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The DNA of lettuce unravelled: in 6000 years from weed to beloved vegetable

Date：Apr. 14, 2021 Category：Science&Research

The special history of lettuce has been described in detail thanks to the DNA analysis of 445 types of lettuce, conducted by Wageningen University & Research an...

CRISPR-technology needed to achieve European Green Deal

Date：Oct. 12, 2020 Category：Regulations

It will prove difficult to achieve the European Green Deal goals if the current stringent EU-legislation on the continuation of new breeding technologies such a...

The Netherlands to invest 24.8 million euro for better use of micro-organisms

Date：Jun. 16, 2020 Category：Science&Research

Together with Wageningen University & Research and the Delft University of Technology, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) will invest almost 25 million euros in r...

(R)evolution in plant breeding: new options for better photosynthesis

Date：Jan. 14, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

It seems so logical: each plant carries chloroplasts that contribute to the optimum growth and development of the plant. At least that is what has always been a...

EU regulations obstruct biological crop protection

Date：Nov. 28, 2019 Category：Regulations

The EU and the Dutch government accord preference to biological agents that work on the basis of micro-organisms and insects. However, new research reveals that...

Competition for growing vegetables using artificial intelligence has started

Date：Sep. 17, 2019 Category：Markets

For the second time around, international teams will be growing vegetables in a WUR greenhouse controlled entirely by artificial intelligence and sensors – wit...

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New model selects best crop varieties for each climate zone

Date：Aug. 13, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Statisticians at the Wageningen University & Research institute Biometris have developed a model that can predict the yield of many maize varieties in different...

CEO Erik Fyrwald on appointing Louise Fresco: 'Syngenta wants to be challenged'

Date：May. 27, 2019 Category：Companies

Erik Fyrwald, boss of the agrochemical and seed company Syngenta, asked Louise Fresco to become an independent, non-executive director of his company.

Wageningen University professor Luisa Trindade wants to make jeans from tomatoes

Date：May. 21, 2019 Category：Science&Research

The recently appointed professor with a personal chair Luisa Trindade breeds crops for the biobased economy. Following her motto ‘no waste’, she aims at using...

What is the cost of vertical farming?

Date：Apr. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

How can vertical farming contribute to (inter)national food production? This question is more complex than it initially seems.

Spotlight: Seeds for Africa

Date：Mar. 29, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Farmers in African countries lose up to 50 percent of their potential yield due to bad seed or even ‘fake seed’.

Wheat can be made safe for people with coeliac disease by using gene editing

Date：Jan. 28, 2019 Category：Science&Research

One to two per cent of the population has Coeliac Disease (CD), an immune reaction to gluten. Wheat grains contain gluten, a mixture of glutenin and gliadin pro...

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Nils Foss Excellence Prize for Wageningen University & Research Professor Robert David Hall for plant biochemical fingerprint research

Date：Nov. 20, 2018 Category：Science&Research

The Wageningen University & Research Professor Robert David Hall received the Nils Foss Excellence Prize for his pioneering research in plant metabolomics – de...

Computer models provide new insights for sustainable control of potato late blight

Date：Sep. 5, 2018 Category：Science&Research

Wageningen University & Research uses computer models to develop sustainable management strategies in the control of potato late blight, caused by Phytophthora ...

Can artificial intelligence do as well as farmers in the future? Cucumber plants to enter autonomous greenhouse of Wageningen University & Research

Date：Aug. 16, 2018 Category：Science&Research

Tuesday 14 August will mark the start of the Autonomous Greenhouses Challenge as five international teams try to grow cucumbers at a distance with the use of ar...

The Netherlands - ‘Develop a national programme for Integrated Pest Management’

Date：Jul. 2, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

The Netherlands should develop a national programme for Integrated Pest Management, to communally harmonize crop protection efforts and empower farmers.

Expected ruling of European Court on the genetic modification of plants may offer opportunities for situation-specific safety analyses of new varieties

Date：Jun. 21, 2018 Category：Regulations

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) should “normally” decide on the future of the so-called new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) before the summer break in J...

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Exploring photosynthesis in new potato material

Date：Jun. 14, 2018 Category：Science&Research

In the framework of the BioSolar Cells programme, a joint project between Wageningen University & Research and Solynta explored the possibilities to improve pho...

Scientists discovered a wild tomato which resistant to many insects

Date：Apr. 18, 2018 Category：Science&Research

A wild tomato species from the Galapagos Islands has been discovered by scientists from Wageningen University & Research to be resistant to a wide range of pest...

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New discoveries require changes to plant pathology teaching material and computer models

Date：Feb. 20, 2018 Category：Science&Research

Experts in plant pathology from Wageningen University & Research have published new research results that are so remarkable and unexpected that they will requir...

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