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Researcher
Rony Swennen
- Disciplines:Biochemistry and metabolism, General biology, Plant biology, Systems biology, Agricultural plant production, Horticultural production, Molecular and cell biology, Biotechnology for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and allied sciences
Affiliations
- Crop Biotechnics (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Division of Crop Biotechnics (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2005 → 31 Jan 2019
Projects
1 - 10 of 29
- Characterizing natural occurrence and temperature-induced formation of 2n gametes in Musa spp. to facilitate triploid breeding in banana.From30 Aug 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant, BOF - doctoral mandates
- KUL International Musa GenebankFrom1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: Foreign private sponsor - undefined
- In depth analysis of the implementation of biocontrol organisms to manage Fusarium wilt in banana.From21 Aug 2019 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- The quest for climate-smart bananas: screening the banana diversity from plant to cell levelFrom18 Jul 2019 → 27 Nov 2023Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Management of the International Musa Genebank-Genebank core operationsFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2019Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Assess the growth potential of the banana cultivars in the ITC collectionFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Developing new in vitro micropropagation and cryopreservation techniques in coconutFrom1 Sep 2018 → 9 Oct 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Assessing the conservation status of wild banana genetic resources by means of population genetics and distribution modellingFrom19 Mar 2018 → 17 Jan 2023Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Overcoming barriers to the conservation and use of banana seed germplasmFrom30 Jan 2018 → 5 Apr 2022Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Exploration of genetic diversity, drought tolerance and Fusarium resistance of wild bananas in Vietnam.From1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: International Cooperation and Mobility
Publications
1 - 10 of 243
- Evidence for metabolite composition underlying consumer preference in Sub-Saharan African Musa spp(2024)
Authors: Rony Swennen
- Datasets from fertilized improved and local varieties of cassava grown in the highlands of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo(2024)
Authors: Rony Swennen, Roel Merckx
- Identification of the loci associated with resistance to banana Xanthomonas Wilt (Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum) using DArTSeq markers and continuous mapping(2024)
Authors: Rony Swennen
- Datasets from fertilized improved and local varieties of cassava grown in the highlands of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo(2023)
Authors: Rony Swennen, Roel Merckx
- The quest for climate-smart bananas: screening the banana diversity from plant to cell level(2023)
Authors: Clara Gambart, Rony Swennen, Hervé Vanderschuren, Sebastien Carpentier
- Increased cassava growth and yields through improved variety use and fertilizer application in the highlands of South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo(2023)
Authors: Rony Swennen, Roel Merckx
- Developing new in vitro micropropagation and cryopreservation techniques in coconut(2023)
Authors: Hannes Wilms, Rony Swennen, Bart Panis
- Maize stover transfers from maize fields to banana-based agroforestry homegardens and the corresponding nutrient flows in central-northern Tanzania(2023)
Authors: Rony Swennen, Roel Merckx
- The BananaTainer: a high throughput phenotyping installation to explore Musa’s growth potential in the East African highlands(2023)
Authors: Clara Gambart, Rony Swennen, Sebastien Carpentier
Pages: 15 - 22 - A report of Meloidogyne arenaria Parasitizing Plantain (Musa spp., AAB) in Nigeria(2023)
Authors: Rony Swennen
Patents
1 - 2 of 2
- Banana promoters (Inventor)
- BANANA PROMOTERS (Inventor)