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Projects - prof.dr.ir. M (Maarten) Koornneef

• An evolutionary perspective on differential transcriptional regulation of zinc homeostasis genes in Arabidopsis thaliana and Thlaspi caerulescens

  Zn is an essential micronutrient for all organisms, and plants can maintain their Zn homeostasis by regulated expression of transition metal...

• Genetic Analysis of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana

  Nitrogen (N) is an essential macronutrient, affecting plant growth, crop production and photosynthesis. N deficient plants show retarded growth in...

• Molecular genetic and physiological characterization of the adaptation to Cd and Zn exposure by Gomphrena elegans

  Gomphrena elegans is a tropical native species with the potential to accumulate as well as tolerate high levels of Zn and Cd. Therefore, this species...

• Natural Genetic Variation in Plant Photosynthesis

  Photosynthesis and genetics are essential, together providing the energy and the data with which life can be built, without either, life as we know it...

• Mining natural genetic variation of combinatorial stress responses of Arabidopsis to identify new tolerance pathways for biotic and drought stress

  Plants are exposed to various biotic and abiotic stresses under natural conditions, which results in many negative effects on plant growth and...

• Genomics of Phosphorus use-efficiency (PUE) in Arabidopsis thaliana

  As an important macronutrient, phosphorus is required for almost all regulatory, molecular and physiological processes in all living forms. Phosphorus...

• Constructing the genetic regulatory network controlling zinc use efficiency in Arabidopsis

  My research aim involves the identification of genes related to an increased efficiency in the use of Zn by some plants, enabling some genotypes to...