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Cabbage whites triggered egg-killing leaf necrosis in crucifers
- Until now, little was known about how plants protect themselves from plant-eating insects and how the arms race between insects and plants unfolded.... -
Unique resistance gene to leaf spot disease for the first time successfully introduced in wheat
- The fungus Zymoseptoria triciti is one of the most genetically diverse and devastating wheat pathogens in the world. An important step has been taken... -
Integrated approach needed to increase agricultural production and fishery in the Dutch Caribbean
- The Caribbean islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba have good possibilities to improve domestic agricultural production and fishing and reduce the... -
Scientific publications Green Deal-project well received
- Together with companies and organisations involved in biological crop protection products, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has in recent... -
WUR launches first large-scale research facility for agroforestry in the Netherlands in Lelystad
- The large-scale 15-hectare multidisciplinary research facility for agroforestry in Lelystad is the first of its kind in the Netherlands. It concerns a... -
AR glasses also work in a greenhouse without WiFi
- A greenhouse resembles a Faraday cage: the steel construction prevents that some radiation can reach the inside of the greenhouse. For example, it is... -
The pros and cons of emerging technology in our food system
- Emerging technologies for food systems, however optimistic, all have some potential negative trade-offs. This is pointed out in a new international... -
Research into organic residues as potting soil constituents
- Potting soil consists of a mixture with, for example, peat, coconut or wood fibers. Organic residues may also be added to this, but according... -
Scientists discuss food security for UN-summit in 2021
- Wageningen scientists exchange information with international colleagues on the latest developments in food security from 7 to 9 December. Is there... -
Wageningen researchers discover why wasp fathers are only able to have daughters and not sons
- It was already known that wasp fathers are only able to have daughters. Now biologists at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and the...
