News of Plant Breeding
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Debate about ownership of gene-editing techniques; researchers suggest solutions
- New breeding and gene-editing techniques, such as CRISPR-Cas, are accelerating and fine-tuning the development of crops with traits such as greater... -
Salty tomatoes, salty potatoes
- Excess salt in the soil hinders the growth of tomato and potato plants. However, if you manage to create good, salt-tolerant varieties, the flavour... -
Wet feet for soy
- Most soybean plants grow poorly in excessively wet soils. Sometimes there are varieties among them that cope better. How do they do it? -
Heat changes branching in cauliflower
- Cauliflower grows differently and slower in heat, creating a more open cauliflower. But which genes drive this process and how can we use the... -
Grains grow more erratically in drought
- Grains such as wheat and barley adjust their growth form in drought. Wilma van Esse, Associate Professor at the laboratory of Molecular Biology,... -
Wanted: good genes for crops
- Climate change forces plants and agricultural crops to cope with increasingly extreme conditions, such as heat, drought, salinization, and waterlogged... -
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... -
Team registration 4th Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge
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Breakthrough in fight against devastating potato disease
- Potato is the third most important food crop in the world after rice and wheat in terms of human consumption. But potato world production is... -
How hybrid plant varieties could address the challenges of food security and climate change
- Hybrid agricultural and horticultural crops can play an important role in supporting global food security. They produce higher yields and are often...