News of the Biosystematics Group
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NWO supports WUR-research on apomixis in plants and cultivation of rice in Northwestern Europe
- Two WUR application-oriented research projects on apomixis in plants and rice cultivation in Northwestern Europe are receiving financial support from... -
Rice DNA tells unwritten history of Suriname
- For centuries, descendants of Africans who escaped from slavery, known as Maroons, have been growing rice in the interior of Suriname and French... -
New chair: Seed systems and agrobiodiversity
- Stef de Haan has been appointed professor by special appointment in Seed Systems and Agrobiodiversity at Wageningen University & Research.... -
Dutch soybeans and polder rice: new crops in a changing climate
- Drier summers, wetter winters, higher temperatures and more frequent heavy downpours. Climate change is now a fact of life that is affecting global... -
Biodiversity Challenge spreads to the whole of Wageningen
- From 22 May, the search area of the Biodiversity Challenge covers the entire Wageningen municipality. WUR is hosting the event in collaboration with... -
"Come outside with us everyone, and we will search......"
- This is how an old Dutch song about the golden oriole begins. Jeroen Sluijsmans saw this bird in 2022, while cycling across campus with a South... -
Thousands of wow moments in campus nature
- WUR’s campus is home to many different species, as was shown during the Biodiversity Challenge that took place from 23 May until 1 June. The... -
Flora Batava 1800-1934: exhibition of key works of Dutch botany
- In June this year, a new edition of the key work of Dutch botany will be published including stories of Wageningen scientists. Special Collections... -
Marrons in Suriname merge rice's best properties
- Rice from Suriname tells a tale of smart crop farming with global colonial influences. Evolution biologist Marieke van de Loosdrecht has found... -
Gene discovered crucial to making crop plants produce clonal seeds
- Researchers from KeyGene and Wageningen University & Research (WUR), in collaboration with colleagues from Japan and New Zealand, have discovered...