Laboratory of Plant Physiology
The Laboratory of Plant Physiology of Wageningen University & Research aims to contribute to the understanding of how plants function. We are particularly interested in how plants respond to changes in their sometimes hostile environment.
News
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ABA hormone plays unexpected role in how plants respond to salt stress
- The salinisation of agricultural soils is increasing as a result of climate change, leading to growing crop losses in agriculture. Nevertheless, some... -
The viability of Seeds for the Future
- No seeds, no agriculture—it's a universal truth. However, it took Professor Leónie Bentsink five years to convince her colleagues and the... -
Dutch Research Council funds research on interaction between microbes and seeds
- Microbes, such as bacteria and fungi, play an important role in nature. They help plants absorb nutrients and protect against diseases, for example....
Research
Important aspects in our research are the processes occurring in plants in response to a (changing) environment and the response of the plant to this environment. We study, for example, the effect of environmental factors on partitioning of metabolites between different organs (source-sink relationships) and the production of secondary metabolites involved in plant-insect interactions. Other examples are the regulation of quality control in protein processing during seed filling and the resource availability during germination and growth of the seedling. Genetics, natural variation, the analysis of plant hormones and other signaling molecules, and -omics technologies such as transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics are essential expertises used in our research.
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Latest Peer reviewed Publications
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Abscisic acid signaling gates salt-induced responses of plant roots
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2025), Volume: 122, Issue: 6 - ISSN 0027-8424 -
Potato cultivars use distinct mechanisms for salt stress acclimation
Plant Stress (2025), Volume: 15 - ISSN 2667-064X -
Natural variation in salt-induced changes in root:shoot ratio reveals SR3G as a negative regulator of root suberization and salt resilience in Arabidopsis
eLife (2025), Volume: 13 - ISSN 2050-084X