- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Plant and animal studies
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Gut microbiota and health
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Potato Plant Research
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Plant and soil sciences
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Netherlands Institute of Ecology
2015-2025
Leiden University
2022-2025
Wageningen University & Research
2022
Tohoku University
2021
Tokyo Metropolitan University
2021
Suzuki (Japan)
2021
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
2021
Hudson Institute
2021
HumanTotalCare (Netherlands)
2021
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
2014
Abstract Soil organisms have an important role in aboveground community dynamics and ecosystem functioning terrestrial ecosystems. However, most studies considered soil biota as a black box or focussed on specific groups, whereas little is known about entire networks. Here we show that during the course of nature restoration abandoned arable land compositional shift biota, preceded by tightening belowground networks, corresponds with enhanced efficiency carbon uptake. In mid- long-term field...
Abstract Microbiomes of soils and plants are linked, but how this affects microbiomes aboveground herbivorous insects is unknown. We first generated plant-conditioned in field plots, then reared leaf-feeding caterpillars on dandelion grown these soils, assessed whether the were attributed to conditioned soil or microbiome. kept intact differed from those fed detached leaves collected growing same soil. relatively simple resembled leaf microbiomes, while more diverse microbiomes....
Abstract Plant-soil feedbacks are shaped by microbial legacies that plants leave in the soil. We tested persistence of these after subsequent colonization same or other plant species using 6 typical grassland species. Soil fungal were detectable for months, but current effect on fungi amplified time. By contrast, bacterial communities, faded away rapidly and bacteria communities influenced strongly plant. However, both conserved inside roots their composition significantly correlated with...
Soils are hotspots of diversity and sustain many globally important functions. Here we focus on the most burning issue: how to keep soils as carbon sinks while maintaining their productivity. Evidence shows that life in plays a crucial role improving soil health yet ecological processes often ignored sciences. In this review, highlight potential fungi increase sequestration crop yield, functions needed human population Earth at same time livable. We propose management strategies steer...
• The aim of this study was to gain understanding the carbon flow from roots a genetically modified (GM) amylopectin-accumulating potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivar and its parental isoline soil fungal community using stable isotope probing (SIP). microbes receiving 13C plant were assessed through RNA/phospholipid fatty acid analysis with (PLFA-SIP) at three time-points (1, 5 12 d after start labeling). communities Ascomycota, Basidiomycota Glomeromycota analysed separately RT-qPCR terminal...
Saprotrophic fungi are abundant in soils of (semi-)natural ecosystems, where they play a major role ecosystem functioning. On the contrary, saprotrophic fungal biomass is remarkably low intensively managed and this can have negative impact on soil Nevertheless, arable harbour diverse pool fungi, which be stimulated by organic amendments. Management targeted towards increasing matter often coincides with an increase biomass, but it take years before effects seen. However, rapid stimulation at...
Summary Soils and their microbiomes are now recognized as key components of plant health, but how to steer those obtain beneficial functions is still unknown. Here, we assess whether plant–soil feedbacks can be applied in a crop system shape soil that suppress herbivorous insects above‐ground tissues. We used four grass forb species condition living soil. Then inoculated into sterilized grew chrysanthemum focal plant. evaluated the microbiome inocula after growth, well herbivore parameters....
Microorganisms are found everywhere and have critical roles in most ecosystems, but compared to plants animals, little is known about their temporal dynamics. Here, we investigated the stability of bacterial fungal communities soil how variation varies between grasses forb species. We established 30 outdoor mesocosms consisting six plant monocultures followed microbial for an entire year these soils. demonstrate that vary greatly over time turnover plays important role shaping communities....
The assembly of root-associated microbes during the seedling stage has strong impact on subsequent performance crops. Major factors influencing this are crop species identity and composition potential root-colonizing in bulk soil. latter can be modified by soil management, such as organic amendments. incorporation residues cover crops before start growing season cash presents an interesting option for steering microbiomes there is a wide range with different properties available farmers. In...
Abstract Plants influence numerous soil biotic factors that can alter the performance of later growing plants—defined as plant‐soil feedback (PSF). Here, we investigate whether PSF effects are linked with temporal changes in root exudate diversity and rhizosphere microbiome two common grassland species ( Holcus lanatus Jacobaea vulgaris ). Both plant were grown separately establishing conspecific heterospecific soils. In phase, determined biomass, measured composition, characterised...
Plant legacy effects observed in plant-soil feedback experiments have largely been attributed to the root or litter material of previous plant. The rhizodeposits are defined as changes soil microbiome that remain after a plant has died removed from and caused by release substances various compositions living plants (rhizodeposits). Rhizodeposit-mediated ignored mainly due high spatial temporal variability difficulties quantifying tracking them rhizosphere. In this perspective article, we...
Pine wilt disease (PWD), caused by pinewood nematodes, is highly destructive to pine forests in Asia and Europe, including Korean white (Pinus koraiensis). The microbiome the needles trunk of Pinus spp. are recognized play key roles resistance against PWD. However, role root soil microbiomes remains unclear. This study compares bacterial fungal communities endosphere, rhizosphere soil, bulk diseased versus healthy P. koraiensis. Results showed that PWD increased α-diversity fungi but did not...
In this three year field study the impact of different potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars including a genetically modified (GM) amylopectin-accumulating line on rhizosphere fungal communities are investigated using molecular microbiological methods. The effects growth stage plant, soil type and fungi were included in study. To compare effects, one GM cultivar, parental isoline, four non-related planted fields analysed T-RFLP basis phylum specific primers combined with multivariate...