiome recruitment under drought stress in Solanaceae

  van der Wielen, N. (PhD candidate), Testerink, C. (Promotor) & Karlova, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Microbiome 100%
  • Solanaceae 100%

• Biocontrol potential of Orius albidipennis and Nabis spp in East-African chrysanthemum cutting production

  Rwotonen, B. (PhD candidate), Messelink, G. (Promotor), Kruidhof, M. (Co-promotor) & Okello, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Nabis 100%
  • Orius albidipennis 100%
  • Chrysanthemum 100%
  • Thysanoptera 50%
  • Rooting 37%

• Mosquito Ecology and Surveillance

  Blom, R. (PI), Wertheim, B. (CoI) & Koenraadt, S. (CoI)

  1/01/25 → 1/01/26

  Project: PostDoc

• The effect of strip cropping on weed diversity

  Moinat, E. (PhD candidate), Bianchi, F. (Promotor), Bongers, F. (Co-promotor) & Hofmeijer, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Integrating hidden traits into a digital twin rice model under controlled environment

  Sun, (PhD candidate), Marcelis, L. (Promotor), Heuvelink, E. (Co-promotor) & Smolenová, K. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Developing a Network-Based Approach for Identifying Optimal Gene Pyramiding Patterns in Polyploid Alfalfa and Sugarcane

  Su, D. (PhD candidate), Maliepaard, C. (Promotor) & Bourke, P. (Co-promotor)

  20/12/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Dissecting the genetic basis of rhizome formation in polyploid sugarcane

  Quan, H. (PhD candidate), Maliepaard, C. (Promotor) & Bourke, P. (Co-promotor)

  20/12/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Understanding and Responding to Aphid vectored Potato Virus Y

  Dejong, M. (PhD candidate) & van der Vlugt, R. (Promotor)

  1/12/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Potato Virus Y 100%
  • Polyvinyl Alcohol 100%
  • Seed Certification 50%
  • Flight 50%
  • Myzus Persicae 50%

• Unravelling Fruit Evolution in Solanaceae Through Gene Regulation

  Thoris, K. (PI) & Bemer, M. (PI)

  1/12/24 → 1/01/26

  Project: PostDoc

• Real-time monitoring of surface and soil water quality

  Maulana, F. (PhD candidate), Keesman, K. (Promotor) & Cheng, X. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Soil Water Quality 100%
  • Real Time 100%
  • Farmland 50%

• Computational pangenomics

  Flege, P. (PhD candidate), de Ridder, D. (Promotor) & Smit, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• How do cells communicate during seed germination?

  Joemmanbaks, T. (PhD candidate), Bentsink, L. (Promotor) & Silva Artur, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Self-medication of honeybees using fungi

  Zeelenberg, J. (PhD candidate), Aanen, D. (Promotor), Pannebakker, B. (Promotor) & Panziera, D. (Other)

  1/12/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Microbe-induced resistance in Capsicum to the green peach aphid

  Rood, F. (PhD candidate), Poelman, E. (Promotor) & Kloth, K. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Lifetime Productivity of Sheep Under Enset (Ensete ventricosum) Based Mixed Farming System: Exploring Trade-offs, Nitrogen Cycle Efficiency and Methane Emissions by NUANCES-FARMSIM Model

  Ekule, M. (PhD candidate) & Descheemaeker, K. (Promotor)

  15/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• CropXR WP5.4: Maintaining seed yield and seed germination under abiotic stress, a spatial transcriptomics view.

  Jansen, M. (PI) & Bentsink, L. (Project Leader)

  1/11/24 → 1/11/27

  Project: PostDoc

• Phylogenomics of plasticity in plant defence signalling

  Nederlof, Y. (PhD candidate), Poelman, E. (Promotor) & Bouwmeester, K. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Destiny: DEsign and SusTainability Assessment of Innovative biomass production systems and value-chains in the BioecoNomY

  Cano Alfañar, S. (PhD candidate), Trindade, L. (Promotor) & Slegers, E. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• The potential of diversification of farming systems with legumes to improve agricultural productivity under climate stress in Africa.

  Joshi, N. (PhD candidate), Descheemaeker, K. (Promotor), Ramirez Villegas, J. (Promotor) & van Loon, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Agricultural Productivity 100%
  • Cereal-legume 100%
  • Food Security 100%

• Optimizing Potato Root Developmental Plasticity for Drought Stress Resilience

  Chumsawat, W. (PhD candidate), Bonnema, G. (Promotor), Testerink, C. (Promotor), Bergonzi, S. (Co-promotor) & Karlova, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• How anecic earthworm L. terrestris can help improving water regulation in pastures

  van de Logt, R. (PhD candidate), van Eekeren, N. (Promotor), Deru, J. (Co-promotor) & Vidal, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Land Use 100%

• Revealing drivers of bacteriophage diversity by combining bioinformatics and modelling

  de Bruijn, T. (PhD candidate), Medema, M. (Promotor), Zwaan, B. (Promotor), Doekes, H. (Co-promotor) & Kupczok, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Enhancing the Resilience of Mongolian Grasslands: Integrating Data from Satellites and Hand-held Devices

  Ganbold, B. (PhD candidate), de Beurs, K. (Promotor) & Tsendbazar, N. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD