News & Calendar Agrosystems Research
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Heating soil successful in combating Japanese knotweed
- Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is an invasive exotic plant, whose strong roots and stems cause significant damage. Hitherto, there were no... -
Making farming attractive again in India
- Wageningen University and Research has entered into a partnership with the Subhash Chandra Foundation, a philanthropic organisation set up by the... -
The future of farming in Africa: Solving the conundrum on how to feed an extra billion people
- “Who will produce our food in the future?” Ken Giller, professor Plant Production Systems at Wageningen University, asks out loudly during... -
Expected ruling of European Court may offer opportunities for situation-specific safety analyses of new varieties
- A ruling on the interpretation of EU law concerning the genetic modification of plants is expected from the European Court of Justice at the end of... -
More sustainable potato production through extended IPM for late blight
- Cultivation of, cisgenic or conventionally bred, late blight resistant potato varieties in combination with pathogen population monitoring and a... -
New analysis of research results: organic agriculture less productive than conventional agriculture
- In February this year, scientists from Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands and other institutes published an article about... -
Concise booklet on new plant breeding techniques published
- Scientists of Wageningen University & Research have published a concise booklet that gives some new insights into several aspects of plant... -
The Netherlands to organise next year’s potato conference in China again
- Researchers from Wageningen University & Research have visited China for the third time to give a potato workshop at the Sino GAP Conference at...