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Virus disrupts sex routines of roundworms
- Viruses influence the sex life of the roundworm C. elegans. Male roundworms of this non-parasitic nematode species are less sexually attracted to... -
Plants can prepare for insect attack sequence
- Plants are under attack by a variety of insect species. They have defence mechanisms to deal with this, including chemicals or sturdier leaves. But... -
“Cannabis labels often wrong and misleading”
- The well-known Indica and Sativa labels that are used on cannabis products and form the basis for the information provided to users of medicinal... -
Wageningen’s back-up vaccine performs well in tests
- Over the past year, the Virology, Bioprocess Engineering and Biochemistry research groups have successfully continued their work on a back-up COVID-19... -
Potential crop yields can be dozens of percentage points higher or lower than estimated
- Food security policies implemented by governments, businesses and organisations such as the UN rely partly on global models that assess current and... -
WUR participates in EU project to fight viral diseases in tomato and cucurbit crops
- Every year, viral diseases wreak havoc on tomato and cucurbit crops worldwide, amounting to EUR 3,5 billion in harvest losses in Europe alone. The... -
Global Yield Gap Atlas welcomes Yara as a Platinum sponsor
- The Global Yield Gap Atlas (GYGA) team, comprising of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), is proud to... -
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... -
Discover internationally leading research and education centre Serre Red in a virtual 360 degree tour
- Wageningen University & Research (WUR) takes a new leading international research and education facility into use. Serre Red is located on the WUR... -
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...
