News of Wageningen University & Research
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Demonstration trial reduced CO2 dosing
- CO2 supply in a greenhouse promotes crop growth. In the future the supply of CO2 has to be reduced considerably because the availability of CO2 from... -
Research into the quality of drainage water in soil-bound crops
- In 2030 all Dutch growers will have to reuse the drainage water in their greenhouse. But with soil-bound crops, much is still unknown about the... -
Spinach: past, present and future
- A large number of papers about spinach have been combined into a paper about the history of spinach. The paper, which was published in the journal... -
Six questions and answers about the coronavirus (COVID-19)
- An outbreak of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV2 started in December 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan. This rapidly spreading virus can cause COVID-19... -
Optima project already contributing to reducing negative effects of crop protection agents
- The Optima project (September 2018 to December 2021) has already made great progress. This contributes to the reduction of the dependence on chemical... -
Growing lily bulbs: faster and less use of pesticides
- It is possible to growing lily bulbs with considerably fewer plant protection products. The solution: nursing the bulbs in a greenhouse, instead of in... -
Tulip virus X is tougher than expected
- The Tulip virus X - or TVX - can survive as long as eight months in the soil. That is one of the results of the PPP 'Towards virus-free and... -
80 million euro for improvement agricultural soil management in Europe
- The ‘European Joint Programme on Agricultural Soil Management’, or EJP SOIL in short, started on 1 February 2020. This week the kick-off... -
Compostable plastics disintegrate fast enough in the current Dutch Biowaste disposal system
- Wageningen Food & Biobased Research has studied how compostable plastics behave in the current Dutch system for the treatment of GFT (i.e. source... -
More light ensures higher production of Alstroemeria
- A higher light intensity ensures a higher production of Alstroemeria. Moreover, the lamps ensure that less fossil fuels are needed. This is the...