Current projects
Third party funding:
- Texture Dependency of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza-induced Plant Drought Tolerance Site: Germany; Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Grant: 221,318 € (2023-2026)
- Assessing the potential of regenerative agriculture to support soil health and carbon sequestration; Site: USA; Funded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Grant: 1,004,522 $ (2022-2025)
- Emerging effects of root hairs on plant scale soil water relations (2nd phase); Site: Germany (As part of priority program SPP2089: Rhizosphere spatiotemporal organisation – a key to rhizosphere function); Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Grant: 452,684 € (2022-2025)
- More crop per drop for sub-Saharan Africa: Key rhizosphere traits to overcome multiple resource limitation; Site: Germany, Kenya, Ethiopia and India. Funded by Robert Bosch Foundation; Grant: 998,992 € (2017-2022)
- Emerging effects of root hairs and mucilage on plant scale soil water relations (1st phase); Site: Germany (As part of priority program SPP2089: Rhizosphere spatiotemporal organisation – a key to rhizosphere function); Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG); Grant: 485,269 € (2018-2022)
- Root hydraulics: towards answering the recent global questions on root functionality and possible use in crop improvement programs; Site: Germany and India (in collaboration with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT); Funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)