KNAW

Person

Prof.dr.ir. P.C. Struik

Current research

(the most recent research is at the top)
Supervisor Integration the socio-technical perspectives in pro-poor crop varietal technology development in marginal environments: The case of common beans in Southern Ethiopia
Supervisor Establishing sustainability indicator values for resource use and resource capture in potato production in Southern Africa.
Project leader Establishing sustainability indicator values for resource use and resource capture in potato production in Southern Africa.
Supervisor Management of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes[Mart.] Solms.)using bio-agents in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia
Project leader Management of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes[Mart.] Solms.)using bio-agents in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia
Supervisor Strengthening livelihoods and local management of plant geneticresources under conditions of climate change
Project leader Strengthening livelihoods and local management of plant geneticresources under conditions of climate change
Supervisor Strenthening rice seed systems and agro-biodiversity conservation: Atechnico-anthropological focus on farmers practices and indigenousinstitutions of rice seed development and biodiversity conservat
Researcher Genetic regulation of the cell cycle in tomato fruit by a network of transcription factors and its modification by growth conditions: a systems biology approach to explain tomato fruit growth and quality
Supervisor Optimization of Productivity and Quality of Irrigated Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) by smallholders in Ziway, Central Rift Valley Area of Ethiopia.
Project leader Optimization of Productivity and Quality of Irrigated Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) by smallholders in Ziway, Central Rift Valley Area of Ethiopia.
Supervisor Qtl based Modeling of Potato Growth and Development
Project leader Qtl based Modeling of Potato Growth and Development
Supervisor Genetic regulation of cell cycle in tomato fruit by a network of transcription factors and its modification by growth conditions
Project leader Genetic regulation of cell cycle in tomato fruit by a network of transcription factors and its modification by growth conditions
Supervisor Understanding variation in the smallholder oil palm sector toward performance improvement in Benin
Researcher Nutritive value of starch in maize
Supervisor Effect of HIV/AIDS on management and species biodiversity of edible wild plants; a case of orchids in Makete, Tanzania
Supervisor Designing a breeding approach to increase stress tolerance and product quality through improving root system architecture in lettuce(Lactuca sativa L.) for organic and low-input agriculture.
Supervisor An integrated economic and agronomic analysis of seed potato supply chains in Ethiopia
Project leader Development of markers on Nitrogen use efficiency (Nit-UE) in potato;an integrated agronomic, physiological and genetic analysis.
Supervisor Development of markers on Nitrogen use efficiency (Nit-UE) in potato;an integrated agronomic, physiological and genetic analysis.
Supervisor Understanding crop adaptation through an integrated approach based on statistical models for the study of genotype by environment (gxe)interactions and crop growth models.
Contact person Participatory Plant Breeding in Syria: Women, Rights and Governance
Supervisor Participatory Plant Breeding in Syria: Women, Rights and Governance
Project leader Participatory Plant Breeding in Syria: Women, Rights and Governance
Supervisor Developing potato with improved quality in Ethiopia.
Project leader Developing potato with improved quality in Ethiopia.
Supervisor QTL-based physiological modelling to unravel the complexity of drought tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by use of an introgressi online population.
Project leader QTL-based physiological modelling to unravel the complexity of drought tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by use of an introgressi online population.
Supervisor Using agronomic and Logistic tools to improve the synchronisation,quality and uniformity of pineapple in Benin produced for the local and international market.
Project leader Using agronomic and Logistic tools to improve the synchronisation,quality and uniformity of pineapple in Benin produced for the local and international market.
Project leader Design and testing of permanent vegetable production systems in the Red River delta in Vietnam
Supervisor Design and testing of permanent vegetable production systems in the Red River delta in Vietnam
Contact person Design and testing of permanent vegetable production systems in the Red River delta in Vietnam
Project leader Quantitative analysis of seasonal abundance of usable flora in paddy rice agro-ecosystems in Northeast Thailand.
Supervisor Quantitative analysis of seasonal abundance of usable flora in paddy rice agro-ecosystems in Northeast Thailand.
Contact person Quantitative analysis of seasonal abundance of usable flora in paddy rice agro-ecosystems in Northeast Thailand.
Researcher Scientific Committee on the Manure Act
Project leader Virtual roses: a new tool to optimize plant architecture in glasshouse rose production systems.
Supervisor Virtual roses: a new tool to optimize plant architecture in glasshouse rose production systems.
Supervisor African Rice (Oryza glaberrima) as a food security crop in and after armed conflict. Lessons from Sierra Leone
Supervisor Growth dynamics of important biomass (bio-energy) crops under mediterranean conditions.
Project leader Growth dynamics of important biomass (bio-energy) crops under mediterranean conditions.
Project leader Grass for biofuel: a scoping study on the alternative use of grass biomass in Ierland.
Supervisor African Rice (Oryza glaberrima) and Community identity - environment, culture and history in southern Ghana
Project leader The crop physiology of micronutrient alloacation to cereal grains.
Researcher Combining physiological modelling and genetic mapping to unravel genotype-by-environment interactions.
Supervisor Identification, characterisation, ecololgy, uses and possible establishment of selected wild food plants as agroforestry crops by subsistence farmers in Ethiopia.
Project leader Identification, characterisation, ecololgy, uses and possible establishment of selected wild food plants as agroforestry crops by subsistence farmers in Ethiopia.
Project leader Quantitative analysis of dry matter production in vegetable crops as affected by environmental factors.
Supervisor Quantitative analysis of dry matter production in vegetable crops as affected by environmental factors.
Project leader Participatory development of integrated disease management technologies for East-African highland potato farming.
Supervisor Participatory development of integrated disease management technologies for East-African highland potato farming.
Supervisor Impact of HIV/AIDS in biodiversity in home gardens in Ghana
Supervisor Relationship between maize plant characteristics and in vitro rumen fermentation.

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