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Bee colony tested positive on American foulbrood
- The National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for bee diseases in the Netherlands has identified an outbreak of the infectious bee disease American... -
Researchers make chicory plants without bitter compounds
- Researchers have used new breeding techniques to develop a chicory variety that no longer contains bitter compounds. Katarina Cankar, plant researcher... -
Sustainable and future-proof potato cultivation visualised in knowledge clips from Holland Innovative Potato
- Holland Innovative Potato – a project in which Wageningen University & Research is one of the main partners - has visualised the research... -
Faster potato breeding thanks to identification key gene for self-compatibility
- Researchers at the hybrid potato breeding company Solynta and Wageningen University & Research have identified, cloned and characterized the gene... -
Wageningen scientists discover how the potato blight pathogen penetrates the plant
- In the 19th century, the notorious pathogen Phytophthora infestans caused a large famine in Ireland and other parts of Western Europe. To this day, it... -
Assessing flavour with the help of VR glasses
- Flavour of horticultural products is important to consumers. That is why many growers and breeders have their products tested by the flavour panel of... -
Interactive tool designs greenhouse based on climate conditions
- Most of the greenhouses in the Netherlands are so-called Venlo greenhouses. This construction is strong, allows a lot of light to pass through, is... -
Onion genome finally reveals its secrets
- Wageningen research enables faster development of new resilient varieties. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have unravelled... -
Patents based on innovative plant breeding can contribute to more sustainability in agriculture
- The protection of the intellectual property rights of plant breeders could be used to ensure that crops are grown according to good agricultural... -
Promising biological control agents detected faster based on their 'kill rate'
- Daily ‘kill rates’ of predatory insect species and parasitoid species appear to be a useful criterion for determining which natural...
