Division of Applied Plant Nutrition

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Merle Tränkner

(former group member)

Research interests

  • magnesium nutrition
  • potassium nutrition
  • photosynthesis
  • photoprotection
  • water-use efficiency
  • leaf gas exchange
  • proteomics

CV

Since 06/2017Junior Professor of Applied Plant Nutrition in the Department of Crop Sciences (Faculty of Agriculture) of the Georg-August-University Goettingen
01/2017 – 06/2017Research Assistant at the Division of Plant Nutrition, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August-University Goettingen
10/2012 – 12/2016PhD studies in the international PhD Program for Agricultural Sciences at Georg-August-University Goettingen
10/2010 – 10/2012Studies in Sustainable International Agriculture at Georg-August-University Goettingen
04/2007 – 10/2010Studies in agricultural sciences at the Georg-August-University Goettingen

Reviews for journals

  • Agronomy (MDPI)
  • Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science (Taylor & Francis)
  • Arid Land Research and Management (Taylor & Francis)
  • Forests (MDPI)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science (Frontiers)
  • International Journal of Fruit Science (Taylor & Francis)
  • Physiologia Plantarum (Wiley)
  • Plant and Soil (Springer)

Reviews for proposals

  • German Science Foundation (DFG)
  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Memberships

  • German Society of Plant Nutrition (DGP)
  • German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG), Section Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology

Honorary engagement

Publications

peer reviewed

2020

Jamali, S.; Jahns, P. & Tränkner, M. (2020) Mg deficiency induces photo-oxidative stress primarily by limiting CO2 assimilation and not by limiting photosynthetic light utilization. Plant Science, in press; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110751.

Suriyagoda, L.; Tränkner, M. & Dittert, K. (2020) Effects of potassium nutrition and water availability on iron toxicity of rice at seedling stage. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 43, 2350-2367; https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2020.1771578.

Nogueira, A.F. Jr.; Tränkner, M.; Ribeiro, R.V.; von Tiedemann, A. & L. Amorim (2020) Photosynthetic cost associated with inducible defenses to Plasmopara viticola in grapevine. Frontiers in Plant Science - Plant Microbe Interactions; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00235.

Hou, W.; Tränkner, M.; Lu, J.; Yan, J.; Huang, S.; Ren, T.; Cong, R. & Li, X.(2020) Diagnosis of nitrogen nutrition in rice leaves influenced by potassium levels. Frontiers in Plant Science; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00165.

2019

Tränkner, M. & Jamali, S. (2019) Minimum magnesium concentrations for photosynthetic efficiency in wheat and sunflower seedlings. Journal of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 144, 234-243; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.09.040.

Hauer-Jákli, M. & Tränkner, M. (2019) Critical leaf magnesium thresholds and the impact of magnesium on plant growth and photo-oxidative defense: A systematic review and meta-analysis from 70 years of research. Frontiers in Plant Science; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00766.

Hou, W.; Tränkner, M.; Lu, J.; Yan, J.; Huang, S.; Ren, T.; Cong, R. & Li, X. (2019) Interactive effects of nitrogen and potassium on photosynthesis and photosynthetic nitrogen allocation of rice leaves. BMC Plant Biology; https://doi.org/10.1186/S12870-019-1894-8.

2018

Tränkner, M.; Tavakol, E. & Jákli, B. (2018) Functioning of potassium and magnesium in photosynthesis, photosynthate translocation and photoprotection. Physiologia Plantarum, 163, 414-431; https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12747.

2017

Jákli, B.; Tavakol, E.; Tränkner, M.; Senbayram, M. & Dittert, K. (2017) Quantitative limitations to photosynthesis in K deficient sunflower and their implications on water-use efficiency. Journal of Plant Physiology 209, 20-30; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2016.11.010.

2016

Jákli, B.; Tränkner, M.; Senbayram, M. & Dittert, K. (2016) Adequate supply of potassium improves plant water-use efficiency but not leaf water-use efficiency of spring wheat. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 179, 733-745; https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201600340.

Tränkner, M.; Jákli, B.; Tavakol, E.; Geilfus, C.M.; Cakmak, I.; Dittert, K. & Senbayram, M. (2016) Magnesium deficiency decreases biomass water-use efficiency and increases leaf water-use efficiency and oxidative stress in barley plants. Plant and Soil 406, 409-423; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-2886-1.

2015

Senbayram, M.; Tränkner, M.; Dittert, K. & Brück, H. (2015) Daytime leaf water use efficiency does not explain the relationship between plant N status and biomass water-use efficiency of tobacco under non-limiting water supply. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 178, 682-692; https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201400608.

2014

Cabeza, R.A.; Lingner, A.; Liese, R.; Sulieman, S.; Senbayram, M.; Tränkner, M.; Dittert, K. & Schulze, J. (2014) The activity of nodules of the supernodulating mutant Mtsunn is not limited by photosynthesis under optimal growth conditions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 15, 6031-6045; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms15046031.

Further publications

Quehl, H.; Naumann, M. & Tränkner, M. (2019) Kann eine erhöhte Kaliumdüngung Trockenstress in der Kartoffelpflanze verringern? Kartoffelbau 11/19 (Date of publication: 4.11.2019)
Tränkner, M. (2017) Magnesium, potassium and nitrogen deficiency-induced responses of crops and their impact on water-use efficiency. 1st ed. Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen. ISBN 978-3-7369-9536-9. eISBN 978-3-7369-8536-0.