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Improved sustainability: mushroom cultivation possible with reduced peat use
June 12, 2024 - Not everyone knows it, but growing our mushrooms uses a lot of peat excavated from valuable natural areas. Growers cover the compost with casing soil... -
New database Dutch Names of Plant Diseases
November 20, 2023 - The new database Dutch Names of Plant Diseases was launched this week during a symposium of the Royal Netherlands Phytopathological Society (KNPV) in... -
WUR researchers collaborate on underground film
March 1, 2023 - The nature documentary Living Soil was in cinemas in march 2023. The film takes the audience on an underground journey, to the world of worms, moles... -
Wageningen scientists unravel how the potato disease sharpens its weapons
June 13, 2022 - Last year, a team of researchers at Wageningen University & Research discovered how the cells of Phytophthora infestans (potato blight disease)... -
Live-in bacteria protect plants against infections
November 5, 2019 - Micro-organisms living inside plant roots team up to boost the plant's growth and tolerance to stress. An international research team led by the... -
First report of Panama disease in Cavendish bananas caused by TR4 in Colombia
October 17, 2019 - An international research team has scientifically confirmed the presence of the fungus Fusarium Tropical Race 4 (TR4) in Cavendish banana plants in...