News of Plant Breeding
News
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Expected ruling of European Court may offer opportunities for situation-specific safety analyses of new varieties - A ruling on the interpretation of EU law concerning the genetic modification of plants is expected from the European Court of Justice at the end of... -
Rose reveals its secrets to researchers of Wageningen - Scientists from Wageningen University & Research and their international colleagues have successfully produced a high-quality reference genome for... -
More sustainable potato production through extended IPM for late blight - Cultivation of, cisgenic or conventionally bred, late blight resistant potato varieties in combination with pathogen population monitoring and a... -
Concise booklet on new plant breeding techniques published - Scientists of Wageningen University & Research have published a concise booklet that gives some new insights into several aspects of plant... -
'Paternal’ and ‘maternal’ DNA in fungi active at different times - Many types of mushroom have two different nuclei in their cells, one from the ‘father’ and another from the ‘mother’.... -
Close relative of the cultivated tomato is resistant to many insects - A wild tomato species from the Galapagos Islands has been discovered by scientists from Wageningen University & Research to be resistant to a wide... -
Dutch government finances Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre - On April 12, the Dutch minister of Education, Culture and Sciences announced the funding of Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre (NPEC) as part of... -
Online learning to switch careers - What impact can online learning have on your career? This article describes the career switch of Jos Smallegange, who began his career in aquaculture... -
Apple genome sequence helpful to breeding of new apple varieties published - A high quality genome sequence of apple is published in this week’s Nature Genetics by an international team of scientists, among which... -
Researchers from Wageningen University & Research publish detailed genetic map of roses - A team of researchers from Wageningen University & Research, which includes breeding researchers and geneticists, has succeeded in creating a...