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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
21 - 30 of 247
- TARIBAN1, TARIBAN2, TARIBAN3 and TARIBAN4, ‘Matooke’ Cooking Banana Cultivars for the Great Lakes Region of Africa(2022)
Authors: Rony Swennen, Sebastien Carpentier
Pages: 1588 - 1592 - Environment and management influence early performance and Xanthomonas wilt in Enset (Ensete ventricosum) in Gamo Highlands, southern Ethiopia(2022)
Authors: Sabura Shara Meta, Karen Vancampenhout, Rony Swennen
- Yield Stability of East African Highland Cooking Banana 'Matooke' Hybrids(2022)
Authors: Rony Swennen, Sebastien Carpentier
Pages: 334 - 348 - Phylogeography and conservation gaps of Musa balbisiana Colla genetic diversity revealed by microsatellite markers(2022)
Authors: Arne Mertens, Yves Bawin, Rony Swennen, Bart Panis, Filip Vandelook, Steven Janssens
Pages: 2515 - 2534 - Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi community composition, richness and diversity on enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) in Ethiopia is influenced by manure application intensity in low-input farming systems(2022)
Authors: Rony Swennen, Olivier Honnay, Karen Vancampenhout
Pages: 409 - 425 - Comparative study of physicochemical, nutritional, phytochemical, and sensory properties of bread with plantain and soy flours partly replacing wheat flour(2022)
Authors: Rony Swennen
Pages: 1 - 13 - From fruit growth to ripening in plantain: a careful balance between carbohydrate synthesis and breakdown(2022)
Authors: Rony Swennen, Sebastien Carpentier
Pages: 4832 - 4849 - Breedbase: a digital ecosystem for modern plant breeding(2022)
Authors: Rony Swennen
- High-throughput phenotyping reveals differential transpiration behavior within the banana wild relatives highlighting diversity in drought tolerance(2022)
Authors: Steven Janssens, Rony Swennen, Sebastien Carpentier
Pages: 1 - 17 - Datasets from harmonized phenotyping of root, tuber and banana crop(2022)
Authors: Rony Swennen
Patents
1 - 2 of 2
- Banana promoters (Inventor)
- BANANA PROMOTERS (Inventor)