Publications

2025

1. Bellinazzo, F., Manders, I., Heidemann, B., Bolanos, M. A., Stouten, E., Busscher, J., Abarca, D., van der Wal, F., Dornelas, M. C., Angenent, G. C., Proveniers, M., Nijveen, H., Immink, R. G. H. (2025) Differential growth and flowering capacity of tulip bulbs and the potential involvement of PEBPs. Biology Direct. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13062-025-00625-y

2. Jiang Z, van Zanten M, Sasidharan R (2025) Mechanisms of plant acclimation to multiple abiotic stresses. Communications Biology 8:655.

3. Zagorščak M, Abdelhakim L, Rodriguez-Granados NY, Široká J, Ghatak A, Bleker C, Blejec A, Zrimec J, Novák OE, Pěnčík A, Baebler Š et al. (2025) Integration of multi-omics data and deep phenotyping provides insights into responses to single and combined abiotic stress in potato. Plant Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf126.

4. Wu X, Bellagio T, Peng Y, Czech L, Lin M, Lang P, Epstein R, Abdelaziz M, Alexander J, Caton-Darby M, Alonso-Blanco C et al. (2025) Rapid adaptation and extinction across climates in synchronized outdoor evolution experiments of Arabidopsis thaliana. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.28.654549 

5. Godec T, Beier S, Rodriguez-Granados NY, Sasidharan R, Abdelhakim L, Teige M, Usadel B, Gruden K, Petek M et al. (2025) Haplotype-resolved genome assembly of the tetraploid potato cultivar Désirée. Scientific Data. 12(1):1044. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05372-3

6. Roeder AH, Shi Y, Yang S, Abbas M, Sasidharan R, Yanovsky MJ, Casal JJ, Ruffel S, Von Wirén N, Assmann SM, Kinscherf NA et al. (2025) Translational insights into abiotic interactions: from Arabidopsis to crop plants. The Plant Cell. 37(7):koaf140.https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaf140

7. Hauser J, Kooijman PC, Paddon EN, Verhoeven A, Kalisvaart J, Meesters AN, Snoek B, Van Zanten M. (2025) Design and construction of a low cost, low input Open Top Chamber field warming setup to assess aboveground plant response to global warming. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1677291 

8. Rankenberg T, Sanclemente MA, Zhang H, Leeggangers MA, Devaiah M, Chao J, van Veen H, Theodoulou FL, Sasidharan R. (2025) Leaf-age specific flood resilience in Arabidopsis thaliana is determined by distinct processes contributing to post-submergence recovery. bioRxiv.

9. Pérez‐López J, de la Osa C, Gandullo J, Gigli‐Bisceglia N, Coleto I, Feria AB, Echevarría C, Testerink C, Marino D, García‐Mauriño S, Monreal JA et al. (2025) Unravelling the Significance of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase in Phosphate Starvation Responses. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2025 Sep 24..

10. Morton RN, Fleischberger L, Debnath J, Biermann D, Mühlbauer S, Rajendran A, Kunz HH, Gronnier J, Gigli Bisceglia N, Engelsdorf T (2025). Cell wall integrity and elicitor peptide signaling modulate antimicrobial defense in Arabidopsis via jasmonic acid. bioRxiv. 2025 Sep 12:2025-09..

11. Jones DH, Kajala K, Kawa D, Lopez-Valdivia I, Kreszies T, Schneider HM (2025). The root cortex of the Poaceae: a diverse, dynamic, and dispensable tissue. Plant and Soil. 2025 Apr 30:1-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-025-07498-0

12. Kawa D, Schneider HM, Kajala K. (2025) Coordination of cortex modifications in time, space, and under stress. New Phytologist. 248(4):1677-85.

13. Morris GP, Harder AM, Healey AL, McLaughlin CM, Rice BR, Cruet-Burgos C, Jenkins JW, Rifkin JL, Shu S, Spiekerman JJ, VanGessel CJ. (2025) Developing future resilience from signatures of adaptation across the sorghum pangenome. bioRxiv. 2025 Aug 6:2025-08. 

14. Taylor T, Benti G, Leite MF, Etalo DW, Lombard L, Arias-Giraldo L, Ryba D, Sanow S, Mostert T, Martinez de la Parte E, Maciá-Vicente JG. (2025) Disentangling the importance of microbiological and physico-chemical properties of Ethiopian field soils for the Striga seed bank and sorghum infestations. bioRxiv. 4:2025-10.

2024

1.     Abdelhakim LO, Pleskačová B, Rodriguez-Granados NY, Sasidharan R, Perez-Borroto LS, Sonnewald S, Gruden K, Vothknecht UC, Teige M, Panzarová K. High Throughput Image-Based Phenotyping for Determining Morphological and Physiological Responses to Single and Combined Stresses in Potato. 2024 JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments). doi: 10.3791/66255

2.     Anwar K, Joshi R, Bahuguna RN, Govindjee G, Sasidharan R, Singla‐Pareek SL, Pareek A. Impact of individual, combined and sequential stress on photosynthesis machinery in rice (Oryza sativa L). Physiologia Plantarum. 2024 Jan;176(1):e14209.

3.     Schippers J, von Bongartz K, Laritzki L, Frohn S, Frings S, Renziehausen T, Augstein F, Winkels K, Sprangers K, Sasidharan R, Vertommen D et al. MEDIATOR SUBUNIT 25 modulates ERFVII-controlled hypoxia responses in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv. 2024:2024-01. (In press Plant Journal)

4.     Praat M, Jiang Z, Earle J, Smeekens S, van Zanten M. Using a thermal gradient table to study plant temperature signalling and response across a temperature spectrum. Plant Methods. 2024 Jul 29;20(1):114.

5.     Janitza P, Zhu Z, Anwer MU, van Zanten M, Delker C. A Guide to Quantify Arabidopsis Seedling Thermomorphogenesis at Single Timepoints and by Interval Monitoring. InThermomorphogenesis: Methods and Protocols 2024 Apr 10 (pp. 3-16). New York, NY: Springer US.

6.     Rankenberg T, van Veen H, Sedaghatmehr M, Liao CY, Devaiah MB, Stouten EA, Balazadeh S, Sasidharan R. Differential leaf flooding resilience in Arabidopsis thaliana is controlled by ethylene signaling-activated and age-dependent phosphorylation of ORESARA1. Plant Communications. 2024 Jun 10;5(6).

7.     van Veen H, Müller JT, Bartylla MM, Akman M, Sasidharan R, Mustroph A. Phylotranscriptomics provides a treasure trove of flood‐tolerance mechanisms in the Cardamineae tribe. Plant, Cell & Environment. 2024 Mar 25.

8.     Kawa D, Thiombiano B, Shimels MZ, Taylor T, Walmsley A, Vahldick HE, Rybka D, Leite MF, Musa Z, Bucksch A, Dini-Andreote F. The soil microbiome modulates the sorghum root metabolome and cellular traits with a concomitant reduction of Striga infection. Cell Reports. 2024 Apr 23;43(4).

9.     Rahmati Ishka M, Sussman H, Zhao J, Craft E, Yu LA, Nelson A, Pineros M, Tester M, Kawa D, Fei Z, Julkowska MM. Dissecting the genetic regulation of lateral root development in tomato under salt stress. bioRxiv. 2024:2024-06.

10.  Zhang, Y., Li, Y., de Zeeuw, T., Duijts, K., Kawa, D., Lamers, J., ... & Testerink, C. Root branching under high salinity requires auxin-independent modulation of LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARY DOMAIN 16 function. The Plant Cell. 2024. 36(4), 899-918.

11.  Taylor, T., Daksa, J., Shimels, M. Z., Etalo, D. W., Thiombiano, B., Walmsey, A., Chen, A. J., Bouwmeester, H. J., Raaijmakers, J. M., Brady, S. M. and Kawa, D. Evaluating Mechanisms of Soil Microbiome Suppression of Striga Infection in Sorghum. Bio-protocol 2024. 14(17): e5058. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5058.

12.  Jiang Z, Verhoeven A, Li Y, Geertsma R, Sasidharan R, Van Zanten M. Deciphering Arabidopsis thaliana acclimation to sublethal combined abiotic stresses. bioRxiv. 2024 Jun 17:2024-06.

13.  Zagorščak M, Abdelhakim L, Rodriguez-Granados NY, Široká J, Ghatak A, Bleker C, Blejec A, Zrimec J, Novák OE, Pěnčík A, Baebler Š …..Sonnewald S, Sasidharan R, Panzarova K, Gruden K, Teige M. Integration of multi-omics and deep phenotyping provides novel insights into multiple abiotic stress responses in potato. bioRxiv. 2024:2024-07

14.  Zou, Y., Gigli-Bisceglia, N., van Zelm, E., Kokkinopoulou, P., Julkowska, M. M., Besten, M., ... & Testerink, C. Arabinosylation of cell wall extensin is required for the directional response to salinity in roots. The Plant Cell. 2024. koae135. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae135 

15. Taylor T, Daksa J, Shimels, MZ, Etalo DW, Thiombiano B, Walmsley A, Chen AJ, Bouwmeester H, Raaijmakers JM, Brady SM, Kawa D (2024) Evaluating Mechanisms of Soil Microbiome Suppression of Striga Infection in Sorghum. Bio-protocol 14(17): e5058. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5058

16. Rahmati Ishka M, Sussman H, Zhao J, Craft E, Yu La, Nelson A, Pineros M, Tester M, Kawa D, Fei Z, Julkowska MM (2024) Dissecting the genetic regulation of lateral root development in tomato under salt stress. bioRxiv, 2024.2006.2020.599848

17. Kawa D, Thiombiano B, Shimels, MZ, Taylor T, Walmsley A, Vahldick HE, Rybka D, Leite MFA, Musa Z, Bucksch A, Dini-Andreote F, Schilder M, Chen  AJ, Daksa J, Etalo DW, Tessema T, Kuramae EE, Raaijmakers JM, Bouwmeester H, Brady SM (2024) The soil microbiome modulates the sorghum root metabolome and cellular traits with a concomitant reduction of Striga infection, Cell Reports 43, 113971

18. Zhang Y, Li Y, de Zeeuw T, Duijts K, Kawa D, Lamers J, Munzert KS, Li H, Zou Y, Meyer AJ, Yan J, Verstappen F, Wang Y, Gijsberts T, Wang J, Gigli-Bisceglia N, Engelsdorf T, van Dijk ADJ, Testerink C. 2024. Root branching under high salinity requires auxin-independent modulation of LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARY DOMAIN 16 function. The Plant Cell 36, 899-918

19. Holdsworth MJ, Liu H, Castellana S, Abbas M, Liu J, Perata P. 2024. Geography, altitude, agriculture, and hypoxia Plant Physiology https://academic.oup.com/plphys/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plphys/kiae535/7810944

20. Zhang Z, Gigli-Bisceglia N, Li W, Li S, Wang J, Liu J, Testerink C, Guo Y. SCOOP10 And SCOOP12 Peptides Act Through MIK2 Receptor-Like Kinase to Antagonistically Regulate Arabidopsis Leaf Senescence. Molecular Plant. 2024 Oct 28.

2023

  1. Sterken MG, Nijveen H, Van Zanten M, Jiménez-Gómez JM, Geshnizjani N, Willems LAJ, Rienstra J, Hilhorst HWM, Ligterink W, Snoek BL. 2023. Plasticity of maternal environment dependent expression-QTLs of tomato seeds. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00122-023-04322-0
  2. Shapulatov U, Van Zanten M, Van Hoogdalem M, Meisenburg M, Van Hall A, Kappers I, Fasano C, Facella P, Perrella G, Van der Krol A. 2023. MED25 interacts with HDA9 and PIF4 to regulate thermomorphogenesis. Plant Physiology. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac581
  3. Verhoeven A, Finkers-Tomczak A, Prins P, Valkenburg-van Raaij DR, van Schaik CC, Overmars H, van Steenbrugge JJM, Tacken W, Varossieau K, Slootweg EJ, Kappers IF, Quentin M, Goverse A, Sterken MG, Smant G. 2023. The root-knot nematode effector MiMSP32 targets host 12-oxophytodienoate reductase 2 (OPR2) to regulate plant susceptibility. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18653
  4. Snoek BL, Serin EAR, Nijveen, Willems LAJ, Rienstra JA, Van Zanten M, Hilhorst HWM, Ligterink W. Modulation of quantitative trait loci for Arabidopsis thaliana seed performance by the maternal and germination environment. 2023. Biorxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.22.529582
  5. Sanclemente MA. 2023. Is hypoxia good or bad? Role of oxygen levels in maize kernel development. Plant Physiology. https://doi-org.proxy.library.uu.nl/10.1093/plphys/kiad146
  6. Dalle Carbonare, L., Jiménez, J., Lichtenauer, S., & van Veen, H. 2023. Plant responses to limited aeration: Advances and future challenges. Plant Direct. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.488
  7. Chen S, ten Tusscher KHWJ, Sasidharan R, Dekker SC, de Boer HJ. 2023. A helping hand when drowning: the versatile role of ethylene in root flooding resilience. Environmental and Experimental Botany. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098847223002174
  8. Huber M, Julkowska M, Snoek B, van Veen H, Toulotte J, Kumar V, Kajala K, Sasidharan R, Pierik R. 2023. Towards increased shading capacity: a combined phenotypic and genetic analysis of rice shoot architecture. Plants, People, Planet. http://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10419
  9. Rankenberg T, van Veen H, Sedaghatmehr M, Liao CY, Devaiah MB, Balazadeh S, Sasidharan R. 2023. Differential leaf flooding resilience in Arabidopsis thaliana is controlled by age-dependent ORESARA1 activity. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.23.517613
  10. Quint M, Delker C, Balasubramanian S, Balcerowicz M, Casal JJ, Castroverde CDM, Chen M, Chen X, De Smet I, Fankhauser C, Franklin KA, Halliday KJ, Hayes S, Jiang D, Jung J-H, Kaiserli E, Kumar SV, Maag D, Oh E, Park C-M, Penfield S, Perrella G, Prat S, Reis RS, Wigge PA, Willige BC, Van Zanten M. 2023. Trends in Plant Science. In press.

2022

  1. Toulotte JM, Pantazopoulou CK, Sanclemente MA, Voesenek LA, Sasidharan R. Water stress resilient cereal crops: Lessons from wild relatives. 2022 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. Feb;64(2):412-30. 
  2. Liu Z, Hartman S, van Veen H, Zhang H, Leeggangers HA, Martopawiro S, Bosman F, de Deugd F, Su P, Hummel M, Rankenberg T. Ethylene augments root hypoxia tolerance via growth cessation and reactive oxygen species amelioration. Plant Physiology. 2022 May 30. 
  3. Verhoeven A, Kloth KJ, Kupczok A, Oymans GH, Damen J, Rijnsburger K, Jiang Z, Deelen C, Sasidharan R, van Zanten M, van der Vlugt RA. Arabidopsis latent virus 1, a comovirus widely spread in Arabidopsis thaliana collections. 2022. New Phytologist. 10.1111/nph.18466 
  4. Sasidharan R. Ethylene- the lifeguard hormone.2022. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 10.1038/s41580-022-00522-6 
  5. Yuan LB, Chen MX, Wang LN, Sasidharan R, Voesenek LA, Xiao S. Multi‐stress resilience in plants recovering from submergence. 2022. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 10.1111/pbi.13944 
  6. Morales A, De Boer HJ, Douma JC, Elsen S, Engels S, Glimmerveen T, Sajeev N, Huber M, Luimes M, Luitjens E, Raatjes K, Hsieh C, Teapal C, Wildenbeest T, Zhang J, Pareek A, Singla-Pareek S, Yin X, Evers J, Anten NPR, Van Zanten M, Sasidharan R. 2022. Effects of sublethal single, simultaneous and sequential abiotic stresses on phenotypic traits of Arabidopsis thaliana. AoB Plants https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plac029 
  7. Perrella G, Baurle I, Van Zanten M.  Epigenetic regulation of thermomorphogenesis and heat stress tolerance.2022. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17970  
  8. Anwar K, Rohit J, Morales Sierra A, Das G, Yin X, Anten N, Raghuvanshi S, Bahuguna R, Singh M, Singh R, Van Zanten M, Sasidharan R, Singla-Pareek S, Pareek A. Genetic diversity reveal synergistic interaction between yield components could improve the sink size and yield in rice. 2022. Food and Energy Security. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.334  
  9. T Zhu, M van Zanten, I De Smet. Wandering between hot and cold: temperature dose-dependent responses. 2022. Trends in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.06.001  
  10. Pavlova P, Van Zanten M, Snoek BL, De Jong H, Fransz P. 2D morphometric analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana nuclei reveals characteristic profiles of different cell types and accessions. 2022. Chromosome Research. 10.1007/s10577-021-09673-2 
  11. Sterken MG, Nijveen H, Van Zanten M, Jiménez-Gómez JM, Geshnizjani N, Willems LAJ, Rienstra J, Hilhorst HWM, Ligterink W, Snoek BL. Plasticity of maternal environment dependent expression-QTLs of tomato seeds. 2022. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. In press. 
  12. Shapulatov U, Van Zanten M, Van Hoogdalem M, Meisenburg M, Van Hall A, Kappers I, Fasano C, Facella P, Perrella G, Van der Krol A. MED25 interacts with HDA9 and PIF4 to regulate thermomorphogenesis. 2022. Plant Physiology In press