2026
- 47th New Phytologist Symposium
Team PWU-DAH participated in the 47th New Phytologist Symposium. Hegarty Philip presented a poster on “Heat-driven evaporative demand intensifies transpiration sensitivity to soil drying in European beech”
- EGU2026
Members of the Root-Soil Interaction group participated in EGU2026 and presented recent research. Yanqiao Li gave a talk on “VPD ≠ VPD: Heat-driven increases in evaporative demand amplify water use sensitivity to soil drying in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)”
- DFG Research Unit “The Influence of Soil and Plant Hydraulics on Transpiration and Plant Growth in Response to Drought [SOPHY]” funded
With increasing drought stress under global warming, an important question is how plants maintain water transport between the soil, the plant, and the atmosphere under drought. The research unit SOPHY, in which our lab participates, aims to develop a predictive model linking transpiration rates to soil dryness across different soil types, climatic conditions and plant species.
Team PWU-DAH at the 47th New Phytologist Symposium
Root-Soil Interaction at EGU2026
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2025
- 6th Xylem International Meeting
Prof. Dr. Mutez Ahmed gave a keynote talk in Seville, Spain, from 18 to 20 March 2025.
- 6th Rhizosphere Conference
Prof. Dr. Mutez Ahmed participated in the conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 15 to 19 June 2025.