Institute record of Laboratorium Plantenecologie

Information

Type
Organization
Type
https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/levelnames#Labo
Type
https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/types#Scientific
Name
Laboratorium Plantenecologie
Name
Laboratory of Plant Ecology@en
Acronym
UGent
Address
Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Location
latitude
51.0529704
longitude
3.7093001
Description @en
The laboratory of Plant Ecology researches many aspects of the dynamic interactions between plants and their environment with a special emphasis on water and carbon fluxes in xylem and phloem. Its projects include work on crops and trees in both man-made and natural ecosystems. Its research activities range from plant ecophysiology to the structure and function of plants and the role of plants in the global water and carbon cycle. Its researchers study the dynamic plant- environment interplay with detailed measurements of the microclimate and on the plant itself using an array of plant sensors. They also apply radioactive and stable isotope tracers and medical imaging techniques (micro-CT, MRI and plant-PET) to visualise and better understand xylem and phloem functioning. At the laboratory, mechanistic plant models, in 2D and 3D, are developed as avenues for improving our understanding on how plants grow and respond to changes in the environments they inhabit, and also novel plant-based control and stress detection systems are developed. The marine aspect of the research is related to mangroves and includes foliar water uptake capacity in mangrove species, and associated anatomical and hydraulic features.
Description @nl
Het laboratorium Plantenecologie onderzoekt talrijke aspecten van de dynamische interacties tussen planten en hun omgeving, met speciale aandacht voor water- en koolstoffluxen in xyleem en floëem. De projecten omvatten onderzoek op gewassen en bomen in zowel kunstmatige als natuurlijke ecosystemen. De onderzoeksactiviteiten gaan van de ecofysiologie van planten tot de structuur en functie van planten en de rol van planten in de mondiale water- en koolstofcyclus. De onderzoekers bestuderen het dynamische samenspel tussen plant en omgeving met gedetailleerde metingen van het microklimaat en op de plant zelf met behulp van een reeks plantensensoren. Zij passen ook radioactieve en stabiele isotopentracers en medische beeldvormingstechnieken (micro-CT, MRI en plant-PET) toe om de werking van xyleem en floëem te visualiseren en beter te begrijpen. In het laboratorium worden mechanistische plantmodellen, in 2D en 3D, ontwikkeld ter verbetering van ons begrip van hoe planten groeien en reageren op veranderingen in de omgeving waarin zij leven, en worden ook nieuwe, op planten gebaseerde controle- en stressdetectiesystemen ontwikkeld. Het mariene aspect van het onderzoek heeft betrekking op mangroven en omvat de wateropnamecapaciteit van het blad bij mangrovesoorten en de daarmee samenhangende anatomische en hydraulische kenmerken.

Members

Ann Byttebier
role: Administrative staff
Philip Deman
role: Technical staff
Geert Favyts
role: Technical staff
Olivier Leroux
Erik Moerman
Pui Yi Ng
Kathy Steppe
role: Scientific Staff

Past members

Geert Bogaert
role: Guest professor
Matteo Campioli
role: PhD student
Niels De Baerdemaeker
Hannes De Deurwaerder
Stefanie De Groote
Veerle De Schepper
role: Scientific staff
Tom De Swaef
role: Scientific staff
Pedro Hervé-Fernandez
Pieter Hoste
Michiel Hubeau
Raoul Lemeur
role: Lab director, professor
Bruno Pollet
role: Assistant
Guy Renneboog
role: Administrative staff
Roeland Samson
An Saveyn
role: PhD student
Jeroen Schreel
Maia Simpraga
role: Scientific staff
Els Storme
role: Scientific staff
Bart Van de Wal
Inge Vande Walle
role: Assistant
Maurits Vandegehuchte
Margot Vanneste
role: Technical staff
Kristof Vermeulen
role: Scientific staff
Hatem Zgallaï
role: Scientific staff

Expertise

Biochemistry
defined term set: MOG Topics
term code: 181483
Climate change
defined term set: MOG Topics
term code: 181490
Ecology
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 2622
Ecophysiology
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 2633
Ecosystem functioning
defined term set: MOG Topics
term code: 181495
Ecosystems
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 2638
Greenhouse effect
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3815
Irrigation
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 4471
Mangroves
defined term set: MOG Topics
term code: 181507
Modelling
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 5269
Plant growth
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6282
Plant metabolism
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6284
Plant physiology
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6288
Plants
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 9772
Plants (aquatic)
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6293
Tidal marshes
defined term set: CSA Technology Research Database Master Thesaurus
term code: 75723

Special collections

ENCORA
ENCORA: BENCORE
Marine expertise
Marine expertise: Speciality: Biological oceanography
Marine expertise: Type: Flemish university

record metadata

date created: 2003-11-26
date modified: 2018-06-28