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Overview

Ian R. Sanders is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with an emphasis on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Pharmacology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's body of work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Frequent co-authors with Ian R. Sanders include:

  • Soon-Jae Lee
  • Frédéric G. Masclaux
  • Ivan D. Mateus
  • Chanz Robbins
  • Joaquim Cruz Corella

Common publication venues for Sanders are:

  • The ISME Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Global Change Biology

Recent scientific papers include:

  • The Phosphate Inhibition Paradigm: Host and Fungal Genotypes Determine Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Colonization and Responsiveness to Inoculation in Cassava With Increasing Phosphorus Supply, 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • From microbiome composition to functional engineering, one step at a time, 2023, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
  • Generation of unequal nuclear genotype proportions in Rhizophagus irregularis progeny causes allelic imbalance in gene transcription, 2021, New Phytologist
  • The methylome of the model arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Rhizophagus irregularis, shares characteristics with early diverging fungi and Dikarya, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Direct biological fixation provides a freshwater sink for N2O, 2023, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity

    Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;John N. Klironomos;Margot Ursic;Peter Moutoglis

  • Mycorrhizal ecology and evolution: the past, the present, and the future

    Marcel G A van der Heijden;Marcel G A van der Heijden;Francis M. Martin;Marc André Selosse;Ian R. Sanders

  • The genome of Laccaria bicolor provides insights into mycorrhizal symbiosis

    F. Martin;A. Aerts;D. Ahrén;A. Brun

  • DIFFERENT ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL SPECIES ARE POTENTIAL DETERMINANTS OF PLANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

    Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Thomas Boller;Andres Wiemken;Ian R. Sanders

  • Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis

    Emilie Tisserant;Mathilde Malbreil;Alan Kuo;Annegret Kohler

  • Diversity and structure of AMF communities as affected by tillage in a temperate soil.

    Jansa J;Mozafar A;Anken T;Ruh R

  • The mycorrhizal contribution to plant productivity, plant nutrition and soil structure in experimental grassland

    Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Ruth Streitwolf‐Engel;Ralph Riedl;Sabine Siegrist

  • SOIL TILLAGE AFFECTS THE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI IN MAIZE ROOTS

    J. Jansa;A. Mozafar;G. Kuhn;T. Anken

  • The transcriptome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices (DAOM 197198) reveals functional tradeoffs in an obligate symbiont

    E. Tisserant;A. Kohler;P. Dozolme-Seddas;R. Balestrini

  • Identification of ribosomal DNA polymorphisms among and within spores of the Glomales: application to studies on the genetic diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    Ian R. Sanders;Monica Alt;Kathleen Groppe;Thomas Boller

  • Evidence for the evolution of multiple genomes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Gerrit Kuhn;Mohamed Hijri;Ian R. Sanders

  • Different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter coexistence and resource distribution between co-occurring plant

    Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Marcel G. A. Van Der Heijden;Andres Wiemken;Ian R. Sanders

  • Mycorrhizal Ecology: Synthesis and Perspectives

    Marcel G. A. van der Heijden;Ian R. Sanders

  • Characterisation of microbial communities colonising the hyphal surfaces of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

    T.R. Scheublin;I.R. Sanders;C. Keel;J.R. van der Meer

  • High genetic variability and low local diversity in a population of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Alexander M. Koch;Gerrit Kuhn;Pierre Fontanillas;Luca Fumagalli

  • Low gene copy number shows that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inherit genetically different nuclei

    Mohamed Hijri;Ian R. Sanders

  • Genetic variability in a population of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi causes variation in plant growth.

    Alexander M. Koch;Daniel Croll;Ian R. Sanders

  • Predicting community and ecosystem outcomes of mycorrhizal responses to global change

    N.C. Johnson;C. Angelard;I.R. Sanders;E.T. Kiers

  • Clonal growth traits of two Prunella species are determined by co-occurring arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from a calcareous grassland.

    R. Streitwolf-Engel;T. Boller;A. Wiemken;I. R. Sanders

  • Nonself vegetative fusion and genetic exchange in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices

    Daniel Croll;Manuela Giovannetti;Alexander M. Koch;Cristiana Sbrana

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Croll
Daniel Croll University of Neuchâtel
Andres Wiemken
Andres Wiemken University of Basel
Thomas Boller
Thomas Boller University of Basel
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden
Marcel G. A. van der Heijden University of Zurich
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine
Jérôme Goudet
Jérôme Goudet University of Lausanne
Gerald A. Tuskan
Gerald A. Tuskan Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Annegret Kohler
Annegret Kohler University of Lorraine
Stefan A. Rensing
Stefan A. Rensing University of Freiburg

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