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• Internship (MSc students)

  This page offers information for MSc students of Wageningen University (MBS, MPB or MPS specialisations D, E or F) that want to take course PBR-70424...

• Courses for Professionals

  Wageningen University & Research Plant Breeding has accumulated knowledge and experience in providing training courses in different parts of the...

• Plant Breeding

  Unravelling the genetic system of a crop with a good drought tolerance or insect resistance is no simple task. It requires fundamental knowledge of...

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  How hybrid plant varieties could address the challenges of food security and climate change

  16 mei 2022 | Hybrid agricultural and horticultural crops can play an important role in supporting global food security. They produce higher yields and are often...
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  Faster potato breeding thanks to identification key gene for self-compatibility

  6 juli 2021 | Researchers at the hybrid potato breeding company Solynta and Wageningen University & Research have identified, cloned and characterized the gene...
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  Closer cooperation with Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences

  23 oktober 2020 | Cooperation between the Plant Sciences Group and Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (HAAS) in Zhengzhou is being intensified. Over the next few...
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  Complex potato genome further unveiled

  19 september 2019 | Scientists from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and scale-up Solynta, the inventor of hybrid potato breeding, have published the most...