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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
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- Strengthening integrated natural resources management training program at masters and undergraduate level at Kenyatta University.From1 Aug 2012 → 31 Jul 2014Funding: Other Flemish public, semi-private and pararegional institutions not mentioned elsewhere
- Bringing research outcomes and knowledge to the farmer - enhancing impact on livelihoods in Central Africa.From1 Dec 2011 → 30 Nov 2012Funding: Other Flemish public, semi-private and pararegional institutions not mentioned elsewhere
- Next-generation sequencing for deep transcriptomic analysis of a tropical plant-fungus intraction (NEGENTROP).From1 Jan 2011 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: FWO research project
- A systems-based approach to unravel the role of the trehalase enzyme in Arabidopsis thaliana.From1 Jan 2010 → 31 Dec 2013Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Exploitation of banana biodiversity for a better insight in drought tolerance.From1 Oct 2009 → 2 Jul 2014Funding: IWT personal funding - strategic basic research grants
- Modeling stomatal oscillation of fruit trees using thermal and shortwave infrared wavelengthsFrom1 Oct 2009 → 26 Feb 2016Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- An open-access platform for banana genome exploration and genetic improvement.From1 Nov 2008 → 31 Oct 2012Funding: IOF - Industrial Research Fund
- Contribution à l'amélioration de la culture des bananiers et bannaniers plantains dans la région forestière Nord-Est du bassin du Congo.From25 Oct 2008 → 31 Mar 2011Funding: VLIR-UOS PRDC Congo
- Drought stress physiology of banana linked to a functional genomics approach.From1 Oct 2008 → 30 Sep 2011Funding: FWO fellowships
Publications
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- 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)