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Plant Science and Agronomy
Netherlands
2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
74
Citations
20716
World Ranking
562
National Ranking
18

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Bacteria
  • Fungus

His primary areas of investigation include Rhizosphere, Agronomy, Soil water, Ecology and Soil organic matter. His Rhizosphere research integrates issues from Botany, Soil microbiology and Microbial population biology. His studies link Soil fertility with Agronomy.

The various areas that he examines in his Soil water study include Biomass, Environmental chemistry and Nitrogen cycle. The concepts of his Soil organic matter study are interwoven with issues in Microorganism, Organic matter and Terrestrial ecosystem. His study in Organic matter is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Nutrient and Poaceae.

His most cited work include:

  • Microbial diversity in soil: Selection of microbial populations by plant and soil type and implications for disease suppressiveness (963 citations)
  • Fate and activity of microorganisms introduced into soil. (601 citations)
  • Turnover of carbon and nitrogen through the microbial biomass in a sandy loam and a clay soil incubated with [14C(U)]glucose and 15N2So4 under different moisture regimes (412 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

J.A. Van Veen focuses on Botany, Agronomy, Rhizosphere, Soil water and Bacteria. His studies in Botany integrate themes in fields like Carbon dioxide and Horticulture. J.A. Van Veen interconnects Soil organic matter, Agriculture, Nutrient and Soil fertility in the investigation of issues within Agronomy.

His Soil organic matter research includes elements of Soil biology, Organic matter and Microorganism. The Rhizosphere study combines topics in areas such as Pseudomonas fluorescens, Poaceae, Shoot and Microbial population biology. Soil water is a subfield of Ecology that J.A. Van Veen investigates.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (37.25%)
  • Agronomy (33.33%)
  • Rhizosphere (32.35%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2008-2018)?

  • Bacteria (20.59%)
  • Botany (37.25%)
  • Microbiology (11.76%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

J.A. Van Veen spends much of his time researching Bacteria, Botany, Microbiology, Rhizosphere and Genetically modified crops. His research in Bacteria intersects with topics in Phenotype, Fungus and Horticulture. Botany is closely attributed to Consumer in his research.

His Rhizosphere research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Microorganism and Trophic level, Food web. J.A. Van Veen has researched Cultivar in several fields, including Soil biology, Bulk soil and Starch. J.A. Van Veen has included themes like Microbiome, Organic matter and Microbial population biology in his Agronomy study.

Between 2008 and 2018, his most popular works were:

  • Control of blackleg and tuber soft rot of potato caused by Pectobacterium and Dickeya species: a review. (242 citations)
  • 13C pulse-labeling assessment of the community structure of active fungi in the rhizosphere of a genetically starch-modified potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivar and its parental isoline (87 citations)
  • In situ dynamics of soil fungal communities under different genotypes of potato, including a genetically modified cultivar (56 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Bacteria
  • Ecology
  • Botany

J.A. Van Veen mainly focuses on Rhizosphere, Botany, Genetically modified crops, Glomeromycota and Pectobacterium wasabiae. His Rhizosphere study is associated with Bacteria. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Microorganism, Ecology and Food web.

Bulk soil, Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Agronomy, Cultivar and Soil biology are fields of study that intersect with his Genetically modified crops research. His Glomeromycota investigation overlaps with other disciplines such as Stable-isotope probing, Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism, Solanum tuberosum, Genetically modified organism and Ascomycota. His Pectobacterium wasabiae study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Plant disease resistance, Biotechnology and Dickeya solani.

Best Publications

  • Microbial diversity in soil: Selection of microbial populations by plant and soil type and implications for disease suppressiveness

    P.V. Garbeva;J.A. Van Veen;J.D. van Elsas

  • Fate and activity of microorganisms introduced into soil.

    J A van Veen;L S van Overbeek;J D van Elsas

  • Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

    Elly Morriën;S. Emilia Hannula;L. Basten Snoek;Nico R. Helmsing

  • Taxonomical and functional microbial community selection in soybean rhizosphere.

    Lucas W Mendes;Eiko E Kuramae;Acácio A Navarrete;Johannes A van Veen

  • Soil structural aspects of decomposition of organic matter by micro-organisms

    J. A. Van Veen;P. J. Kuikman

  • Turnover of carbon and nitrogen through the microbial biomass in a sandy loam and a clay soil incubated with [14C(U)]glucose and [15N](NH4)2So4 under different moisture regimes

    J.A. Van Veen;J.N. Ladd;M. Amato

  • Control of blackleg and tuber soft rot of potato caused by Pectobacterium and Dickeya species: a review.

    R.L. Czajkowski;M.C.M. Perombelon;J.A. van Veen;J.M. van der Wolf

  • Shifting carbon flow from roots into associated microbial communities in response to elevated atmospheric CO2.

    Barbara Drigo;Agata S. Pijl;Henk Duyts;Anna M. Kielak

  • Modelling C and N turnover through the microbial biomass in soil

    J. A. Van Veen;J. N. Ladd;M. J. Frissel

  • Carbon Fluxes in Plant-Soil Systems at Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Levels.

    J. A. van Veen;E. Liljeroth;L. J. A. Lekkerkerk;S. C. van de Geijn

  • Rhizosphere microbial community and its response to plant species and soil history

    P.V. Garbeva;J.D. van Elsas;J.A. Van Veen

  • Predominant Bacillus spp. in agricultural soil under different management regimes detected via PCR-DGGE.

    P.V. Garbeva;J.A. Van Veen;J.D. Van Elsas

  • Soil-Borne Microbiome: Linking Diversity to Function

    Lucas William Mendes;Siu Mui Tsai;Acácio A. Navarrete;Mattias de Hollander

  • Survival of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis introduced into two soils of different texture in field microplots

    J.D. van Elsas;A.F. Dijkstra;J.M. Govaert;J.A. van Veen

  • Production of root-derived material and associated microbial growth in soil at different nutrient levels

    Roel Merckx;A Dijkstra;A den Hartog;J.A van Veen

  • Fungal biomass development in a chronosequence of land abandonment

    A. van der Wal;J.A. van Veen;W. Smant;H.T.S. Boschker

  • Climate change goes underground: effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on microbial community structure and activities in the rhizosphere

    B. Drigo;G.A. Kowalchuk;J.A. Van Veen

  • Calculation of nitrogen mineralization in soil food webs

    P. C. De Ruiter;J. A. Van Veen;J. C. Moore;L. Brussaard

  • Effect of above-ground plant species on soil microbial community structure and its impact on suppression of Rhizoctonia solani AG3

    P.V. Garbeva;J. Postma;J.A. Van Veen;J.D. van Elsas

  • Plant-and soil-related controls of the flow of carbon from roots through the soil microbial biomass

    J.A Van Veen;Roel Merckx;S.C Van de Geijn

  • Turnover of root-derived material and related microbial biomass formation in soils of different texture

    Roel Merckx;A den Hartog;J.A van Veen

  • Assimilate translocation to the rhizosphere of two wheat lines and subsequent utilization by rhizosphere microorganisms at two soil nitrogen concentrations

    E. Liljeroth;J.A. Van Veen;H.J. Miller

  • Effects of genetically modified plants on microbial communities and processes in soil

    M. Bruinsma;G. A. Kowalchuk;J. A. van Veen

  • 14C pulse-labelling of field-grown spring wheat : an evaluation of its use in rhizosphere carbon budget estimations

    J. Swinnen;J.A. Van Veen;R. Merckx

  • Carbon translocation to the rhizosphere of maize and wheat and influence on the turnover of native soil organic matter at different soil nitrogen levels

    E. Liljeroth;P. Kuikman;J. A. Van Veen

  • Habitable pore space and survival of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii introduced into soil

    J. Postma;J. A. van Veen

  • 13C pulse-labeling assessment of the community structure of active fungi in the rhizosphere of a genetically starch-modified potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivar and its parental isoline

    S. E. Hannula;H. T. S. Boschker;W. de Boer;J. A. van Veen

  • Protozoan predation and the turnover of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in the presence of plants

    P. J. Kuikman;A. G. Jansen;J. A. van Veen;A. J. B. Zehnder

  • Carbon fluxes in the rhizosphere of winter wheat and spring barley with conventional vs integrated farming

    J. Swinnen;J.A. Van Veen;R. Merckx

  • The impact of protozoa on the availability of bacterial nitrogen to plants

    P. J. Kuikman;J. A. Van Veen

  • A determination of protective microhabitats for bacteria introduced into soil

    C.E. Heijnen;J.A. van Veen

  • Simulation of 14C turnover through the microbial biomass in soils incubated with 14C-labelled plant residues

    J.N. Ladd;M. Amato;P.R. Grace;J.A. van Veen

  • Rhizosphere carbon fluxes in field-grown spring wheat : model calculations based on 14C partitioning after pulse-labelling

    J. Swinnen;J.A. Van Veen;R. Merckx

Frequent Co-Authors

Roel Merckx
Roel Merckx KU Leuven
Peter Kuikman
Peter Kuikman Wageningen University & Research
George A. Kowalchuk
George A. Kowalchuk Utrecht University
Johan H. J. Leveau
Johan H. J. Leveau University of California, Davis
Lijbert Brussaard
Lijbert Brussaard Wageningen University & Research
J.N. Ladd
J.N. Ladd Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
John C. Moore
John C. Moore Beijing Normal University
Peter Vandamme
Peter Vandamme Ghent University
Peter G. L. Klinkhamer
Peter G. L. Klinkhamer Leiden University
Heitor Cantarella
Heitor Cantarella IAC (United States)

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