Plant Breeding

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• 192 Finished

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  AI-assisted potato improvement to manage the plant destroyer Phytophthora

  Schrammel, B. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor) & Vleeshouwers, V. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• 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

• 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

• 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%

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Understanding the functionalities of agriculture waste streams to redesign crops.

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

  1/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Mitigation of negative temperature effects on curd induction and quality in cauliflower

  Syma, D. (PhD candidate), Bonnema, G. (Promotor), Immink, R. (Co-promotor) & Smit, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Effect of a tandem array of FLC genes on Brassica oleracea adaptation

  Xu, Y. (PhD candidate), Bonnema, G. (Promotor) & Keurentjes, J. (Promotor)

  1/09/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Enhancing plant responsiveness to biologicals: genetic foundations and prospects for transformative sustainable breeding.

  Sobhani, M. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor) & Wolters, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/08/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Towards sustainable powdery mildew resistance in tomato and pepper by combining resistance genes

  de Wildt, G. (PhD candidate), Bai, Y. (Promotor) & Wolters, A.-M. (Co-promotor)

  15/07/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• You have to lose to win: targeting susceptibility genes as an approach to combat necrotrophs in tomato and beyond

  Ramos Peregrina, Á. (PhD candidate), Bai, Y. (Promotor), Wolters, A.-M. (Co-promotor) & van Kan, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying potato tuber formation, growth, and yield under varying nitrogen availability

  Aben, J. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor), Pinto Espinosa, F. (Co-promotor) & van der Linden, G. (Co-promotor)

  1/05/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Living Ash: Investigating transcriptome to design molecular marker system for the rapid selection of healthy Living Ash to breed dieback disease tolerant genotypes.

  Murugan, B. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor), Buiteveld, J. (Co-promotor) & Smulders, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/05/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Physiological and molecular adaptations to drought stress in potato

  Gazale, M. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor), Anten, N. (Co-promotor) & van der Linden, G. (Co-promotor)

  1/05/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Unravelling Salinity Resistance in Quinoa

  Akin, F. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor), van Loo, R. (Co-promotor) & van der Linden, G. (Co-promotor)

  14/02/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Molecular Insights into Apomixis: Unraveling the Mechanisms of Asexual Reproduction

  Qian, H. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor), Arens, P. (Co-promotor) & Juranic, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• From Omics data to novel breeding targets in pepper

  Polácek, P. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor), Bovy, A. (Co-promotor) & Tikunov, Y. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Mining the Rhizosphere Microbiome for Potato Disease Suppression and Breeding

  Yan, L. (PhD candidate), Bai, Y. (Promotor), Cheng, X. (Promotor) & Vossen, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Mining of host specific rhizosphere microbiomes for improved resistance in potato.

  Yang, Y. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor), Hooykaas, M. (Co-promotor) & Li, H. (Other)

  1/09/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Lycopersicon 100%
  • Reproductive Organ 100%
  • Introgression 100%
  • Staples 100%
  • Agricultural Science 100%

• Machine-Learning based prediction of meiotic recombination

  Peñuela Aristizabal, M. (PI), van Dijk, A.-J. (Project Leader), Bai, Y. (CoI), Bouwmeester, K. (CoI) & Auxier, B. (CoI)

  1/07/23 → 30/06/25

  Project: PostDoc

• FieldHeat: Adapting tomato germplasm to the dry and humid heat of the Indian monsoonal climate

  Langedijk, S. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor) & van der Linden, G. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Fixation-Restitution Breeding – analysis and synthesis of haplotype compositions of diploid potato germplasm

  Clot, C. (PI) & van Eck, H. (Project Leader)

  1/06/23 → 1/09/26

  Project: PostDoc

• Durable tomato resistance to Geminiviruses

  Liu, D. (PhD candidate), Bai, Y. (Promotor) & Wolters, A.-M. (Co-promotor)

  15/04/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• How do lignification patterns affect Plant Architecture

  Zhang, W. (PhD candidate), Trindade, L. (Promotor) & Pancaldi, F. (Co-promotor)

  15/04/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Resistance to invasive Phytoplasma and Zebra Chip Disease in potato

  Wiedmer, J. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor) & Vleeshouwers, V. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Whitefly resistance in Capsicum

  Rini, E. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor) & Caarls, L. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• MIDAS - Marginal lands, industrial crops and innovative bio-based value chains

  Pancaldi, F. (PI) & Trindade, L. (Project Leader)

  1/03/23 → 28/02/27

  Project: PostDoc

• Novel variation in quinoa with mutation breeding and gene editing.

  van Vlaardingen, M. (PhD candidate), Trindade, L. (Promotor), Schaart, J. (Co-promotor) & van Loo, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Pepper_P.capsici: Effector screening and Genome Wide Association Studies to enable breeding for resistance to Phytophthora capsici

  Merino Martin, G. (PhD candidate), Bai, Y. (Promotor), Gabriels, S. (Co-promotor) & Vleeshouwers, V. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Phytophthora capsici 100%
  • Infectious Agent 100%
  • Hypersensitive Response 100%
  • Genome-Wide Association Study 100%
  • Oomycetes 66%

• Dissecting cold tolerance mechanisms in potato and their cross-talk with tuberisation

  Tu, B. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor) & Bergonzi, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Cold Tolerance 100%
  • Freezing Tolerance 100%
  • Cold Stress 60%
  • Developmental Stage 40%
  • Stress Tolerance 40%

• SeaSeeds

  Holm, H. (PhD candidate), Trindade, L. (Promotor), Willemsen, V. (Promotor), Ketelaar, T. (Co-promotor) & van der Linden, O. (Other)

  1/10/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Aphid and whitefly resistance in pumpkin and squash

  Aleem, M. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor), Caarls, L. (Co-promotor), Scholten, O. (Co-promotor) & Voorrips, R. (Other)

  1/10/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Squash 100%
  • Whitefly 100%
  • Resistance Mechanisms 50%

• Genetic architecture of attachment in Saccharina latissima and development of breeding tools

  Put, S. (PhD candidate), Trindade, L. (Promotor) & Ketelaar, T. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Gene editing of shelf-life related genes in strawberry

  Li, Y. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor), Bovy, A. (Co-promotor) & Schaart, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Genome Editing 100%
  • Allele 100%
  • Polyploid 46%
  • Inbreeding 13%
  • Candidate Gene 13%

• Breaking the bond with Botrytis: a search for genetic resistance in the Rosaceae family

  Zerdoner, M. (PhD candidate), Bai, Y. (Promotor), Visser, R. (Promotor), Arens, P. (Co-promotor) & Gabriels, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Rosaceae 100%
  • Genetic Resistance 100%
  • Botrytis 100%
  • Host Range 25%
  • Infectious Agent 25%

• Crop neighbourhood dynamics in intercropping systems

  Gallo Sandoval, A. (PhD candidate), Bonnema, G. (Promotor), Schranz, E. (Promotor), Bourke, P. (Co-promotor) & Bouwmeester, K. (Co-promotor)

  1/03/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Cultivar 100%
  • Brassica Oleracea 100%
  • Allium 50%
  • Soil-Borne Diseases 50%
  • Allium fistulosum 50%

• Sequencing based genotyping in Strawberry

  Koorevaar, T. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor), Arens, P. (Co-promotor) & Maliepaard, C. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Genotyping 100%
  • Strawberry 100%
  • Single Nucleotide Polymorphism 100%
  • Allele 77%
  • Whole Genome Sequencing 55%

• Genetic analysis of the cucumber fruit metabolome.

  Zhou, Q. (PhD candidate), Bai, Y. (Promotor), Visser, R. (Promotor), Bovy, A. (Co-promotor) & Tikunov, Y. (Other)

  1/01/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Genetics of Common Scab Resistance in Potato, towards resistant varieties.

  Latif Azam, F. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor) & van Eck, H. (Co-promotor)

  15/12/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Genetics 100%
  • Streptomyces 100%
  • Common Scab 100%
  • Genetic Marker 50%
  • Genome Wide Association Study 50%

• Molecular mechanism of StCLE17 peptide in regulating potato tuber development

  Zheng, Y. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor) & Bergonzi, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Biological Functions 100%
  • Germplasm 100%
  • Wild Species 100%
  • Protein Kinases 100%
  • Receptor 100%

• Phenotype 4 profit

  Groenenberg, L. (PhD candidate), Aarts, M. (Promotor), Bai, Y. (Promotor) & van der Lee, T. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Plant Disease Resistance 100%
  • Growth Chamber 100%
  • Plant Development 100%
  • Disease Resistance 100%
  • Developmental Stage 100%

• NWO TTW LettuceKnow 2.1 - Stress resilience_Immunity_genetics

  Hendriks, A. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor) & Jeuken, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Genetics 100%
  • Gene Mapping 100%
  • Lactuca 100%
  • Downy Mildew 100%
  • Rare Variant 50%

• Elucidation of crucial aspects for ToBRFV and begomovirus resistance breeding in tomato.

  Zois, R. (PhD candidate), Bai, Y. (Promotor), Wolters, A.-M. (Co-promotor) & van Damme, M. (Other)

  1/09/21 → …

  Project: PhD

• Systems and synthetic biological approaches to understand susceptibility and engineer resistance to soft rot Pectobacteriaceae in potato (S. tuberosum)

  Cheewapoonphon, P. (PhD candidate), Bai, Y. (Promotor), Visser, R. (Promotor) & Vossen, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/07/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Seeds 100%
  • Plant Organs 50%
  • Genetic Resource 50%
  • Dickeya 50%
  • Pectobacterium 50%

• Genetics of Plant Proteins.

  Rijken, H. (PhD candidate), Trindade, L. (Promotor) & Bruins, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD

• Identifying and characterizing Verticillium resistance in potato.

  Fiorentino, L. (PhD candidate), Visser, R. (Promotor) & Vleeshouwers, V. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/21 → …

  Project: PhD