News and calendar of the Centre for Crop Systems Analysis
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Science Journal for Kids article
January 15, 2024 - In early 2023 we had the happy news that our meta-analysis on the productive performance of intercropping had been published in the Proceedings of the... -
PhD candidate Hongyu Sun wins 2nd prize at IUFRO Symposium
November 27, 2023 - PhD candidate Hongyu Sun received the 2nd oral presentation prize at the IUFRO International Symposium on Pine Wilt Disease in Nanjing, China -
Scientist Paul Struik says goodbye: A career of learning about how crops grow
November 23, 2023 - "Abroad, they sometimes ask what crop I'm researching," says Professor of Crop Physiology Paul Struik. The question is typical in his field,... -
NEN draft standards for biostimulants
November 2, 2023 - In the Dutch magazine 'Nieuwe Oogst' an article was published on the paper about the NEN draft standards for biostimulants that do not guarantee that... -
How will the hybrid potato change the international potato sector?
June 5, 2023 - 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
April 14, 2023 - 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
March 27, 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
March 23, 2023 - 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
March 20, 2023 - 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
January 19, 2023 - Chunjie Li and coauthors synthesized results of 226 experiments on yield and resource efficiency in intercropping to establish whether or not...