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Rony Swennen

Rony Swennen

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Belgium
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
71
Citations
17392
World Ranking
676
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Ecology

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Musaceae, Cultivar, Horticulture and Meristem. His Botany research includes themes of Radopholus similis and Gene, Transformation. Rony Swennen combines subjects such as Genetic variability, Inflorescence, Somaclonal variation and Protoplast with his study of Musaceae.

The Cultivar study combines topics in areas such as Germplasm, Crop, Biotechnology, Hybrid and Genetic variation. His research integrates issues of Genetics, Biodiversity, Tropics, Genome and Allele in his study of Germplasm. The concepts of his Meristem study are interwoven with issues in Gene expression, Cryopreservation and Somatic embryogenesis.

His most cited work include:

  • Preparation of protein extracts from recalcitrant plant tissues: An evaluation of different methods for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis (407 citations)
  • Droplet vitrification of apical meristems: a cryopreservation protocol applicable to all Musaceae (191 citations)
  • High-throughput determination of malondialdehyde in plant tissues. (166 citations)

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

Rony Swennen mostly deals with Horticulture, Botany, Agronomy, Cryopreservation and Cultivar. Germplasm, Hybrid, Shoot and Inoculation are among the areas of Horticulture where the researcher is concentrating his efforts. Germplasm and Biotechnology are commonly linked in his work.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Nematode, Radopholus similis and Somatic embryogenesis. His study in Agroforestry extends to Agronomy with its themes. His Cryopreservation research includes elements of Vitrification and Sucrose.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Horticulture (39.68%)
  • Botany (34.92%)
  • Agronomy (16.27%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Horticulture (39.68%)
  • Cultivar (20.63%)
  • Botany (34.92%)

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

Rony Swennen spends much of his time researching Horticulture, Cultivar, Botany, Biotechnology and Hybrid. His Cultivar research integrates issues from Agroforestry, Germplasm, Tropics, Carotenoid and Drought tolerance. His work carried out in the field of Germplasm brings together such families of science as Genetic variation and Genetic diversity.

His biological study focuses on Drought stress. As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Biotechnology, focusing on Genome and, on occasion, DNA microarray. His research on Hybrid also deals with topics like

  • Crossbreed which intersects with area such as Toxicology and Heritability,
  • Pollination that connect with fields like Breeding program and Germination,
  • Ploidy and related Chromosome, Subspecies, Chromosomal translocation, Karyotype and Musaceae.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Differential root transcriptomics in a polyploid non-model crop: the importance of respiration during osmotic stress (92 citations)
  • Molecular and cytological characterization of the global Musa germplasm collection provides insights into the treasure of banana diversity (53 citations)
  • Molecular and cytological characterization of the global Musa germplasm collection provides insights into the treasure of banana diversity (53 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Ecology

Rony Swennen mainly investigates Germplasm, Cultivar, Horticulture, Genetics and Musa acuminata. Rony Swennen has researched Germplasm in several fields, including Genetic diversity, Biotechnology, Fusarium, Heritability and Genetic variation. His research in Genetic diversity tackles topics such as Genotyping which are related to areas like Botany.

His Cultivar study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Agriculture, Fusarium wilt, Fusarium oxysporum and Crop. His Horticulture study combines topics in areas such as Biomass and Agronomy. His studies deal with areas such as East African Highland bananas and Breeding program as well as Musa acuminata.

Best Publications

  • Preparation of protein extracts from recalcitrant plant tissues: An evaluation of different methods for two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis

    Sebastien Christian Carpentier;Erwin Witters;Kris Laukens;Peter Deckers

  • High-throughput determination of malondialdehyde in plant tissues.

    Mark Davey;E Stals;Bart Panis;Johan Keulemans

  • Droplet vitrification of apical meristems: a cryopreservation protocol applicable to all Musaceae

    Bart Panis;Bart Piette;Rony Swennen

  • Genetic Transformation of Banana and Plantain (Musa spp.) via Particle Bombardment

    Laszlo Sagi;Bart Panis;Serge Remy;H Schoofs

  • Effects of plant phenylpropanoid pathway products and selected terpenoids and alkaloids on the behaviour of the plant-parasitic nematodes Radopholus similis, Pratylenchus penetrans and Meloidogyne incognita

    Nathalie Wuyts;Rony Swennen;Dirk De Waele

  • Cryopreservation For The Elimination Of Cucumber Mosaic And Banana Streak Viruses From Banana (Musa Spp.)

    Bertrand Helliot;B. Panis;Y. Poumay;R. Swennen

  • Floristic composition, plant uses and management practices in homegardens of San Rafael Coxcatlán, Valley of Tehuacán-Cuicatlán, Mexico

    I Blanckaert;Rony Swennen;M Paredes Flores;R Rosas López

  • AMF-induced biocontrol against plant parasitic nematodes in Musa sp.: a systemic effect

    Annemie Elsen;D. Gervacio;Rony Swennen;Dirk De Waele

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Differential root transcriptomics in a polyploid non-model crop: the importance of respiration during osmotic stress

    Yasmín Zorrilla-Fontanesi;Mathieu Rouard;Alberto Cenci;Ewaut Kissel

  • Proteome analysis of non-model plants : a challenging but powerful approach

    Sebastien Christian Carpentier;Bart Panis;Annelies Vertommen;Ronny Swennen

  • Development of embryogenic cell suspensions from shoot meristematic tissue in bananas and plantains (Musa spp.)

    Hannelore Strosse;H Schoofs;Bart Panis;Edwige Andre

  • Extraction and partial characterization of polyphenol oxidase from banana (Musa acuminata Grande naine) roots

    Nathalie Wuyts;Dirk De Waele;Rony Swennen

  • Cryopreservation of banana (Musa spp.) meristem cultures after preculture on sucrose

    B. Panis;N. Totté;K. Van Nimmen;L.A. Withers

  • The use of RAPD for identifying and classifying Musa germplasm

    Elaine C. Howell;H. John Newbury;Rony L. Swennen;Lyndsey A. Withers

  • Development and performance of balck sigatoka-resistant tetraploid hybrids of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group)

    Dirk R. Vuylsteke;Rony L. Swennen;Rodomiro Ortiz

  • First archaeological evidence of banana cultivation in central Africa during the third millennium before present

    Christophe Mbida C.M. Mindzie;Hughes H. Doutrelepont;Luc Vrydaghs;Rony R.L. Swennen

  • Effects, distribution and uptake of silicon in banana (Musa spp.) under controlled conditions

    C Henriet;X Draye;I Oppitz;Rony Swennen

  • Yield loss in plantain from black sigatoka leaf spot and field performance of resistant hybrids

    Kn Mobambo;F Gauhl;D Vuylsteke;R Ortiz

  • Banana (Musa spp.) as a model to study the meristem proteome: acclimation to osmotic stress.

    Sebastien C. Carpentier;Erwin Witters;Kris Laukens;Harry Van Onckelen

  • Plantain cultivation under West African conditions: a reference manual

    R. Swennen

  • Plant regeneration through direct somatic embryogenesis from protoplasts of banana (Musa spp.).

    Bart Panis;A Van Wauwe;Rony Swennen

  • Genetic variability in Musa fruit provitamin A carotenoids, lutein and mineral micronutrient contents

    Mark W. Davey;Inge Van den Bergh;Richard Markham;Rony Swennen

  • From crossbreeding to biotechnology-facilitated improvement of banana and plantain.

    Rodomiro Ortiz;Rony Swennen

  • Banana improvement : cellular, molecular biology, and induced mutations

    S. Mohan Jain;Rony Swennen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart Panis
Bart Panis KU Leuven
Rodomiro Ortiz
Rodomiro Ortiz Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Erwin Witters
Erwin Witters Kemin Animal Nutrition & Health
Jenny Renaut
Jenny Renaut Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Pol Coppin
Pol Coppin KU Leuven
Jean-Francois Hausman
Jean-Francois Hausman Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Peer M. Schenk
Peer M. Schenk University of Queensland
Jaroslav Doležel
Jaroslav Doležel Czech Academy of Sciences
Mark W. Davey
Mark W. Davey KU Leuven

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