Researcher
Kathy Steppe
- Disciplines:Ecophysiology and ecomorphology, Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified, Soil ecology
Affiliations
- Department of Plants and Crops (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → Today - Department of Applied ecology and environmental biology (Department)
Responsible
From1 Apr 2014 → 31 Dec 2017 - Department of Applied ecology and environmental biology (Department)
Member
From1 Apr 2014 → 31 Dec 2017 - Department of Applied ecology and environmental biology (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2000 → 31 Dec 2017
Projects
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- Unraveling the pathways of radial turgor-driven water flow in wheat stems during carbohydrate mobilization by diffusion MRI and mechanistic modellingFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Electrical resistivity tomography to improve the accuracy of transpiration measurements in urban treesFrom1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Impact of drought on understorey communities in fragmented temperate forests in EuropeFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Weed Management (GOM) in fruit growing: from black strip to responsible green stripFrom1 Mar 2022 → TodayFunding: IWT / VLAIO - Agricultural research
- Central African Network of Observatories of troPIcal tree and forest functioningFrom1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO EOS
- Plantjacking: how do vascular pathogens avoid starvation in the xylem?From1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Electrical resistivity tomography to improve the accuracy of transpiration measurements in urban treesFrom1 Nov 2021 → 31 Oct 2022Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Foliar water uptake as a mitigating strategy for drought under elevated CO2 concentrations in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)From1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Medical imaging to unravel the link between sugar, auxin and organ abscission in sweet pepperFrom1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- "KlimOp-AI: Intelligent Climate Optimization with and for horticulturistsFrom1 Sep 2021 → TodayFunding: IWT / VLAIO - Agricultural research
Publications
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- Mechanistic modeling reveals the importance of turgor-driven apoplastic water transport in wheat stem parenchyma during carbohydrate mobilization(2023)
Authors: Sarah Verbeke, Carmen Maria Padilla Diaz, Clara Martinez-Arias, Willem Goossens, Geert Haesaert, Kathy Steppe
Pages: 423 - 440 - Continuous and dynamic illumination induce divergent water transport dynamics, growth and development in sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)(2023)Volume: 1377
Authors: Simon Lauwers, Elise Tardy, Jonas Coussement, Kathy Steppe, Y. Rouphael, J.-C. Michel
Pages: 339 - 348 - Calibration, validation and testing of a rotational displacement transducer for measuring wheat leaf elongation rates(2023)
Authors: Simon Dequeker, Sarah Verbeke, Kathy Steppe
- An in situ real time probe spacing correction method for multi-needle heat pulse sap flow sensors(2022)
Authors: Ruiqi Ren, Han Fu, Bingcheng Si, Nicholas J. Kinar, Kathy Steppe
- Automated detection of atmospheric and soil drought stress in Ficus benjamina using stem diameter measurements and modelling(2022)
Authors: Hans Van de Put, Kathy Steppe
Pages: 29 - 43 - Two co-occurring liana species strongly differ in their hydraulic traits in a water-limited neotropical forest(2022)
Authors: Kasper Coppieters, Hans Verbeeck, Simon Dequeker, Jennifer S. Powers, German Vargas G., Chris M. Smith-Martin, Kathy Steppe, Félicien Meunier
- Editorial : digital imaging of plants(2022)
Authors: Michele Pisante, Angelica Galieni, Fabio Stagnari, Kathy Steppe, Qingguo Xie, Nicola D'Ascenzo
- Limited plasticity of anatomical and hydraulic traits in aspen trees under elevated CO2 and seasonal drought(2022)
Authors: Fran Lauriks, Roberto Luis Salomon Moreno, Linus De Roo, Willem Goossens, Olivier Leroux, Kathy Steppe
Pages: 268 - 284 - Phloem water isotopically different to xylem water : potential causes and implications for ecohydrological tracing(2022)
Authors: Magali F. Nehemy, Paolo Benettin, Scott T. Allen, Kathy Steppe, Andrea Rinaldo, Marco M. Lehmann, Jeffrey J. McDonnell
- Climatic niche lability but growth form conservatism in the African woody flora(2022)
Authors: Anaïs-Pasiphaé Gorel, Olivier J. Hardy, Gilles Dauby, Kyle G. Dexter, Ricardo A. Segovia, Kathy Steppe, Adeline Fayolle
Pages: 1164 - 1176