A5077012220- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Heavy metals in environment
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Trace Elements in Health
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Phytase and its Applications
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
Hasselt University
2017-2023
Zn is an essential micronutrient but may become toxic when present in excess. In Zn-contaminated environments, trees can be protected from toxicity by their root-associated micro-organisms, particular ectomycorrhizal fungi. The mechanisms of cellular homeostasis fungi and contribution to the host tree's status are however not yet fully understood. aim this study was identify characterize transporters involved uptake fungus S. luteus, a cosmopolitan pine mycobiont. known predominantly...
Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi are important root symbionts of trees, as they can have significant effects on the nutrient status plants. In polluted environments, particular ECM protect their host tree from Zn toxicity by restricting transfer while securing supply essential nutrients. However, mechanisms and regulation cellular homeostasis in largely unknown, it remains unclear how affect This study focuses characterization a ZIP (Zrt/IrtT-like protein) transporter, SlZRT2, fungus Suillus...
Summary Abiotic changes due to anthropogenic activities affect selection regimes for organisms. How trees and their mycorrhizal symbionts adapt altered environments in heterogeneous landscapes is of great interest. With a global distribution multiple adaptive phenotypes available, Suillus luteus an excellent ectomycorrhizal model study evolutionary dynamics local adaptation. We assessed pathways homeostasis detoxification S. isolates, displaying contrasting Zn tolerance identify mechanisms...
<p>Until the early nineteenth century, Belgian landscape was characterized mainly by presence of heathland, a typical cultural with important ecosystem services. Since then, urbanisation has led to conversion large stretches heathland be converted forest, arable land or cities. Increased concentrations exhaust gasses result in elevated nitrogen (N) atmosphere. Through rainfall this N enters soil and is fixed via precipitation reactions, which turn leads higher concentrations....