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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
161 - 170 of 247
- Plant spectral and thermal responses to water stress induced by regulated deficit irrigation(2013)
Authors: Jamshid Farifteh, Rony Swennen, Pol Coppin
Pages: 17 - 22 - Influence on plant density on variability of soil fertility and nutrient budgets in low input East African highland banana (Musa spp. AAA-EA) cropping systems(2013)
Authors: Rony Swennen
Pages: 187 - 202 - Thermotherapy, chemotherapy and meristem culture in banana(2013)
Authors: Rony Swennen, Ines Van denhouwe, Bart Panis
Pages: 419 - 433 - Cold hardening and sucrose treatment improve cryopreservation of date palm meristems(2013)
Authors: Rony Swennen, Bart Panis
Pages: 375 - 379 - Shoot-tips cryopreservation by droplet vitrification of Byrsonima intermedia A. juss.: a wooden tropical and medicinal plant species from Brazilian Cerrado(2013)
Authors: Rony Swennen, Bart Panis
Pages: 338 - 348 - Mitigating the impact of biotic constraints to build resilient banana systems in Central and Eastern Africa(2013)
Authors: Rony Swennen
Pages: 85 - 104 - Physiological and spectral response to water stress induced by regulated deficit irrigation on pear trees(2013)
Authors: Jamshid Farifteh, Rony Swennen, Pol Coppin
Pages: 9 - 17 - Ecological characteristics and cultivar influence optimal plant density of East African highland bananas (Musa spp. AAA-EA) in low input cropping systems(2013)
Authors: Rony Swennen
Pages: 299 - 311 - Differential protein expression in response to abiotic stress in two potato species: Solanum commersonii Dun and Solanum tuberosum L(2013)
Authors: Bart Panis, Rony Swennen
Pages: 4912 - 4933 - Plantain collection and morphological characterization in Democratic Republic of Congo: past and present activities and prospects(2013)
Authors: Rony Swennen
Pages: 1 - 7
Patents
1 - 2 of 2
- Banana promoters (Inventor)
- BANANA PROMOTERS (Inventor)