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Contact person for... - dr. MJM (Rene) Smulders

Dossier

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  Genetic modification

  Wageningen University & Research would like to contribute to a constructive debate on genetic modification. For this, we look not only at the...

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• 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...

News

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  Patents based on innovative plant breeding can contribute to more sustainability in agriculture

  18 juni 2021 | The protection of the intellectual property rights of plant breeders could be used to ensure that crops are grown according to good agricultural...
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  Botanical Society Award for research on “Genetic mapping in Polyploids”

  8 april 2019 | On Monday April 8, during the EPS conference in Lunteren, Dr. Peter Bourke from Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, received the...
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  Wheat can be made gluten safe for people with coeliac disease by using gene editing

  28 januari 2019 | 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...
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  Rose reveals its secrets to researchers of Wageningen

  12 juni 2018 | Scientists from Wageningen University & Research and their international colleagues have successfully produced a high-quality reference genome for...