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04 December 2023
Building bridges between science and society: WUR launches podcast on CRISPR-Cas
- To what extent can and should you tinker with the genetic building blocks of crops? These and other questions are addressed in Wageningen University... -
14 April 2022
Dutch cabinet invests €42 million in CROP-XR institute for faster development of resilient agricultural crops
- Over the next ten years, the Dutch government will invest 42 million euros in CROP-XR, a new, virtual institute aimed at developing agricultural crops... -
21 July 2021
Researchers make chicory plants without bitter compounds
- Researchers have used new breeding techniques to develop a chicory variety that no longer contains bitter compounds. Katarina Cankar, plant researcher... -
05 November 2020
Wilma van Esse receives Vidi grant for her research on flowering time genes
- Seven experienced Wageningen researchers, one of them being Wilma van Esse, have been awarded a prestigious Vidi grant worth 800.000 euros. The grant... -
03 June 2019
Daisies trick aphids with natural aphid alarm pheromone
- A daisy species has developed a natural mimicry defence against aphids by producing an alarm pheromone that triggers a flight response in the insects.... -
19 November 2018
Nils Foss Excellence Prize for Robert David Hall for plant biochemical fingerprint research
- Today, the Wageningen University & Research Professor Robert David Hall received the Nils Foss Excellence Prize for his pioneering research in... -
15 October 2018
"In a few years, Max Verstappen will be using supersofts made from European natural rubber"
- While the world has a problem with the imminent shortage of natural rubber, there is hope on the horizon in the form of European natural rubber. This... -
12 April 2018
Dutch government finances Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre
- On April 12, the Dutch minister of Education, Culture and Sciences announced the funding of Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre (NPEC) as part of...