
News of the Laboratory of Phytopathology
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Breakthrough in the fight against devastating banana diseases: first resistant plant developed
October 1, 2024 - News - Researchers led by Wageningen company KeyGene have developed a banana plant that is resistant to both Fusarium Tropical Race 4 (TR4) and Black... -
Gert Kema awarded KNPV Prize 2024 for research on sustainable crop protection
June 3, 2024 - News - Researcher Gert Kema has been awarded the 2024 KNPV Prize by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Plantenziektekundige Vereniging (KNPV). The prize is awarded... -
New database Dutch Names of Plant Diseases
November 20, 2023 - News - The new database Dutch Names of Plant Diseases was launched this week during a symposium of the Royal Netherlands Phytopathological Society (KNPV) in... -
Organic banana growers do not escape Panama disease
November 9, 2023 - News - The Chira Valley in Peru – one of the main regions for the cultivation of organic bananas – is being seriously affected by the dreaded... -
The crooked world of the banana in a book
November 18, 2022 - News - The banana is a typical example of modern food production. It is not only a successful but also a vulnerable crop. The new book De Banaan (The Banana)... -
New banana disease is spreading and poses a threat to Africa's food security
September 22, 2022 - News - A new banana fungus is rapidly spreading across the globe. It hit Africa a decade ago, but now spreads, a genetic study conducted by Wageningen... -
Wageningen scientists unravel how the potato disease sharpens its weapons
June 13, 2022 - News - Last year, a team of researchers at Wageningen University & Research discovered how the cells of Phytophthora infestans (potato blight disease)... -
Wageningen scientists discover how the potato blight pathogen penetrates the plant
July 2, 2021 - News - 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... -
New study shows decreasing effectiveness of fungicides to control the devastating Black Sigatoka disease of banana
May 19, 2021 - News - The fungus Pseudocercospora fijiensis causes black leaf streak disease or Black Sigatoka of banana, which is the most damaging leaf disease of bananas... -
WUR joins new EU innovation project to increase resilience and quality of tomato varieties
October 6, 2020 - News - WUR-researchers will participate in the new EU research initiative HARNESSTOM. In this project breeding companies, scientists and farmers join forces...