Mechanisms underlying plant-root microbiome recruitment under stress

Sébastien Jaupitre, MSc

PhD student at: University of Amsterdam (UvA), Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences SILS, (www.sils.uva.nl), in the Plant Hormone Biology group of Prof. Bouwmeester

Supervisors: prof. H.J. Bouwmeester (SILS, UvA), supervisor: dr. L. Dong (SILS, UvA).

Host training:
Microbiome analysis, gene expression analysis, analytical chemistry, gene cloning and characterization, transgenic.

Key Objectives & Expected Results

Objectives:

To study evolution of root-associated microbe recruitment by analysing plant response and microbiome composition in 100 wild and cultivated plant species under biotic and abiotic stresses.

To investigate the mechanisms underlying microbiome recruitment specific to the Cucurbitaceae family in domesticated species and their wild relatives.

Expected Results:

Genetic and metabolic features essential to root-microbiome communication across species.

Key factors that influenced evolution of microbiome recruitment strategies in cucurbits and their mechanisms.