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New global data platform facilitates researchers across the world in linking genetic and metabolic data
- Metabolism is the process by which cells in humans, as well as plants, animals and other organisms, produce metabolites such as amino acids,... -
Opening the doors of potato pathogen perception
- An international team of researchers has struck an important blow in the ongoing evolutionary arms race with the notorious potato disease late blight... -
Sorting flower bulbs using vision technology and deep learning
- After flower bulbs are harvested they are peeled, sorted and checked on defects. Peeling and sorting the bulbs can cause damage to the bulb, affecting... -
Less emissions from Phalaenopsis with Controlled Released Fertilizers and reuse of drainwater
- Phalaenopsis growers are looking for a method to achieve good quality and production with lower emissions of fertilizers. This can be achieved by... -
How plants and trees stabilize their water pipes to grow taller
- Plants, especially trees, are by far the tallest organisms on Earth. Height growth is made possible by a specialized vascular system. This system... -
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...
