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Student found first braconid wasp in the Netherlands - During her study of insects on high green roofs Eva Drukker made an unexpected discovery. She found this little wasp which turned out to be a species... -
The Robotti: a helping hand in ecology - An autonomous robot named AgroIntelli Robotti will is driving around the test fields of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) today. This... -
What is the cost of vertical farming? - How can vertical farming contribute to (inter)national food production? This question is more complex than it initially seems. The answer does not... -
Indonesian palm oil for biodiesel rarely sustainable - Palm oil imported by EU countries for use as biodiesel is often not sustainable. That was the conclusion of a study by Wageningen PhD candidate Nima... -
Botanical Society Award for research on “Genetic mapping in Polyploids” - On Monday April 8, during the EPS conference in Lunteren, Dr. Peter Bourke from Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, received the... -
3D High-Speed Inspector demo at Hannover Messe Industry 4.0 - This week a demonstration of our ‘3D High-Speed Inspector’ took place at the WUR-booth in the ‘Dutch Pavilion’ of the Hannover... -
Plant signals activate stem cells to regenerate tissue after being damaged - Regeneration of plants from dividing cells is a key process in agriculture. Horticulturists use it to grow new plants from small cuttings. Until just... -
Sweeper finalist European Robotics Forum - At the European Robotics Forum 2019, Jos Balendonck and his team of Wageningen University & Research, together with a European consortium... -
Ernst van den Ende on CRISPR-Cas: 'The GMO directive needs to be amended' - In the latest issue of Wageningen World, Wageningen Plant Research director Ernst van den Ende discusses the future of CRISPR-Cas. Last year, the... -
KNVB and ArenA test smart turf monitoring system for Dutch professional football - Amsterdam, 22 March 2019 - The Johan Cruijff ArenA and the KNVB, the Royal Dutch Football Association, are investigating whether the high-tech system...
