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Researcher

Sonia García Méndez

Publications & Research Data

Awards & Distinctions

9 Results

2025

Fast track to environmentally adapted rhizobia for growing soybean at northern latitudes using citizen science

Sonia García MéndezStien MertensArne TemmermanHelena Van den EyndeMargo VermeerschLena VlaminckOlivier BertelootJudith Van DingenenAlexander ClarysseAnnick De Keyser et al.

A1 Journal Article in ISME JOURNAL

2024

A novel Microbacterium strain SRS2 promotes the growth of Arabidopsis and MicroTom (S. lycopersicum) under normal and salt stress conditions

Ho Manh TuongSonia García MéndezMichiel VandecasteeleAnne WillemsAnelia IanchevaPham Bich NgocDo Tien PhatChu Hoang HaSofie Goormachtig

A1 Journal Article in PLANTA

Digging into the lettuce cold-specific root microbiome in search of chilling stress tolerance-conferring plant growth-promoting bacteria

Antoine PersynSonia García MéndezSam De MeyerStien BeirinckxAnne WillemsCaroline De TenderSofie Goormachtig

A1 Journal Article in PHYTOBIOMES JOURNAL

Do seasons impact the root microbiome of wild Poa annua populations?

Sonia García MéndezStephanie FordeynCaroline De TenderSofie GoormachtigAnne Willems

A1 Journal Article in RHIZOSPHERE

2023

Unravelling the bacterial community composition of Valerianella locusta, a cold tolerant plant

Sonia García MéndezAntoine PersynCaroline De TenderSofie GoormachtigAnne Willems

A1 Journal Article in PHYTOBIOMES JOURNAL

2022

Bacterial root endophytes to protect plants against cold temperatures

Sonia García MéndezAnne WillemsSofie Goormachtig

Flemish soils contain rhizobia partners for Northwestern Europe‐adapted soybean cultivars

Judith Van DingenenSonia García MéndezStien BeirinckxLena VlaminckAnnick De KeyserNaomi StuerSeverine VerschaeteAlexander ClarysseJoke PannecoucqueStephane Rombauts et al.

A1 Journal Article in ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Stenotrophomonas sp. SRS1 promotes growth of Arabidopsis and tomato plants under salt stress conditions

Ho Manh TuongSonia García MéndezMichiel VandecasteeleAnne WillemsDexian LuoStien BeirinckxSofie Goormachtig

A1 Journal Article in PLANT AND SOIL

2019

Plant growth promotion driven by a novel Caulobacter strain

Dexian LuoSarah LangendriesSonia García MéndezJoren De RyckDerui LiuStien BeirinckxAnne WillemsEugenia RussinovaJane DebodeSofie Goormachtig

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS