One of my happiest moments as a plant scientist, seeing Parasitaxus usta in New Caledonia. The only known parasitic gymnosperm which forms a unique graft-like attachment to the roots of the conifer Falcatifolium taxoides.

On Saturday 5 October, the open day of Amsterdam Science Park will take place, as part of the Weekend van de Wetenschap. You will find the MiCRop stand on the 1st floor. Full programme: wetenschapsdagamsterdamsciencepark.nl

The chemical language of plant–microbe–microbe associations: an introduction to a #VirtualIssue Read the #Editorial in our #LatestIssue by Stéphane Hacquard and Francis M. Martin 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Wiley Plant Science

Proud of Plant Hormone Biology group and MiCRop - Microbial Imprinting for Crop Resilience and MicroHealth_KIC teams presenting the importance of the microbiome to the general public at UvA Amsterdam UvA Faculty of Science Open science day

An important research objective, warranting a hefty investment!

Wenyi Jia presenting our work in the MicroHealth_KIC project on the effect of agriculture on microbiome and nutritional composition of agricultural products, part of the NWO KIC Microbiome program.

Great to see success in down to earth empowerment of African farmers in their struggle against Striga

Shifts in plant functional trait dynamics in relation to #soil #microbiome in modern and wild #barley Amit Kumar Vicky Temperton Mohammad Yusuf Inés M. Alonso-Crespo et al. 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pp… #LatestIssue

Proud to be part of team @muyzer Susanne Wilken and Aschwin Engelen around PhD student ab Anastasiia Barilo on sulfur metabolism by Caulerpa microbiome frontiersin.org/journals/marin…

Proud of UvA Amsterdam for this fantastic achievement!

Good to see this effort to foster #parasiticplants

Cryptic #parasiticplants

Fantastic guys! Amazing effort to help small holder farmers in Africa control #parasiticplants witchweed Striga

Cool, or should I say warm, paper on range expansion in #parasiticplants in the African continent!

Our partner in MicroHealth_KIC TransitiecoalitieVoedsel organises a Plant the Future dinner

Together with MiCRop - Microbial Imprinting for Crop Resilience consortium to celebrate the end of the 1st 5 years and the start of 5 more exciting years with Phase 2.

Join the growing UvA Faculty of Science SILS Plant Hormone Biology team working on the mechanisms driving the plant-microbiome interaction and become part of the MiCRop - Microbial Imprinting for Crop Resilience consortium aimed at harnessing the microbiome for a sustainable agriculture

Hi all, it was bound to happen, I am also moving to the other side. Come and follow me on HarroBouwmeester.bsky.social

Our latest findings suggest the diversification of physiological functions based on structural differences in strigolactones. academic.oup.com/pcp/advance-ar…