Breeding for resistance in Solanaceae
The research group aims to develop breeding strategies for durable resistance in Solanaceous crops. The research focuses on the understanding of genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying disease resistances in potato and tomato against late blight, powdery mildews, Botrytis, bacteria and virus. Various genetic and genomics approaches are exploited to discover novel natural resistance genes and to study their interaction with the corresponding pathogen. Via comparative biology, the knowledge obtained in tomato/potato is applied to other related but much less well-characterized Solanaceous crops like pepper and eggplants.
Publications
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Engineering oleaginous yeasts for a bio-based future
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): V.A.P. Martins dos Santos, J. Hugenholtz, M. Suárez Diez - Wageningen: Wageningen University -
Plastique : comment lui dire adieu
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Conversion of degraded forests to oil palm plantations in the Peruvian Amazonia : Shifts in soil and ecosystem-level greenhouse gas fluxes
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (2025), Volume: 386 - ISSN 0167-8809 -
Texture engineering of aquatic protein-based products via 3D food printing
Future Foods (2025), Volume: 11 - ISSN 2666-8335 -
Genetic parameters and parental and early-life effects of boar semen traits
Genetics Selection Evolution (2025), Volume: 57 - ISSN 0999-193X -
How to Study the Effects of Dietary Lipids on the Small Intestinal Microbiome? Methodological Design and Evaluation of the Human HealThy fAt, haPpy mIcRobiome (TAPIR) Proof-of-Concept Study
Current Developments in Nutrition (2025), Volume: 9, Issue: 3 - ISSN 2475-2991 -
Describing the landscape of nutrition- and diet-related randomized controlled trials : metaresearch study of protocols published between 2012 and 2022
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2025), Volume: 121, Issue: 4 - ISSN 0002-9165 - p. 882-891. -
Five-year outcomes of a randomized controlled trial evaluating a non-adjustable ring in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Surgical Endoscopy (2025), Volume: 39, Issue: 4 - ISSN 0930-2794 - p. 2324-2334. -
Post-exercise myofibrillar protein synthesis rates do not differ following 1.5 g essential amino acids compared to 15 and 20 g of whey protein in young females
American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism (2025), Volume: 328, Issue: 3 - ISSN 0193-1849 - p. E420-E434. -
Evaluating the performance of biobased, recovered nitrogen fertilizers in European cropping systems using modelling
Farming System (2025), Volume: 3, Issue: 2 - ISSN 2949-9119
Staff
Researchers
Postdoc
Research assistants
PhD candidates
- Eleni Koseoglou
- Xuexue Shen
- Lampros Siskos
- Miguel Ramirez Gaona
- Elisabeth Yanez
- Danial Monino Lopez
- Jingjing Mao
- He Meng
- Xiaoxiao Xie
- Dong Zhang
- Jillis Grubben
- Christiaan Schol
- Jaae Pichaya Cheewapoonphon
- Romanos Zois
- Laura Groenenberg
Guest researchers
- Lei Cui
- Zhe Yan
- Evert Jacobsen
- Ageeth van Tuinen