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Overview

Rasmus Kjøller is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with specific subfields including Plant Science, Insect Science, Cell Biology, Soil Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Heavy metals in environment

Rasmus Kjøller has contributed frequently to several publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Fungal Diversity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Recent publications by the scientist include:

  • "FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles" (2020), published in Fungal Diversity
  • "Total RNA sequencing reveals multilevel microbial community changes and functional responses to wood ash application in agricultural and forest soil" (2020), published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • "Soil fungal diversity and functionality are driven by plant species used in phytoremediation" (2020), published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "The complexity of wood ash fertilization disentangled: Effects on soil pH, nutrient status, plant growth and cadmium accumulation" (2021), published in Environmental and Experimental Botany
  • "Extension of Plant Phenotypes by the Foliar Microbiome" (2021), published in Annual Review of Plant Biology

Collaborations have been a substantial part of their research, working frequently with several co-authors including Tobias Guldberg Frøslev, Flemming Ekelund, Regin Rønn, Mette Vestergård, and Marta Gil-Martínez.

Best Publications

  • The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi - recent updates and future perspectives

    Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson;R. Henrik Nilsson;Karl‐Henrik Larsson;Ian J. Alexander

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • UNITE: a database providing web-based methods for the molecular identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi

    Urmas Kõljalg;Karl-Henrik Larsson;Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson

  • FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles

    Sergei Põlme;Sergei Põlme;Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson;Björn D. Lindahl

  • Fungal community analysis by high-throughput sequencing of amplified markers - a user's guide

    Björn D. Lindahl;R. Henrik Nilsson;Leho Tedersoo;Kessy Abarenkov

  • Algorithm for post-clustering curation of DNA amplicon data yields reliable biodiversity estimates

    Tobias Guldberg Frøslev;Rasmus Kjøller;Hans Henrik Bruun;Rasmus Ejrnæs

  • High functional diversity within species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Lisa Munkvold;Rasmus Kjøller;Mauritz Vestberg;Søren Rosendahl

  • Towards global patterns in the diversity and community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi

    Leho Tedersoo;Leho Tedersoo;Mohammad Bahram;Märt Toots;Abdala G. Diédhiou

  • The production and turnover of extramatrical mycelium of ectomycorrhizal fungi in forest soils: role in carbon cycling

    A. Ekblad;H. Wallander;D. L. Godbold;C. Cruz

  • Molecular and morphological diversity of pezizalean ectomycorrhiza

    Leho Tedersoo;Karen Hansen;Brian A. Perry;Rasmus Kjøller

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards;Andy F.S. Taylor

  • Evaluation of methods to estimate production, biomass and turnover of ectomycorrhizal mycelium in forests soils : A review

    Håkan Wallander;A. Ekblad;D. L. Godbold;D. Johnson

  • 454-sequencing reveals stochastic local reassembly and high disturbance tolerance within arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    Ylva Lekberg;Tim Krone Schnoor;Rasmus Kjoller;Sean M. Gibbons

  • Disproportionate abundance between ectomycorrhizal root tips and their associated mycelia

    Rasmus Kjøller

  • Dramatic changes in ectomycorrhizal community composition, root tip abundance and mycelial production along a stand-scale nitrogen deposition gradient.

    Rasmus Kjøller;Lars Ola Nilsson;Karin Hansen;Inger Kappel Schmidt

  • Detection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomales) in roots by nested PCR and SSCP (Single Stranded Conformation Polymorphism)

    Rasmus Kjøller;Søren Rosendahl

  • The distance decay of similarity in communities of ectomycorrhizal fungi in different ecosystems and scales

    Mohammad Bahram;Mohammad Bahram;Urmas Kõljalg;Urmas Kõljalg;Pierre‐Emmanuel Courty;Abdala G. Diédhiou

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    M. I. Bidartondo;Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards

  • Molecular phylogenetics and delimitation of species in Cortinarius section Calochroi (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) in Europe.

    Tobias Guldberg Frøslev;Thomas Stjernegaard Jeppesen;Thomas Læssøe;Rasmus Kjøller

  • Effect of phosphate and the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices on disease severity of root rot of peas (Pisum sativum) caused by Aphanomyces euteiches

    Lars Bødker;Rasmus Kjøller;Søren Rosendahl

  • Identification of mycorrhizal fungi from single pelotons of Dactylorhiza majalis (Orchidaceae) using single-strand conformation polymorphism and mitochondrial ribosomal large subunit DNA sequences.

    K.A. Kristiansen;D.L. Taylor;Rasmus Kjøller;H.N. Rasmussen

  • Wood Ash Induced pH Changes Strongly Affect Soil Bacterial Numbers and Community Composition

    Toke Bang-Andreasen;Toke Bang-Andreasen;Toke Bang-Andreasen;Jeppe T. Nielsen;Jeppe T. Nielsen;Jana Voriskova;Jana Voriskova;Jana Voriskova;Janine Heise

  • Towards standardization of the description and publication of next-generation sequencing datasets of fungal communities.

    R. Henrik Nilsson;R. Henrik Nilsson;Leho Tedersoo;Leho Tedersoo;Björn D. Lindahl;Rasmus Kjøller

Frequent Co-Authors

Søren Rosendahl
Søren Rosendahl University of Copenhagen
Leho Tedersoo
Leho Tedersoo University of Tartu
Urmas Kõljalg
Urmas Kõljalg University of Tartu
Flemming Ekelund
Flemming Ekelund University of Copenhagen
R. Henrik Nilsson
R. Henrik Nilsson University of Gothenburg
Karl-Henrik Larsson
Karl-Henrik Larsson University of Oslo
Carsten S. Jacobsen
Carsten S. Jacobsen Aarhus University
Hans Henrik Bruun
Hans Henrik Bruun University of Copenhagen
Matthew E. Smith
Matthew E. Smith University of Florida
Taina Pennanen
Taina Pennanen Finnish Forest Research Institute

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