A5101926791- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Data Mining Algorithms and Applications
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
Technical University of Munich
2021-2025
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
2025
Wageningen University & Research
2018-2021
Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences
2021
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology
2019
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
2019
Plants form a mutualistic symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, which facilitates the acquisition of scarce minerals from soil. In return, host plants provide sugars and lipids to its fungal partner. However, mechanism by AM fungi obtain plant has remained elusive. this study we investigated role potential SWEET family sugar exporters in Medicago truncatula. We show that M. truncatula SWEET1b transporter is strongly upregulated arbuscule-containing cells compared roots localizes...
Summary Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi greatly improve mineral uptake by host plants in nutrient‐depleted soil and can intracellularly colonize root cortex cells the vast majority of higher plants. However, AM possess common fungal cell wall components such as chitin that be recognized plant receptors to trigger immune responses, raising question how effectively evade chitin‐triggered responses during symbiosis. In this study, we characterize a secreted lysin motif (LysM) effector...
Summary Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form the most wide‐spread endosymbiosis with plants. There is very little host specificity in this interaction, however preferences as well varying symbiotic efficiencies have been observed. We hypothesize that secreted proteins ( SP s) may act fungal effectors to control efficiency a host‐dependent manner. Therefore, we studied whether arbuscular AM ) adjust their secretome host‐ and stage‐dependent manner contribute extremely wide range. investigated...
NIN (NODULE INCEPTION) is a transcription factor that plays key role during root nodule initiation. However, its in later developmental stages unclear. Both mRNA and protein accumulated at the highest level proximal part of infection zone Medicago truncatula nodules. Two nin weak allele mutants, nin-13/16, form rather normal zone, whereas fixation not formed. Instead, with defence responses premature senescence occurred symbiosome development gets arrested. Mutations nin-13/16 resulted...
Summary Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) improves mineral nutrient supply, stress tolerance, and growth of host plants through re‐programing plant physiology. We investigated the effect AM on root secondary metabolome model legume Lotus japonicus using untargeted metabolomics. Acetonitrile extracts control roots were analysed ultra‐high‐performance liquid chromatography‐electrospray ionization‐ion mobility‐time‐of‐flight‐mass spectrometry (UPLC‐ESI‐IM‐ToF‐MS). characterized AM‐regulated...
<p>Soil organisms such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and the roots they inhabit are key actors for shaping soil structure, which fosters a multitude of functions carbon storage water availability. The expansion AMF external hyphae, by being in direct contact with particles, can promote structure formation thus induce positive feedback on plant growth under unfavorable conditions drought.</p><p>Here, we aim at disentangling complexity...