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Breakthrough in plant medicine production at Wageningen UR
(06/26/2008)
A research team including scientists from Plant Research International and Wageningen University has succeeded in further unravelling and manipulating the glycosylation of proteins in plants. This is the result of the research soon to be published ...
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Wageningen UR and Luminex develop multiplex detection for the agricultural and food industries
(04/23/2008)
Plant Research International, a division of Wageningen UR, and Luminex Corporation have signed a licensing agreement for the use of xMAP(r) technology. This will allow Plant Research International to further extend its research and product ...
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Genetically modified potatoes do not affect microflora in the soil
(04/07/2008)
Potato plants containing a gene coding for the so-called T4-lysozyme via genetic modification have no obvious unintentional effects on the composition of microflora in the soil near the roots or inside plants. The use of such genes for the ...
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Wageningen UR: Biological soil disinfestation increases asparagus production by 50 percent
(03/31/2008)
Biological soil disinfestation as part of a narrow crop rotation can result in major increases in asparagus yield over a period of several years. This is the result of research performed by Wageningen UR's Applied Plant Research (PPO).The biological ...
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Wageningen scientist discovers genes that increase yield on marginal soils
(03/14/2008)
Genetically modified plants can be developed that perform significantly better than existing varieties in dry and saline soils. This is the conclusion of the doctorate thesis, to be defended by Shital Dixit at Wageningen University. Dixit discovered ...
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Genetic modification can make apple growing more environmentally friendly
(02/19/2008)
Genetic modification of apples can result in a more sustainable way of cultivation. This was the outcome of an Wageningen UR study in which the resistance of 280 genetically modified apple trees against scab, the most common fungal disease in the ...
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Tomato disease in Mexico caused by new virus
(11/16/2007)
Scientists of Plant Research International of Wageningen UR have identified the virus that causes great damage in tomato cultivation in Mexico where the disease is known as 'Marchitez', which means withered. The name of the new virus is tomato ...
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Food poisoning by Salmonella in lettuce plants can be avoided
(06/20/2007)
Can lettuce grown on soil infected by Salmonella bacteria itself be infected? Michel Klerks, scientist at Plant Research International, part of Wageningen UR, discovered that Salmonella bacteria spread on the plant as well as within the plant. ...
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New thrips attractants support growers in pest control
(05/18/2007)
A research group of Crop and Food Research from New Zealand has together with scientists of Plant Research International, part of Wageningen UR, developed a new thrips attractant for application in practice. The new attractant that must be applied ...
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Genetically modified chicory brings hope to African malaria patients
(05/10/2007)
Dafra Pharma International NV has commissioned Plant Research International (PRI) to start new research to optimize the production method of artemisinin via genetically modified chicory plants. This research should result in inexpensive, large-scale ...
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