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More sustainable potato production through extended IPM for late blight
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Cultivation of, cisgenic or conventionally bred, late blight resistant potato varieties in combination with pathogen population monitoring and a...
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Honeybee winter mortality same as last year
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Approximately the same numbers of honeybees survived the winter in the Netherlands as last year. This year around 84% of the honeybees came through...
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Dutch government finances Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre
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On April 12, the Dutch minister of Education, Culture and Sciences announced the funding of Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre (NPEC) as part of...
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Path of Panama disease fungus established for the first time
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The much-feared Tropical Race 4 strain of the Fusarium oxysporum soil fungus which causes Panama disease in Cavendish bananas has now been discovered...
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New discoveries require changes to plant pathology teaching material and computer models
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Experts in plant pathology from Wageningen University & Research have published new research results that are so remarkable and unexpected that...
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A roadmap for the detection of plant pests and diseases
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Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has compiled an overview of the various techniques, or so-called detection platforms, for the timely...
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'Banana has a future after all'
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The banana has been severely affected by fungal diseases that can only be combated by using more and more plant protection products. In the last...
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Reduced sensitivity to fluazinam detected in the rapidly increasing Phytophthora infestans clonal lineage EU-37 (Dark Green 37)
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Results from Wageningen University & Research shows that all P. infestans EU-37 isolates tested, displayed a reduced sensitivity to fluazinam....
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Diagnostics and knowledge of bacteria are needed to prevent the spread of diseases
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Agricultural and horticultural crops worldwide are threatened by various diseases, from which several important ones are caused by bacteria. Bacterial...
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Biodiversity is the basis for Integrated Pest Management
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is now the norm in agriculture and horticulture. All stakeholders – national and European government agencies...