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New institute to develop 'smart breeding' method for more resilient and climate-adaptive agriculture
- The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) will contribute 15 million euros to the CropXR research programme into 'smart breeding' of... -
Ben Scheres appointed as special professor Applied Plant Developmental Biology
- The executive board has appointed prof. dr. Ben Scheres as Special Professor Applied Plant Developmental Biology at the Plant Sciences Group of... -
50th anniversary of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology
- On September 1st, 2022 the Laboratory of Molecular Biology celebrated its 50th anniversary. -
Clearance for 50 million euro programme proposal Plant-XR
- A revolutionary method to make crops more resilient to climate change and other threats is one step closer to becoming reality. A team of universities... -
The microbial molecule that turns plants into zombies
- A newly discovered manipulation mechanism used by parasitic bacteria to slow down plant aging, may offer new ways to protect disease-threatened food... -
Groundwork for playing with the architecture of plants
- Growing tomatoes at the same height so that they can be easily picked by a harvesting robot. Growing deeper roots where the soil is dry. These types...