van der Heijden Lab
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Plant-Soil Interactions Group at @Agroscope, and the Agroecology & Plant-Microbiome Interactions Group at @UZH_ch led by Prof. Marcel van der Heijden.
Zurich, Switzerland
Joined July 2019
Do you want to know why we are so fascinated by the #symbiosis between #mycorrhizal #fungi and land plants? Have a look at this picture. Left a grassland microcosm inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and right a microcosm without. Initially they were exactly the same!
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RT @carogutj: We are looking for a Head of Proteomics Unit at our international and dynamic Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiol….
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RT @lizkoziol: New paper alert!. Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland successional stage, floristic quality index,….
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Native mycorrhizal fungi enhance prairie restoration by boosting native plant diversity, supporting late-successional species, and reducing invasive plants
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RT @ftmaestre: To meet the targets of the @UN Rio Conventions (@UNCCD @UNFCCC @UNBiodiversity) we must bend the curve of land degradation.….
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RT @Prof_Braj_Singh: A new PhD position is available in our lab to explore organic and metabolic inputs to improve farms, via our recent f….
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RT @karst_justine: We have changed! The International Mycorrhiza Society has a new logo and website featuring award winners, all our newsle….
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Highly relevant new study demonstrates that pesticides are widespread in harvested crops across Europe. Samples from 17 different crops in 10 countries were collected and pesticide residues were detected in 86% of sampled crops under conventional managment and in 40% of harvested
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RT @Prof_Braj_Singh: This is a significant outcome for @CropGlobal and @WileyGlobal . It is also a reflection of high quality submissions,….
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RT @Prof_Braj_Singh: New paper from lab-.Microbiome-facilitated plant nutrient acquisition. in @cellhostmicrobe . Focusing on emerging ins….
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Our new paper demonstrates that soil microbial diversity plays a key role in driving plant growth, decomposition and carbon substrate use. Interestingly, pesticides application alters the role of microbial communities, especially fungi in driving ecosystem functions.
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A fourpartite protist-bacteria-fungal-plant symbiosis as a driver of the mycorrhizal symbiosis?. our study indicates that mycorrhizal fungal hyphae not only associate with specialised bacterial communities (see but also associate with specific protist
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Polygamy in trees? .New paper shows that dual associations with ecto- and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve the host range and environmental niche of trees. Ecology Letters: Rog et al.: When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each
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RT @DouglasYaoDY: The figure in this article illustrates exactly how most biology papers are secretly p-hacked. A large number of hypothese….
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Pesticides and Copper in Swiss Vineyards. Our new paper by Barmettler et al. is out and just published (:. We analysed 146 synthetic pesticides and copper in 59 organic and conventional vineyards in Switzerland. On average we observed 29 different
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RT @mrillig: Van Rijssel et al. in Science w/ @KyleMoJo . Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil fun….
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Organic farming is often considered to be more sustainable than conventional farming. However, both farming systems comprise highly variable management practices. In this study, we show that in...
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RT @Prof_Braj_Singh: New paper from lab-Plant pathogens, microbiomes, and soil health.@TrendsMicrobiol . Homogenised microbial systems are….
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RT @ManuDelBaq: New @Biofunlab @NatureComms . Soil organic carbon thresholds control fertilizer effects on carbon accrual in croplands worl….
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Microbial inoculation works best in fields with poor soil health and low productivity. In our new paper led by Ido Rog, with Stefanie Lutz, Franz Bender, Raphaël Boussageon, Antonin Lambach, Klaus Schlaeppi & Natacha Bodenhausen we show that mycorrhizal fungal inoculation
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RT @NatureMicrobiol: Meet mandimycin, a new polyene antifungal with broad-spectrum activity and a unique mode of action targeting fungal ce….
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Nature - Mandimycin, a polyene macrolide, exhibits strong antifungal activity and possesses a mode of action that is distinct from other compounds of this class.
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