An ecophysiological view on integrated weed management in fruit orchards

Development of a turgor-driven functional-structural plant model for pea (Pisum sativum L.) as an optimization tool for vertical farming systems

Doctoral project Bart Van de Wal

Doctoral project Hannes De Deurwaerder

Doctoral project Ingvar Bauweraerts

Doctoral project Jackie Epila

Doctoral project Janne Van Camp

Doctoral project Jasper Bloemen

Doctoral project Lidewei Vergeynst

Doctoral project Maja Simpraga

Doctoral project Maurits Vandegehuchte

Doctoral project Simon Lauwers

Electrical resistivity tomography to improve the accuracy of transpiration measurements in urban trees

Fertilizer nitrogen use efficiency and partitioning in 'Conference' pear trees

Foliar water uptake and bark photosynthesis as drought mitigation strategies in central African canopy tropical trees

Foliar water uptake as a mitigating strategy for drought under elevated CO2 concentrations in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

Integrated weed management in pome fruit orchards: from weed-free tree rows to temporarily vegetated tree rows

KlimOp-AI: Intelligent climate optimization with and for greenhouse farmers

Relevance of green stem tissues to hydraulics of urban trees

Sustainable data-driven tomato greenhouse management with plant sensors

TreeWatch.net: understanding carbon dynamics in trees

TreeWatch.net: understanding water dynamics in trees

Climate smart urban tree management in Bruges

Doctoral project Elizabeth Kearsley

Doctoral project Ellen Van de Velde

Doctoral project Paulien De Clercq

Doctoral project Shirley Marcou

Imaging proxies for plant physiology-related traits in an automated plant phenotyping platform

Plantjacking: how do vascular pathogens avoid starvation in the xylem?

Acquiring extremely high resolution maps of water use efficiency of Australian forests to assess the effects of drought, species composition and stand structure (EXTREWAFOR)

AMAZALERT

An innovative approach to enhance resource efficiency and safeguarding by using biostimulants and innovative sensors in horticulture

An integrated plant model for tomato: combining plant water and carbon status to predict fruit growth and quality

Bridging the gap between genotype and phenotype: a working example on the effect of cell wall-related enzymes and drought stress on yield in wheat

Building Biospheres: Giving trees a voice in nature-inspired architecture

Central African Network of Observatories of troPIcal tree and forest functioning

Combining 11C with cutting-edge plant measurements to unravel plant carbon dynamics in current and future climates

Cross-talk: Modelling the crop-climate dialogue to optimize resources, production and quality in plant factories and greenhouses

Detailed analysis and medelling of the hydrodynamic response of trees on drought.

Development and validation of a dynamic model describing the stem diameter variations related to water and sugar transport in woody plants

Development of a mechanistic and integrated model for simulation of tomato fruit production and quality

Development of a plant-based strategy for stress detection and irrigation control in grapes

Development of a turgor-driven fuctional-structural plant model for soybean

Development of a turgor-driven functional-structural plant model for pea (Pisum sativum L.) as an optimization tool for vertical farming systems

Dynamic variations in tree hydraulic properties and its implications for water transport dynamics

Ecophysiological basic equipment for the fundamental analysis of the interaction between water relations and carbon metabolism in plants

Electrical resistivity tomography to improve the accuracy of transpiration measurements in urban trees

Electrical resistivity tomography to improve the accuracy of transpiration measurements in urban trees

Excellence in sap flow research requires accurate temperature control equipment

Exploring the phloem translocation pathway by quantifying phloem hydraulic conductivity and gradients in phloem turgor and osmotic pressure in both trees and herbs

Foliar water uptake as a mitigating strategy for drought under elevated CO2 concentrations in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

Foliar water uptake: implications for tree growth

Hydrating the city by combining heritage, natural and high-tech solutions for green-blue challenges

Impact of drought on understorey communities in fragmented temperate forests in Europe

Improving carbon cycle ecosystem models using a new cost function concept to assimilate multiple data streams

Insights on the evolutionary ecology of the woody flora in tropical Africa

Integrating SPOT-VEGETATION 10-yr Time Series and Land-Surface Modelling to Forecast the Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics in a Changing Climate

Investigating carbon transport processes in plangs using the short-lived isotope 11C

"KlimOp-AI: Intelligent Climate Optimization with and for horticulturists

Lightman: Management of light in covered cultivation

Medical imaging to unravel the link between sugar, auxin and organ abscission in sweet pepper

Optimization of nitrogen fertilization at 'Conference' pear to improve fruit quality

PhytoSense: making sense of plant measurements

Piecing together water and carbon fluxes in grapevine under drought stress.

Plant growth regulation

Positron Emission Tomography in Agriculture and Life: PET for the study of wheat growth in biotic and abiotic stress

Quantification of below-ground respiration and fate of root-derived CO2 in trees

Quantification of below-ground respiration and investigation of the fate of dissolved root-derived CO2 in trees

Radial stem growth examined current and future climate to the bone through an interdisciplinary approach

Re-fixation of xylem-transported CO2 and its contribution to stem growth and light-dependent cavitation repair

Relevance of green stem tissues to hydraulics of urban trees

Sense-IT

Shed the correct light on plants in dedicated core research facilities.

SmartKas: profitable ecophysiological and energetic plant culture in an intelligently controlled greenhouse environment

Smart plants: sensors and models as the key to deciphering and innovatively harnessing plant responses

Thermal remote sensing: the road to go to defien dynamic drought stress thresholds at field scale in grapevine

The role of stem and branch photosynthesis in the carbon budget of woody plants

TIPRELET: tipburn prevention in lettuce

Towards a realistic representation of stem respiration in global models

Tracing xylem-transported 11C-labelled CO2 in trees: importance and contribution to the carbon metabolism

Tree hydraulic functioning under changing climate regimes

TREE reSPIRation: The role of woody tissues in tree carbon budgEts (TREESPIRE)

TreeWatch.net: understanding water and carbon dynamics in trees in a changing European climate.

Turgor-driven functional-structural growth modelling of maize during development and drought

Understanding maize growth and development under drought and nitrogen deficiency by functional-structural plant modelling

Unraveling the pathways of radial turgor-driven water flow in wheat stems during carbohydrate mobilization by diffusion MRI and mechanistic modelling

Unveiling of the sugar transport with radioactive tracers and medical imaging

Unveiling the relative contribution of carbon starvation and hydraulic failure in relation to the water use strategy of angiosperm species during drought induced tree mortality.

Water transport in plants: every drop counts

Weed Management (GOM) in fruit growing: from black strip to responsible green strip

Woody tissue respiration and climate change: a mechanistic modelling exercise

Congo basin integrated monitoring for forest carbon mitigation and biodiversity (COBIMFO).

Dynamics of the strain-diameter variation as a diagnostic aid in the fundamental analysis of the plant-water relationships, and the carbon metabolism in woody plants.

Ecophysiological protocol for screening of chilling tolerance in ornamental plants to support a more energy-conscious greenhouse heating

Influence of the water balance and the functioning of the vascular tissue on the fruit quality of tomato and grape

PHENOVISION: a plant phenotyping robot

Plantjacking: how do vascular pathogens avoid starvation in the xylem?

STEREO III: Vegetation stress from satellite observations of fluorescence

Dynamics of the stem diameter variation as a diagnostic tool for the fundamental analysis of the plant-water relations and the carbon metabolism of woody plants