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Thom Kuyper
Professor, Fungal Ecology and Diversity (personal chair)
Droevendaalsesteeg 4 (building 104), 6708 PB Wageningen
B.317
P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
+31 (0) 317 482352
+31 (0) 317 419000
thom.kuyper@wur.nl
Production Ecology & Resource Conservation (PE&RC)
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Teaching Subjects |
YEI-10306
LAD-10309
NCP-10503
SOQ-21806
SOQ-32806
ESS-31806
SOQ-818xx
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Introduction Environmental Sciences (case study)
Integration Course Soil, Water, Atmosphere
Ecology I (tutorials)
Soil Quality
Biological Interactions in Soils
Biogeochemical cycles
Thesis Soil Biology and Biological Soil Quality (thesis subjects for MSc students)
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G. Ayongwa: Striga management and soil fertility in northern Cameroon
My role: supervisor |
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E. Birhane: Waiting in the underground: survival strategies of Boswellia papyrifera in strongly pulsed environments My role: supervisor |
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A. Visser: Weeds, diseasesand the evolution of sustainable agriculture in fungus-growing termites.
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R. Uprety: Uncover the roots of rice intensification methods in Nepal: the interplay of improved soil management practices and soil processes
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M.N. Muriithi: The impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on agricultural management practices in Kenya: soil structure, nutrient use efficiency of crops, and interactions with soil macrofauna My role: supervisor |
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R. Yemadje: Mycorrhizal functioning in cropping systems in Benin My role: supervisor |
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M. Pena-Claros: Terra Preta do Indio – Recovering the Past, Regaining the Future of Amazonian Dark Earths
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A. Sidibé: Soil quality and the market chain of karité (Vitellaria paradoxa); my role: supervisor
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G. Galván (2009). Resistance to Fusarium basal rot and response to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Allium; my role: supervisor |
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S. Adjei-Nsiah (2006): Cropping systems, land tenure and social diversity of Wenchi, Ghana: implications for soil fertility management
My role: supervisor |
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A. Saïdou (2006): Converging strategies by farmers and scientists to improve soil fertility and enhance crop production in Benin. My role: supervisor |
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P. Vissoh (2006): Participatory development of weed management technologies in Benin
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O. Alberton (2008): Mycorrhizal responses under elevated CO2 – combining fungal and plant perspectives
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G. Kaschuk (2009): Sink stimulation of photosynthesis by legume-nodulating bacteria (rhizobia) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: interactions between nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon budgets My role: supervisor. |
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Member of the board of the Education Institute (OWI)
Section editor of Plant and Soil
Editor of Persoonia |
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Fields of Interest |
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Soil-plant interactions
Rhizosphere processes
Fungal ecology and diversity
Soil fertility
Terra Preta
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