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29 Nov 2010 |
Breeding of potatoes producing novel starches with improved properties
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It is possible to breed potatoes in such a way that they produce new types of starch for use as a new and improved plant-based raw material in the construction, paper, glue, fodder and food... more |
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16 Nov 2010 |
Bacterial blight in leek cannot be controlled but resilience to the pathogen can be improved
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| Pseudomonas syringae pv. porri, the causative agent of bacterial blight in leek is difficult to eradicate from infested fields. This pathogen can survive for at least one month in leek waste returned... more |
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11 Nov 2010 |
Disease-suppressing bacteria ensure reuse of phosphate from bone meal
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| Some bacteria can control diseases such as Pythium and Fusarium organically. It has now been shown that several of these bacteria can also dissolve phosphate from carbonised bone meal. The use of... more |
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15 Oct 2010 |
Scientists find explanation for global advance of shrimp virus
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| White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) has a devastating impact on shrimp farming throughout the world. What makes the situation even more serious is that the virus seems to become more aggressive as the... more |
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30 Sep 2010 |
Unraveling DNA of potato wart disease possible
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| Scientists of Plant Research International (PRI), part of Wageningen UR, and the division Plant of the new Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (nVWA) in the Netherlands are capable to isolate... more |
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29 Sep 2010 |
New edition QBOL e-newsletter
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| QBOL publishes an e-newsletter four times a year. QBOL News presents news and results of the QBOL project: Developing DNA barcode identification for Q-organisms. The second issue is focussing on... more |
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20 Sep 2010 |
Dow AgroSciences, Wageningen UR Enter into Agreement to Use EXZACT Precision Technology
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| Joint press release of DOW Agrosciences and Wageningen URResearch will focus on improving potato through precise genome modification
Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow... more |
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15 Sep 2010 |
Robert Hall appointed as President of the International Metabolomics Society
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| Robert Hall, Director of the Centre for BioSystems Genomics and cluster leader in Metabolic Regulation at Plant Research International, was elected President of the Metabolomics Society... more |
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6 Sep 2010 |
Protecting wild pollinators from pesticides
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| Research project involves Kenya, Brazil and the NetherlandsIn various developing countries, more and more food is being grown for export. These new crops offer important economic advantages, but... more |
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26 Aug 2010 |
Consumers relatively positive about the role of GM vegetables and fruit in alleviating health problems
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| Consumers are more favourable towards genetically modified vegetables and fruit when these products have extra health benefits. They especially feel positive if the genetic modification can alleviate... more |
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24 Aug 2010 |
Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture and Agrosystems support growers in East Africa
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| Last year, researchers from Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture and Wageningen UR Agrosystems participated in optimising the water and crop protection management on horticultural operations in... more |
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18 Aug 2010 |
Salination in agriculture
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| Salt water is infiltrating further and further inland. Previously, only the coastal areas were affected by salt water, but now there are problems in the 'Green Heart' and the Wieringermeer. Due to... more |
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17 Aug 2010 |
Can clover repress weeds?
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| In organic arboriculture, weed control is expensive. Groundcovers can be planted to repress weeds. Can this green groundcover contribute to the nitrogen supply or does it compete with the tree crop?... more |
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16 Aug 2010 |
The type of interaction between species might play a fundamental part in the stability of ecological communities
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| Elisa Thébault and Colin Fontaine, with a research carried out at Imperial College London, Wageningen University, part of Wageningen UR, and the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, have shown that... more |
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12 Jul 2010 |
Weapons against Phytophthora
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| In the DuRPh project, various potato varieties have been successfully given one or more resistance genes against Phytophthora. Beginning next year, field tests of management strategies can be... more |
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23 Jun 2010 |
Q-bank databases officially launched
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| On 22 June 2010 the new online database Q-bank for regulated plant pest species – www.q-bank.eu – has been launched. Q-bank comprises data about bacteria, fungi, insects, nematodes, viruses and... more |
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22 Jun 2010 |
Isobionics B.V. introduces natural Valencene PureTM with the contribution of research of Wageningen UR
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| Isobionics has finalized the development of a breakthrough fermentation process for production of its natural Valencene PureTM with the contribution of research of the Plant Sciences Group of... more |
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17 Jun 2010 |
The QBOL consortium has started collaborating with several organizations, institutes and companies
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| QBOL has been receiving specimens, DNA samples and/or data of quarantine organisms from research institutes inspection services. The received material is being used for research purposes and to... more |
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26 May 2010 |
Insects cause seed contamination with Xanthomonas in cabbage
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| It appears that insects can contaminate cruciferous plants with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) when they pollinate the flowers. Insects such as blowflies, bumble bees and... more |
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18 May 2010 |
One step closer to naturally zinc-rich food
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| Scientists identify plant genes for zinc absorption
The world is one step closer to food that is naturally enriched in zinc, according to a publication by an international research group led by... more |
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15 Apr 2010 |
Active Rhizoctonia inoculation leads to disease-suppressing soil
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| Research of Plant Research International, part of Wageningen UR, shows that soil susceptible to Rhizoctonia solani can be made suppressive to this soil disease by inoculating the soil with R. solani... more |
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8 Apr 2010 |
Scientists discover new option to provide bananas with resistance to dreaded Black Sigatoka disease
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| Scientists from the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR have found a new method for making banana plants resistant to the much feared Black Sigatoka disease. They recently showed that several... more |
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1 Apr 2010 |
Wageningen UR shows why cauliflower and broccoli do not develop normal flowers
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| Wageningen scientists discover functioning of genetic hub in floral development
Scientists from the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR in the Netherlands and Irish, Spanish and American... more |
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31 Mar 2010 |
SensiSpray; big step forward towards tomorrow’s crop protection
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| Scientists and company win innovation prizeOn 26 March Johannes de Boer, on behalf of Homburg Machinehandel, and Corné Kempenaar, on behalf of Research International, received the KIZ innovation... more |
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25 Mar 2010 |
Third Torrado virus discovered in Guatemala
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| Scientists of Plant Research International, part of Wageningen UR, have discovered the pathogen that causes the so-called ‘Chocolàte disease’. This is a third member of the new plant virus genus... more |
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21 Mar 2010 |
Bee health research combined
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| Plant Research International, Alterra, Netherlands Centre for Bee Research (NCB) and European Invertebrate Survey (EIS) jointly started research into the significance and cause of the decline of... more |
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17 Mar 2010 |
Wageningen UR presents gene bank of wheat-ravaging fungus to Global Rust Reference Centre
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| Scientists of the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR have presented their unique gene bank of the ravaging stripe rust fungus Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici to the Global Rust Reference Centre... more |
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15 Mar 2010 |
Plant Sciences Group active in European phytoplasma research
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| Scientists of the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR represent the Netherlands in the European COST action of Integrated Management of Phytoplasma Epidemics in Different Crop Systems. This COST... more |
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13 Mar 2010 |
Vegetables measure emission waste incinerator
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| Spinach and curly kale are good at absorbing dangerous substances such as cadmium, mercury, heavy metals and pah’s from the air. Wageningen UR is planting these vegetables near the Harlingen waste... more |
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11 Mar 2010 |
Wageningen UR develops cost-saving technology for seed research
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| Scientists from the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR have developed a system for the automated evaluation of the germination capacity of large quantities of seed samples., Details of the system,... more |
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10 Mar 2010 |
Transgenetic and cisgenetic potatoes coming closer
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| The European Commission has given the go-ahead to member countries to cultivate the genetically modified Amflora potato of chemical company BASF. This is a big step forward, says Anton Haverkort of... more |
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2 Mar 2010 |
Oviposition behaviour of pest insects keeps Bt-cotton durably resistant
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| Moths behave like Darwin’s finches
The oviposition behaviour of insect pests results in an improved durability of insect resistance in so-called Bt-crops, while promoting the survival of pest... more |
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11 Feb 2010 |
Research on Dickeya in the spotlight
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| The Dickeya sp. bacterium (Erwinia chrysanthemi) annually causes some 15 to 25 million euro damage in seed potato cultivation resulting from the stem diseases caused by the bacterium. Research by... more |
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4 Feb 2010 |
New, practical flyers on late blight control available
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| Late blight in potato, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is still one of the largest threats to potato cultivation. Not only in the Netherlands, but worldwide. The Potato Case Study team of the EU... more |
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2 Feb 2010 |
Successful final Pepeira conference
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| Friday 22 January 2010 more than 70 interested and involved visitors attended the final meeting 'Pepino mosaic virus; The European perspective' in Wageningen, the Netherlands. This meeting was... more |
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Insects sampled for apple “witch broom disease”
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| Plant Research International is conducting experiments on insects from unsprayed apple orchards to investigate whether they transfer the pathogen that causes “witch broom disease” in healthy apple... more |
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29 Jan 2010 |
New DNA test by Wageningen UR detects global threat to banana cultivation
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| Scientists from the Plant Sciences Group of Wageningen UR in the Netherlands and the Brazilian research organisation Embrapa have developed a rapid DNA diagnostic to test banana plants for the... more |
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21 Jan 2010 |
Conquering Asia with the pink tomato
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| Plant Research International has discovered the gene that makes tomatoes pink. Plant breeding companies are showing a great deal of interest in this gene; they are hoping to use it to conquer the... more |
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13 Jan 2010 |
Side effect of pesticides on earwigs
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| Growers like to use earwigs for the control of pear psylla and woolly apple aphid. In particular as result of the use of pesticides, earwigs are in recent years hardly found in orchards. PPO and PRI... more |
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12 Jan 2010 |
Bacteriophages are controlling bacterial diseases in potatoes and flower bulbs
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| In 2009 PRI started, together with PPO, a study into bacteriophages for the control of bacterial diseases in potato and flower bulbs. Bacteriophages are viruses that can very specifically kill... more |