News and calendar of the Centre for Crop Systems Analysis
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How will the hybrid potato change the international potato sector?
- Is the hybrid potato the new weapon in the fight for greater food security? The hybrid version of this popular crop could make a huge difference,... -
PhD candidate Jiahui Gu received the 3rd poster prize at the FSPM2023 conference in Berlin, Germany
- The poster presents some preliminary results from her PhD project which studies the differences between the hybrid diploid potato plants grown from... -
Launch of the Trend Analysis Biotechnology 2023
- Paul Struik gave a pitch on Biotechnology and Food Production (focussing on plant breeding and cellular agriculture) during the launch of the Trend... -
New gene found in maize helps to capture more water and nutrients
- The more air volumes in the roots of maize, the more efficient the plant can capture and use water and nutrients. The result is a potentially higher... -
New Phytologist poster prize for Xu Han
- PhD candidate Xu Han received the New Phytologist poster prize at the 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference from 13 to 15 March 2023 in Dublin,... -
The productive performance of intercropping
- Chunjie Li and coauthors synthesized results of 226 experiments on yield and resource efficiency in intercropping to establish whether or not... -
Jochem Evers appointed professor of Crop Physiology
- The Executive Board has appointed Jochem Evers as professor and chair holder of Crop Physiology in the Plant Sciences Group at Wageningen University... -
Blog: More chocolate on less land with a smaller ecological footprint!
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Paper of the Month August/September 2022
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Blog: Does pruning increase cocoa yield?
- Does pruning increase cocoa yield? It depends on cocoa tree size and neighbouring trees.