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  Abiotic stress tolerance - WUR Abiotic stress tolerance The Roots in Salt team within Plant Physiology, Wageningen University rootsinsalt.com Group...

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  ABA hormone plays unexpected role in how plants respond to salt stress

  10 februari 2025 | The salinisation of agricultural soils is increasing as a result of climate change, leading to crop losses. But some plants are resistant to salt...
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  Increasing soil salinity: new discovery may help make crops more resilient

  27 februari 2024 | Plants die, or their growth is stunted by salination. A local regulator protein encourages root growth in saline soil, which allows the plant to...
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  Dutch cabinet invests €42 million in CROP-XR institute for faster development of resilient agricultural crops

  14 april 2022 | 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...
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  Clearance for 50 million euro programme proposal Plant-XR

  22 september 2021 | A revolutionary method to make crops more resilient to climate change and other threats is one step closer to becoming reality. A team of universities...
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  Three Wageningen scientists receive NWO ENW-KLEIN grant for innovative research

  29 oktober 2020 | How plants arm themselves against salt, the origin of Surinamese rice, and a project on the influence plants and clouds have on each other: three...