PUBLICATIONS
Academic Publications
2024
Reher T., Lavaert C., Willockx B., Huyghe Y., Bisschop J., Martens JA., Diels J., Cappelle J., Van de Poel B. (2024). Potential of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) production in vertical bifacial, tracked, or elevated agrivoltaic systems in Belgium. Applied Energy 359: 122679.
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Mohorović P., Geldhof B., Holsteens K., Rinia M., Daems S., Reijnders T., Ceusters J., Van den Ende W., Van de Poel B. (2024). Ethylene inhibits photosynthesis via temporally distinct responses in tomato plants. Plant Physiology – accepted.
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​Willockx B., Reher T., Lavaert C., Herteleer B., Van de Poel B., Cappelle J. (2024). Design and evaluation of an agrivoltaic system for a pear orchard. Applied Energy 353: 122166.
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2023
Minh Viet Nguyen T., Hertog MLATM., Van De Poel B., Thi Tran D., Nicolai B. (2023). The impact of growing season on the ethylene biosynthesis and signaling pathways of a heat tolerant tomato during off-vine postharvest ripening. Postharvest Biology and Technology 207: 112637.
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Mohorović P., Geldhof B., Holsteens K., Rinia M., Ceusters J., Van de Poel B. (2023). Effect of ethylene pretreatment on tomato plant responses to salt, drought, and waterlogging stress. Plant Direct 7(11), e548.
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Geldhof B., Novak O., Van de Poel B. (2023). Leaf ontogeny modulates epinasty through shifts in hormone dynamics during waterlogging in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany erad432.
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Van de Poel B., de Vries J. (2023). Evolution of ethylene as an abiotic stress hormone in streptophytes. Environmental and Experimental Botany 214: 105456.
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Minh Viet Nguyen T., Hertog MLATM., Van De Poel B., Thi Tran D., Nicolai B. (2023) Targeted system approach to ethylene biosynthesis and signaling of a heat tolerant tomato cultivar; the impact of growing season on fruit ripening. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1195020.
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Geldhof B., Pattyn J., Van de Poel B. (2023). From a different angle: genetic diversity underlies differentiation of waterlogging-induced epinasty in tomato. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1178778.
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Gonin M., Salas-González I., Gopaulchan D., Frene J.P., Roden S., Van de Poel B., Salt D.E., Castrillo G. (2023). Plant microbiota controls an alternative root branching regulatory mechanism in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 120 (15): e2301054120.
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2022
Bharadwaj P., Sanchez L., Li D., Enyi D., Van De Poel B., Chang C. (2022). The plant hormone ethylene promotes abiotic stress tolerance in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 998267.
Holsteens K., De Jaegere I., Wynants A., Prinsen E., Van de Poel B. (2022). Mild and severe salt stress responses are age-dependently regulated by abscisic acid in tomato. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 982622.
Li D., Dierschke T., Roden S., Chen K., Bowman J., Chang C., Van de Poel B. (2022). A Transporter of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid Affects Thallus Growth and Fertility in Marchantia polymorpha. New Phytologist 236 (6): 2103-2114.
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Vaughan-Hirsch J., Li D., Roig Martinez A., Roden R., Pattyn J., Taira S., Shikano H., Miyama Y., Okano Y., Voet A., Van De Poel B. (2022). A 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic-acid (ACC) dipeptide elicits ethylene responses through ACC-oxidase mediated substrate promiscuity. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 995073.
Houben M., Vaughan-Hirsch J., Mou W., Van de Poel B. (2022). Ethylene Insensitive 3-Like 2 (EIL2) is a Brassicaceae-specific transcriptional regulator involved in fine-tuning ethylene responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany 73 (14): 4793–4805.
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Meyer P., Verlent M., Van Doorsselaere J., Nicolai B., Saeys W., Hytönen T., De Coninck B., Van de Poel B. (2022). Blue and far-red light control flowering time of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) distinctively via CONSTANS (CO) and FLOWERING LOCUS T1 (FT1) in the background of sunlight mimicking radiation. Environmental and Experimental Botany 198: 104886.
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Pols S., Van de Poel B., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Nicolai B. (2022). The regulatory role of nitric oxide and its significance for future postharvest applications. Postharvest Biology and Technology 188: 111869.
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Van de Poel B., Chang C. (2022). Is losing ethylene a losing game. Molecular Plant 15: 788-790.
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De Jaegere I., Cornelis Y., De Clercq T., Goossens A., Van de Poel B. (2022). Overview of witloof chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) discolorations and their underlying physiological and biochemical causes. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 843004.
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Li D., Mou W., Van de Poel B., Chang C. (2022) Something old, something new: conservation of the ethylene precursor ACC as a signaling molecule. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 65: 102116.
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Claessen H., Van de Poel B., Keulemans W., De Storme N. (2022). A semi in vivo pollination technique to assess the level of gametophytic self-incompatibility and pollen tube growth in pear (Pyrus communis L.). Plant Reproduction 35(2):127-140.
2021
Geldhof B., Pattyn J., Eyland D., Carpentier S., Van de Poel B. (2021) A digital sensor to measure real-time leaf movements and detect abiotic stress in plants. Plant Physiology 187 (3): 1131-1148.
Meyer P., Van de Poel B., De Coninck B. (2021). UV-B light and its application potential to reduce disease and pest incidence in crops. Horticulture Research 8: 194.
Mellidou I., Ainalidou A., Papadopoulou A., Leontidou K., Genitsaris S., Van De Poel B., Karamanoli K. (2021) Comparative transcriptomics and metabolomics reveal an intricate priming mechanism involved in PGPR-mediated salt tolerance in tomato. Frontiers in Plant Science 17: 713984.
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Mata C.I., Magpantay J.,Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Van de Poel B., Nicolai B.M. (2021). Expression and protein levels of ethylene receptors, CTRs and EIN2 during tomato fruit ripening as affected by 1- MCP. Postharvest Biology and Technology 179: 111573
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Rankenberg T., Geldhof B., van Veen H., Holsteens K., Van de Poel B., Sasidharan R. (2021). Age-dependent abiotic stress resilience in plants. Trends in Plant Science 26 (7), 692-705.
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Pattyn J., Vaughan-Hirsch J., Van de Poel B. (2021). The regulation of ethylene biosynthesis: a complex multilevel regulatory control circuitry. New Phytologist 229 - 770.
2020
Van de Poel B. (2020). Ethylene’s fraternal twin steals the spotlight. Nature Plants 6: 1309–1310.
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Holsteens K., Moerkens R., Van de Poel B., Vanlommel W. (2020). The Effect of Low-Haze Diffuse Glass on Greenhouse Tomato and Bell Pepper Production and Light Distribution Properties. MDPI Plants 9: 806.
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2019
Houben M., Van de Poel B. (2019). 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase (ACO): the enzyme that makes the plant hormone ethylene. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 685.
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Claessen H., Keulemans W., Van de Poel B., De Storme N. (2019). Finding a Compatible Partner: Self-Incompatibility in European Pear (Pyrus communis); Molecular Control, Genetic Determination, and Impact on Fertilization and Fruit Set. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 407.
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Tarkowski L.P., Van de Poel B., Höfte M., Van den Ende W. (2019). Sweet Immunity: Inulin Boosts Resistance of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) against Grey Mold (Botrytis cinerea) in an Ethylene-Dependent Manner. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20: 1052.
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2018
Mata C.I., Fabre B., Parson H.T., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Van Raemdonck G., Baggerman G., Van de Poel B., Lilley K.S., Nicolai B.M. (2018). Ethylene receptors, CTRs and EIN2 target protein identification and quantification through parallel reaction monitoring during tomato fruit ripening. Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 1626.
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Ceusters J., Van de Poel B. (2018). The control of photosynthesis by the hormone ethylene. Plant Physiology 76: 2601-2612.
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Mata C.I., Van de Poel B., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Tran D., Nicolai B.M. (2018). Transcription analysis of the ethylene and CTR genes in tomato: The effect of on and off-vine ripening and 1-MCP. Postharvest Biology and Technology 140: 67-75.
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2017
Van de Poel B., Van Der Straeten D. (2017). Plant ethylene detection using laser-based photo-acoustic spectroscopy. In: Methods in Molecular Biology - Ethylene Signaling (p11-26); Eds. Binder B. and Schaller E. Springer, Amsterdam. (ISBN 978-1-4939-6852-7)
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Abst W., Vandenbussche B., De Proft M.P., Van de Poel B. (2017). The role of auxin-ethylene crosstalk in orchestrating primary root elongation in sugar beet. Frontiers in Plant Science 8: 444.
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Tran D.T., Hertog M.L.A.T.M. , Tran T.L.H., Quyen N.T., Van de Poel B., Mata C.I., Nicolai B.M. (2017). Population modelling approach to optimise crop harvest strategy: The case of field tomato. Frontiers in Plant Science 8: 608.
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2016
Van de Poel B., Cooper E.D., Van Der Straeten D., Chang C., Delwiche C.F. (2016) Transcriptome profiling of the green alga Spirogyra pratensis (Charophyta) suggests an ancestral role for ethylene in cell wall metabolism, photosynthesis and abiotic stress responses. Plant Physiology 172: 533-545.
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Van de Poel B., Chang C. (2016) Moving towards the light in response to a gas: a novel cyanobacterial ethylene receptor. Plant Physiology 171: 4.
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2015
Van de Poel B., Smet D., Van Der Straeten D. (2015). Ethylene and hormonal crosstalk in vegetative growth and development. Plant Physiology 169: 61-72.
Ju C.*, Van de Poel B.*, Cooper E.D.*, Thierer J.*, Gibbons T., Delwiche C.F., Chang C. (2015). Conservation of Ethylene as a Plant Hormone over 450 Million Years of Evolution. Nature Plants 1 – 14004. *Co-first author
Abst W., Van de Poel B., Vandenbussche B., De Proft M.P. (2015). Abscisic acid inhibits sugar beet germination and indirectly delays ethylene biosynthesis in Beta vulgaris seeds. Seed Science and Technology 43: 156-167.
Mao D., Yu F., Li J., Van de Poel B., Tan D., Li J., Liu Y., Li X., Dong M., Chen L., Li D., Luan S. (2015). FERONIA receptor kinase interacts with S-adenosylmethionine synthetase and supresses S-adenosylmethionine production and ethylene biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell and Environment 38: 2566-2574.
2014
Van de Poel B., Van Der Straeten D. (2014). 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) in plants: more than just the precursor of ethylene! Frontiers in Plant Science 5 – 640.
Van de Poel B., Vandendriessche T., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Nicolai B.M., Geeraerd A.H. (2014). Detached ripening of non-climacteric strawberry impairs aroma profile and fruit quality. Postharvest Biology and Technology 95: 70-80.
Van de Poel B., Bulens I., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Nicolai B.M., Geeraerd A.H. (2014). A transcriptomics based kinetic model for ethylene biosynthesis in tomato fruit: development, validation and exploration of novel regulatory mechanisms. New Phytologist 202: 952-963.
Van de Poel B., Vandenzavel N., Smet C., Nicolay T., Bulens I., Mellidou I., Vandoninck S., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Derua R., Spaepen S., Vanderleyden J., Waelkens E., De Proft M.P., Nicolai B.M., Geeraerd A.H. (2014). Tissue specific analysis reveals a differential organization and regulation of both ethylene biosynthesis and E8 during climacteric ripening of tomato. BMC Plant Biology 14 - 11.
Abts W., Van de Poel B., Vandenbussche B., De Proft M.P. (2014). Ethylene is differentially regulated during sugar beet germination and affects early root growth in a dose-dependent manner. Planta 240: 679-686.
2013
Van de Poel B., Bulens I., Oppermann Y., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Nicolai B.M., Sauter M., Geeraerd A.H. (2013). S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) usage during climacteric ripening of tomato in relation to ethylene and polyamine biosynthesis and transmethylation capacity. Physiologia Plantarum 148: 176-188.
Bulens I., Van de Poel B., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Cristescu S., Harren F., De Proft M.P., Geeraerd A.H., Nicolai B.M. (2013). Dynamic changes of the ethylene biosynthesis in ‘Jonagold’ apple. Physiologia Plantarum 150: 161-173.
2012
Van de Poel B., Bulens I., Markoula A., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Dreesen R., Wirtz M., Vandoninck S., Oppermann Y., Keulemans W., Hell R., Waelkens E., De Proft M.P., Sauter M., Nicolai B.M., Geeraerd A.H. (2012). Targeted systems biology profiling of tomato fruit reveals coordination of the Yang cycle and a distinct regulation of ethylene biosynthesis during post-climacteric ripening. Plant Physiology 160: 1498-1514.
Van de Poel B., Bulens I., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Van Gastel L., De Proft M.P., Nicolai B.M., Geeraerd A.H. (2012). Model-based classification of tomato fruit development and ripening related to physiological maturity. Postharvest Biology and Technology 67: 59-67.
Bulens I., Van de Poel B., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., De Proft M.P., Geeraerd A.H., Nicolai B.M. (2012). Influence of harvest time and 1-MCP application on postharvest ripening and ethylene biosynthesis of "Jonagold" apple. Postharvest Biology and Technology 72: 11-19.
Gwanpua S.G., Verlinden B.E., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Bulens I., Van de Poel B., Van Impe J., Nicolai B.M., Geeraerd A.H. (2012). Kinetic modeling of firmness breakdown in ‘Breaburn’ apples stored under different controlled atmosphere conditions. Postharvest Biology and Technology 67: 68-74.
2011
Bulens I., Van de Poel B., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., De Proft M.P., Geeraerd A.H., Nicolai B.M. (2011). Protocol: An updated integrated methodology for analysis of metabolites and enzyme activities of ethylene biosynthesis. Plant Methods 7 – 17.
Oms-Oliu G., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Van de Poel B., Ampofo-Asiama J., Geeraerd A.H., Nicolai B.M. (2011). Metabolic characterization of tomato fruit during preharvest development, ripening and postharvest shelf-life. Postharvest Biology and Technology 62: 7-16.
2010
Van de Poel B., Bulens I., Lagrain P., Pollet J., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Lammertyn J., De Proft M.P., Nicolai B.M., Geeraerd A.H. (2010). Determination of S-adenosyl-L-methionine in fruits by capillary electrophoresis. Phytochemical Analysis 21: 602-608.
2009
Van de Poel B., Ceusters J., De Proft M.P. (2009). Determination of pineapple (Ananas comosus, MD-2 hybrid cultivar) plant maturity, the efficiency of flowering induction agents and the use of activated carbon. Scientia Horticulturae 120: 58-63.
Book Chapters
​Mohorović, P., Vaughan-Hirsch, J., Ceusters, J., Van de Poel, B. (2022). Ethylene in Photosynthate Partitioning and Source-Sink Modulation in Agricultural Crops. In: The Plant Hormone Ethylene - Stress Acclimation and Agricultural Applications, Chapt. 3. Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323858465.
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Van de Poel B., Van Der Straeten D. (2017). Plant ethylene detection using laser-based photo-acoustic spectroscopy. In: Methods in Molecular Biology - Ethylene Signaling (p11-26); Eds. Binder B. and Schaller E. Springer, Amsterdam. (ISBN 978-1-4939-6852-7)
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Becker N., Chang C., Raschid L., Srinivasan P., Van de Poel B., Zhang X-N., Zotkina E. (2015). Demonstration: Mining sentence and annotation evidence for a cross genome study of the plant hormone ethylene. In: Data Integration in the Life Sciences – Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics; Eds. Ashid N. and Ambite J-L., Springer, Amsterdam; p. 251-255. (ISBN 978-3-319-21842-7)
Van de Poel B., Chang C. (2015) Ethylene Signaling form the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane to the Nucleus. In: Ethylene in Plants; Ed. Wen C-K. Springer, Amsterdam; p. 93-109. (ISBN 978-94-017-9484-8)
Van de Poel B., Cooper D.E., Delwiche F.C., Chang C. (2015). An Evolutionary Perspective on the Plant Hormone Ethylene. In: Ethylene in Plants; Ed. Wen C-K. Springer, Amsterdam; p. 109-135. (ISBN 978-94-017-9484-8)
National and International Expert Communication
Van de Poel, B., Vandendrissche, T., Geeraerd, A., Schenk A., Nicolai B. (2015). Das einzigartige Reifungsverhalten der Erdbeere. Spargel & Erdbeer Profi 1/15: 56-58.
Becker N., Chang C., Raschid L., Srinivasan P., Van de Poel B., Zhang X-N., Zotkina E. (2015) Demonstration: Mining Sentence and Annotation Evidence for a Cross Genome Study of the Plant Hormone Ethylene. Data Integration in the Life Sciences Lecture Notes in Computer Science 9162.
Van de Poel, B., Vandendrissche, T., Geeraerd, A. Schenk A., Nicolai B. (2014). Het unieke rijpingspatroon van aardbeien onder de loep. Proeftuinnieuws 12: 21-23.
Geeraerd, A.H., Van de Poel, B. (2012). Ruis in de cel: meer dan een stoorzender. Karakter 38: 5-7.
Van de Poel, B., Geeraerd, A., Hertog, M., Schenk, A. (2012). Ethyleenproductie van tomaat: elk weefsel anders. Proeftuinnieuws 17: 22-25.
Van de Poel B., Bulens I., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Oppermann Y., Sauter M., De Proft M.P., Nicolaï B.M. & Geeraerd, A.H. (2011). ACC-oxidase is the rate limiting step in ethylene biosynthesis during post harvest storage of tomato. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 945: 429-434.
Londers E., Ceusters J., Godts C., Van de Poel B., De Proft M.P. (2011). Pre- and Postharvest Metabolism of Crown Leaves of Pineapple Fruit. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 902: 233-238.
Bulens I., Van de Poel B., Hertog M.L.A.T.M, Geeraerd A.H. & Nicolaï B.M. (2011). The ethylene metabolism in Jonagold apple during CA storage and shelf life – A modelling approach. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 945: 331-336.
Londers E., Ceusters J., Godts C., Van de Poel B., De Proft M.P. (2010). Pre and postharvest metabolism of leaves on the pineapple fruit crown. Pineapple News 17: 4-7.
Van de Poel B., Bobbelyn E. (2010). Systeembiologisch onderzoek naar de ethyleenproductie van tomaat. Proeftuinnieuws 11: 8-9.
Van de Poel B., Ceusters J., De Proft M.P. (2009). A novel flowering induction agent for pineapple. Pineapple News 16: 6-9.
Van de Poel B., Ceusters J., De Proft M.P. (2009). Pineapple plant maturity and flowering. Pineapple News 16: 10-12.
Bulens I., Van de Poel B., Hertog M.L.A.T.M., Geeraerd A.H. & Nicolaï B.M. (2009). Modeling of the ethylene metabolism during ripening and CA storage of Jonagold apples. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 876: 85-90.