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Evolution of biosynthesis genes in cannabis and hop
Description Cannabis sativa is valued for its psychotropic and medicinal effect due to unique prenylated polyketides known as cannabinoids. Its closest relative, hop (Humulus lupulus) is valued as a flavouring agent in the product ...
Supervisor: Dr. Robin van Velzen
Department: Biosystematics Group
Comparative genomics and trait evolution of lettuce wild relatives
Description Establish a robust comparative genomics of cultivated lettuce with its wild relatives for trait and gene discovery which will benefit lettuce breeding. Lettuce breeding is faces many challenges related to pathogen resi ...
Supervisor: Prof. dr. Eric Schranz
Department: Biosystematics Group
Are grasses with low genetic diversity more susceptible to infection by fungal pathogens?
Pathogenic fungi are of great economic importance, as they cause serious losses in the production of grasses, such as cereal crops and turf-grasses. To prevent these losses, fungicides are applied. The diversity-disease hypothesis ...
Supervisor: Dr. Casper Quist and/or Dr. Klaas Bouwmeester
Department: Biosystematics Group
Dissecting Xanthomonas black rot resistance in cabbage
Black rot, caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris campestris (Xcc), is one of the most destructive diseases of cabbage. Currently grown cultivars do not provide adequate resistance, and no resistance genes have been cloned ...
Supervisor: Dr. Klaas Bouwmeester
Department: Biosystematics Group
"The black pages of colonial history investigated through the genomic analysis of African rice"
Suriname is home to a large community of Maroons, who descend from enslaved Africans who escaped the plantations during colonial times. The Maroons have many traditions that connect them to Africa. An important one for their survi ...
Supervisor: Dr. Robin van Velzen
Department: Biosystematics Group
Ecotypic variability in wild Lambs lettuce populations (Valerianella spp. L - Veldsla)
Lambs lettuce (Valerianella locusta; veldsla in Dutch) is a leafy vegetable that is often used in mixed salads.
It belongs to the family Caprifoliaceae and is thus not, as suggested by its name, related to lettuce (Lactuca sativ ...
Supervisor: Dr. Klaas Bouwmeester (Biosystematics); Dr. Rob van Treuren (Centre for Genetic Resources; CGN)
Department: Biosystematics Group
