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Arjen Biere is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Nematode Management and Characterization Studies
  • Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Frequent co-authors of Arjen Biere include Jianqing Ding, Hongwei Yu, Yu Shi, Ainhoa Martínez-Medina, and María J. Pozo, reflecting a collaborative approach in their research endeavors.

Their publications often appear in specific venues where they have multiple papers published. These venues are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Trends in Plant Science
  • The Plant Cell

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Arjen Biere include:

  • "Ménage à Trois: Unraveling the Mechanisms Regulating Plant-Microbe-Arthropod Interactions," 2020, Trends in Plant Science
  • "Tackling the Context-Dependency of Microbial-Induced Resistance," 2021, Agronomy
  • "Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth and herbivore infestation depend on availability of soil water and nutrients," 2023, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Interactive Effects of Mycorrhizae, Soil Phosphorus, and Light on Growth and Induction and Priming of Defense in Plantago lanceolata," 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "A Holistic Approach for Enhancing the Efficacy of Soil Microbial Inoculants in Agriculture," 2021, Global Journal of Agricultural Innovation Research & Development

Best Publications

  • Time after time: flowering phenology and biotic interactions

    Jelmer A. Elzinga;Jelmer A. Elzinga;Anne Atlan;Arjen Biere;Luc D. B. Gigord

  • Stress-induced DNA methylation changes and their heritability in asexual dandelions.

    Koen J. F. Verhoeven;Jeroen J. Jansen;Peter J. van Dijk;Arjen Biere

  • Population admixture, biological invasions and the balance between local adaptation and inbreeding depression

    Koen J. F. Verhoeven;Mirka Macel;Lorne M. Wolfe;Arjen Biere

  • Successful range-expanding plants experience less above-ground and below-ground enemy impact

    Tim Engelkes;Elly Morriën;Koen J. F. Verhoeven;T. Martijn Bezemer

  • Silene as a model system in ecology and evolution.

    G. Bernasconi;J. Antonovics;A. Biere;Deborah Charlesworth

  • Plant invaders and their novel natural enemies: who is naïve?

    Koen J. F. Verhoeven;Arjen Biere;Jeffrey A. Harvey;Wim H. Van Der Putten

  • Three‐way interactions between plants, microbes and insects

    Arjen Biere;Alison E. Bennett

  • Plant chemical defense against herbivores and pathogens: generalized defense or trade-offs?

    Arjen Biere;Hamida B. Marak;Jos M. M. van Damme

  • Increased susceptibility to enemies following introduction in the invasive plant Silene latifolia

    Lorne M. Wolfe;Jelmer A. Elzinga;Arjen Biere

  • Effects of quantitative variation in allelochemicals in Plantago lanceolata on development of a generalist and a specialist herbivore and their endoparasitoids.

    Jeffrey A. Harvey;Saskya Van Nouhuys;Saskya Van Nouhuys;Arjen Biere

  • SEX-SPECIFIC COSTS OF RESISTANCE TO THE FUNGAL PATHOGEN USTILAGO VIOLACEA (MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM) IN SILENE ALBA.

    Arjen Biere;Janis Antonovics

  • Getting the ecology into interactions between plants and the plant growth-promoting bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens

    W. H. Gera Hol;T. Martijn Bezemer;Arjen Biere

  • Plant life-history and disease susceptibility - the occurrence of Ustilago violacea on different species within the Caryophyllaceae

    Peter H. Thrall;Arjen Biere;Janis Antonovics

  • Plant-Mediated Systemic Interactions Between Pathogens, Parasitic Nematodes, and Herbivores Above- and Belowground

    Arjen Biere;Aska Goverse

  • Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Biological Invasion and Habitat Fragmentation

    Thomas S. Hoffmeister;Louise E. M. Vet;Arjen Biere;Kent Holsinger

  • Parental effects in Lychnis flos‐cuculi. I: Seed size, germination and seedling performance in a controlled environment

    A. Biere

  • GENOTYPIC AND PLASTIC VARIATION IN PLANT SIZE - EFFECTS ON FECUNDITY AND ALLOCATION PATTERNS IN LYCHNIS-FLOS-CUCULI ALONG A GRADIENT OF NATURAL SOIL FERTILITY

    A Biere

  • Impact of flowering phenology of Silene alba and S. dioica on susceptibility to fungal infection and seed predation.

    Arjen Biere;Sonja J. Honders

  • Distribution and colonisation ability of three parasitoids and their herbivorous host in a fragmented landscape

    Jelmer A. Elzinga;Saskya van Nouhuys;Saskya van Nouhuys;Dirk-Jan van Leeuwen;Arjen Biere

  • Root symbionts: Powerful drivers of plant above- and belowground indirect defenses.

    Sergio Rasmann;Alison E. Bennett;Arjen Biere;Alison Karley

  • INBREEDING EFFECTS ON RESISTANCE AND TRANSMISSION-RELATED TRAITS IN THE SILENE–MICROBOTRYUM PATHOSYSTEM

    N. J. Ouborg;A. Biere;C. L. Mudde

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey A. Harvey
Jeffrey A. Harvey Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Wim H. van der Putten
Wim H. van der Putten Netherlands Institute of Ecology
T. Martijn Bezemer
T. Martijn Bezemer Leiden University
W.H. van der Putten
W.H. van der Putten Wageningen University & Research
Nicole M. van Dam
Nicole M. van Dam Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Rieta Gols
Rieta Gols Wageningen University & Research
Eviatar Nevo
Eviatar Nevo University of Haifa
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Olga Ferlian
Olga Ferlian Leipzig University
María J. Pozo
María J. Pozo Spanish National Research Council

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