20.12.2021
Welcome New Lab Member!
We are very excited to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new visiting PhD student Junwen Zhao from Sichuan Agricultural University, China.
15.11.2021
Welcome New Lab Member!
We are very delighted to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new visiting PhD student Baogang Yu from China Agricultural University, China.
01.10.2021
PhenoRob Seminar Series
Dr. Peng Yu will give a talk within the PhenoRob Seminar Series next Friday at 10 AM.
10.06.2021
Welcome New Lab Member!
We are very delighted to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new visiting PhD student Hongjie Li from Sichuan Agricultural University, China.
08.04.2021
Bacteria help plants grow better
Study by the University of Bonn may in the long term lead to new varieties that require less fertilizer.
08.04.2021
New publication
New publication in Nature Plants with the title “Plant flavones enrich rhizosphere Oxalobacteraceae to improve maize performance under nitrogen deprivation”.
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Root Functional Biology
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 144
D-53113 Bonn
Tel.: +49 228 73-60532
Fax: +49 228 73-60333
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Root Functional Biology
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P1: Genetic Control and Environmental Adaptation of Maize Root Formation
Understanding of the alteration of root morphology and root system architecture during domestication and improvement of maize will pave the way to target root traits in crop breeding programs.
P2: Root Branching and Its Biotic Interaction with Soil Microbes in Maize
We perform tissue/cell type-specific transcriptome and microbiome analyses assisted by tissue separation and laser capture microdissection (LCM) to understand the influence of root hairs and lateral roots formation on root-microbe interaction in maize.
P3: Genetic Control and Nutrient-dependency of Root-microbe Interaction in Maize
This project aims to obtain a mechanistic understanding of the interplay of genetic control and soil nutrient availability in root-microbe interaction.
P4: Co-adaptation of Maize Roots and Inhabiting Microbes under Environmental Stresses
Understanding of how adaptive traits progressed between root and soil microbes under extreme environments enables to identify the genetic basis of crop improvement on root system.
