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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... -
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.... -
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... -
"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... -
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... -
Vici grant for Richard Immink for a better understanding of flowering
- Richard Immink, plant scientist at Wageningen University & Research, has received a grant of one and half million euros from the Netherlands... -
Breeding chicory for medicine
- While chicory has clear benefits for health the plant has even greater potential. Wageningen University & Research will be leading an... -
Feed the world through boosting potential of photosynthesis in plants
- We are all now familiar with the challenge we face regarding feeding the future world population. With the changing dynamics of food consumption and... -
WUR and Vredestein develop tyre made of rubber from dandelions
- Vredestein showed a prototype of its Fortezza Flower Power at the Eurobike exhibition in Friedrichshafen in August. This innovative road tyre is made... -
Apple genome sequence helpful to breeding of new apple varieties published
- A high quality genome sequence of apple is published in this week’s Nature Genetics by an international team of scientists, among which...