Outcomes, Publications and Events

PlantHUB Outreach activities included a wide range of target-actions aiming to transfer and discuss research outcomes with different parts of society.

The interviews of the PlantHUB doctoral students after completing their fellowships are available at the  PSC video portal.

The successful collaborations within PlantHUB resulted in 19 co-authored Open Access peer-reviewed publications and more manuscripts in preparation (status January 2025). Check out all PlantHUB related publications and other research products on the OpenAire / Explore PlantHUB page: OpenAIRE

Simon E. Bull, David Seung, Christelle Chanez, Devang Mehta, Joel-Elias Kuon, Elisabeth Truernit, Anton Hochmuth, Irene Zurkirchen, Samuel C. Zeeman, Wilhelm Gruissem and Hervé Vanderschuren (2018). Accelerated ex situ breeding of GBSS- and PTST1-editedcassava for modified starch. Science Advances 4, eaat6086. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat6086Link

Cuesta-Seijo JA, De Porcellinis AJ, Valente AHR, Striebeck A, Voss C, Marri L,  Hansson A, Jansson AM, Dinesen MH, Fangel JU, Harholt J, Popovic M, Thieme M, Hochmuth A, Zeeman SC, Mikkelsen TNR, Jï Rgensen RB, Roitsch TG, Mï Ller BL, Braumann I (2019). Amylopectin Chain Length Dynamics and Activity Signatures of Key Carbon Metabolic Enzymes Highlight Early Maturation as Culprit for Yield Reduction of Barley Endosperm Starch after Heat Stress. Plant Cell Physiology 60 (12), 2692. DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz155Link

Mercedes Thieme, Anton Hochmuth, Theresa Elisabeth Ilse, Jose A. Cuesta-Seijo, Szymon Stoma, Roger Meier, Simon Flyvbjerg Nørrelykke, Pai Rosager Pedas, Ilka Braumann, Samuel C. Zeeman (2023). Detecting variation in starch granule size and morphology by high-throughput microscopy and flow cytometry. Carbohydrate Polymers, Volume 299, 2023,120169. DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120169Link

Vogt, M.; Yates, S.; Sykes, T.; Luesink, W.; Koch, M.; Studer, B. (2020). Developing Heterotic Groups for Successful Hybrid Breeding in Perennial Ryegrass. Agronomy 2020, 10, 1410. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10091410Link

Claudio Cropano, Iain Place, Chloé Manzanares, Javier Do Canto, Thomas Lübberstedt, Bruno Studer, Daniel Thorogood (2021). Characterisation and practical use of self-compatibility in outcrossing grass species. Annals of Botany 2021. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcab043Link

Claudio Cropano, Chloé Manzanares, Steven Yates, Dario Copetti, Javier Do Canto, Thomas Lübberstedt, Michael Koch and Bruno Studer (2021). Identification of candidate genes for self-compatibility in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Original Research, Front. Plant Sci. - Plant Breeding. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.707901Link

Beaulieu, C., Libourel, C., Mbadinga Zamar, D.L., Diop, S.I. et al. (2025). The Marchantia polymorphapangenome reveals ancient mechanisms of plant adaptation to the environment. Nat Genet. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-024-02071-4 Link

Seydina I. Diop, Oliver Subotic, Alejandro Giraldo-Fonseca, Manuel Waller, Alexander Kirbis, Anna Neubauer, Giacomo Potente, Rachel Murray-Watson, Filip Boskovic, Zoe Bont, Zsofia Hock, Adam C. Payton, Daniel Duijsings, Walter Pirovano, Elena Conti, Ueli Grossniklaus, Stuart F. McDanie and Peter Szovenyi (2019). A pseudomolecule-scale genome assembly of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. The Plant Journal. DOI: pdf/10.1111/tpj.14602Link

Li FW, Nishiyama T, Waller M, Frangedakis E, Keller J, Li Z, Fernandez-Pozo N, Barker MS, Bennett T, Blázquez MA, Cheng S, Cuming AC, de Vries J, de Vries S, Delaux PM, Diop IS, Harrison CJ, Hauser D, Hernández-García J, Kirbis A, Meeks JC, Monte I, Mutte SK, Neubauer A, Quandt D, Robison T, Shimamura M, Rensing SA, Villarreal JC, Weijers D, Wicke S, Wong GKS, Sakakibara K; Szövényi P (2020). Anthoceros genomes illuminate the origin of land plants and the unique biology of hornworts. Nature Plants, 13. DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-0618-2Link

Szövényi, P., Gunadi, A. & Li, FW. (2021). Charting the genomic landscape of seed-free plants. Nat. Plants (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41477-021-00888-z.Link

Mélanie K. Rich, Nicolas Vigneron, Cyril Libourel, Jean Keller, Li Xue, Mohsen, Hajheidhari, Guru V. Radhakrishnan, Aurélie Le Ru, Issa Seydina Diop, Giacomo Potente, Elena Conti, Danny Duijsings, Aurélie Batut, Pauline Le Faouder, Kyoichi Kodama, Junko Kyozuka, Erika Sallet, Guillaume Bécard, Marta Rodrigez-Franco, Thomas Ott, Justine Bertrand-Michel, Giles ED Oldroyd, Péter Szövényi, Marcel Bucher, Pierre-Marc Delaux (2021). Lipid exchanges drove the evolution of mutualism during plant terrestrialization. Science 372: 864-868. DOI: 10.1126/science.abg0929Link

Potente G, Yousefi N, Keller B, Mora-Carrera E, Szövényi P, Conti E. (2024) The Primula edelbergii S-locus is an example of a jumping supergene. Mol Ecol Resour. 2024 Aug;24(6):e13988. Link

Giacomo Potente, Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, Narjes Yousefi, Rimjhim Roy Choudhury, Barbara Keller, Seydina Issa Diop, Daniël Duijsings, Walter Pirovano, Michael Lenhard, Péter Szövényi, Elena Conti (2022). Comparative Genomics Elucidates the Origin of a Supergene Controlling Floral Heteromorphism. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 39, Issue 2, February 2022, msac035. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac035Link

Sabrina Flütsch, Arianna Nigro, Franco Conci, Jiří Fajkus, Matthias Thalmann, Martin Trtílek, Klára Panzarová and Diana Santelia (2020). Glucose uptake to guard cells via STP transporters provides carbon sources for stomatal opening and plant growth. EMBO Reports, vol. 21: no. 8, pp. e49719, Weinheim: Wiley, 2020. DOI: 10.15252/embr.201949719Link

Camilo Chiang, Jorunn E. Olsen, David Basler, Daniel Bånkestad and Günter Hoch (2019). Latitude and Weather Influences on Sun Light Quality and the Relationship to Tree Growth. Forests 10(8), 610. DOI: 10.3390/f10080610Link

Chiang, C.; Bånkestad, D.; Hoch, G. (2020). Reaching Natural Growth: Light Quality Effects on Plant Performance in Indoor Growth Facilities. Plants 2020, 9, 1273. DOI: 10.3390/plants9101273Link

Chiang, C.; Bånkestad, D.; Hoch, G. (2020). Reaching Natural Growth: The Significance of Light and Temperature Fluctuations in Plant Performance in Indoor Growth Facilities. Plants 2020, 9, 1312. DOI: 10.3390/plants9101312Link

Cueni, F., Nelson, D.B., Boner, M. et al. (2021). Using plant physiological stable oxygen isotope models to counter food fraud. Sci Rep 11, 17314. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96722-9Link

Florian Cueni, Daniel B. Nelson & Ansgar Kahmen (2022). Effects of phenotypic variability on the oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions of grains in different winter wheat varieties, Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 58:1, 60-80, DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2021.2002855Link

At the PSC Symposium 2019: Plant Response to Environment Across Scales Claudio Cropano received the 2nd price for his poster: "Natural variation for pseudo self-compatibility in perennial ryegrass – an untapped resource for hybrid breeding” and Florian Cueni received the 3rd price for his poster "Predicting the Origin of Berries Using Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Models".

• Chromosome-scale genome assembly of ther heterostylous Primula veris. Article by Giacomo Potente. PSC Newsletter Fall 2020

• Chromosome-scale assembly of the Marchantiaolymorpha genome. Article by Seydina Issa Diop. PSC Newsletter Fall 2029

• Real-time stable isotope models can predict the geographical origin of agricultural products. Article by Florian Cueni. PSC Newsletter Spring 2019 (PDF, 6 MB)

• Do indoor experiments with plants represent reality? Article by Camilo Chiang. PSC Newsletter Spring 2018 (PDF, 2 MB)

• Announcement of the PlantHUB Industrial Doctoral Programme. PSC Newsletter Fall 2016 (PDF, 5 MB)

• "Lebensmittelbetrug kann in Zukunft leichter aufgedeckt werden" an article about the research project from Florian Cueni on the German news site bazonline October 2021.

• "Basically I study how plants have sex"  article on Claudio Cropano's research project on the Dutch website of DSV May 2019.

• PlantHUB – Strengthening partnerships between academia and industry. Maximilian Vogt and Claudio Cropano. Article in DSV Newsletter January 2019.
• Looking for answers in Primula vulgaris.  Article by Giacomo Potente (in English)  in the BaseClear Company Newsletter (September 2018) (PDF, 8 MB), page 5.
• Talking 'bout an evolution.  Article by Seydina Issa Diop (in English) in the BaseClear Company Newsletter (September 2018) (PDF, 8 MB), page 8.
•  Comment la photorespiration peut-elle diminuer le rendement de la photosynthèse de près de 50%? Contribution by Aya Yokota for the Swiss National Radio RTS Découverte (In French).

PlantHUBNews 1_2019 as PDF (PDF, 1 MB)

PlantHUBNews 1_2020 as  PDF (PDF, 748 KB)

PlantHUBNews 1_2021 as PDF (PDF, 6 MB)