🍓The cultivation of the future requires the cross-pollination of science and practice. In the project Groene Gewasbescherming, financed by Ministerie van LVVN, we are developing new #cultivationsystems that sustainably protect crops from disease, pests and weeds 👉 wur.nl/en/show-longre…

🌴 Palm oil has had a bad name for many years, its production resulting in the loss of forests and #biodiversity. However, WUR researchers have calculated that #palmoil production could be much more sustainable 👉 wur.nl/en/newsarticle…

#Kersen 🍒🪰| Het kersenseizoen is in volle gang, maar de sector staat onder druk. De suzukivlieg, slechts een paar millimeter groot, bedreigt de teelt. Wat zijn de opties om de oogst te redden zonder pesticiden? Herman Helsen deelt ze bij @NRC! nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/07…

🌾 What have you always wanted to know about strip cropping ❓ Are you curious about potential benefits and disadvantages? And how does it work in practice? 🚜 We have now collected our research on #stripcropping in a dossier. Take a look! 👉 wur.nl/en/research-re…

☘️ Meer extensief beheerd kruidenrijk grasland: dat kan een sleutel zijn voor herstel van #biodiversiteit in het veenweidegebied. In de regio Alblasserwaard-Vijfheerenlanden liggen kansen om het areaal aan kruidenrijk grasland te vergroten 👉 wur.nl/nl/onderzoek-r…

🍐 Ready to join us on a journey to revolutionise the world of #postharvest technology? Then join our course on novel sensing technology and chemometrics! 📍 From 30 Sept - 2 Oct on Wageningen campus 👉 wur.nl/en/show/course…

#climateadaptation 🌦 The climate is changing. 20 years ago a farmer could still rely on his common sense, but other measures are needed now. How do different farmers in NL produce crops while dealing with the effects of #climatechange? Find out 👇 wur.nl/en/show-longre…

🎧 Podcast tip! The series State of Seed delves into the critical issues and innovative trends shaping the global seed industry. Richard Harrison, managing director of the Plant Sciences Group at WUR, talks about #plantbreeding 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/0f1NSS…

After infection with a virus, it can take weeks for visible symptoms to appear on a plant 🌱 WUR is now researching whether the presence of a virus in a crop can be detected earlier with raman spectroscopy 👉 wur.nl/en/research-re…

It's World Mosquito Day! #Mosquitoes may be annoying when they keep you from your sleep, but a much more pressing problem is that they spread diseases such as #malaria, #Zika or West Nile Virus 🤒 That is why we research them at WUR 👉 wur.nl/en/research-re…

👏 Congratulations Bregje Wertheim! As of 1 Sept, she is the new Chairholder of the Laboratory of #Entomology at WUR. Wertheim will be the successor of Marcel Dicke, who is almost retiring 🪲👉 wur.nl/en/research-re…

#Eten 🌾🧑‍🌾 | Voor het derde jaar op rij wordt er minder voedsel geproduceerd in Nederland. Maar met de caloriezekerheid zit het wel goed volgens WUR agro-econoom Wijnand Sukkel. Benieuwd hoe dat kan? Lees het bij NOS🔎 nos.nl/artikel/253426…

🪲 Welke rol spelen insecten in de voedselproductie van de toekomst? Ontdek het 28 sept in Junushoff! Er is een kookshow en een kinderuniversiteit, waar kinderen alles kunnen vragen aan professoren. Een kaartje is niet nodig! Alle info 👉 wur.nl/nl/onderzoek-r… Ouwehands Dierenpark

💚 After working at WUR for over 40 years, Chris de Visser recently retired as manager of Field Crops. He feels that more tailor-made solutions are needed to create a future perspective for Dutch #agriculture while reducing environmental impact 🚜👉 wur.nl/en/research-re…

🗓️Join us at the AI for Agro-Food Lab Spotlight event! On 4 Sept, we will delve into groundbreaking research on smart crop and animal sensing, intelligent control and decision-making and robotic handling. You can join at WUR or online! See all info 👉 icai.ai/event/spotligh…

📆 Producing #livestock has a large ecological footprint, especially feed production. Can we replace soy and fishmeal with a sustainable protein source, like insects? 🐛 Find out 12 sept at the #symposium on insects as sustainable feed! Info & registry 👉 wur.nl/en/research-re…

👨‍🔬 Due to his retirement, Richard Visser steps down as chair group leader and head of #PlantBreeding at WUR 🥔 What 5 milestones come to mind when Visser looks back on his successful academic career? Read the interview and find out! 👉 wur.nl/en/article/the…

🎓 Stef de Haan has been named professor by special appointment in the new chair Seed Systems and Agrobiodiversity: "I hope that our research can make a difference for the global rural population, particularly for the more disadvantaged farmers." 👩‍🌾👉 wur.nl/en/newsarticle…

🙆‍♀️ Excitement is mounting in the greenhouses of WUR! 5 teams from across the globe have embarked on the next phase of the Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge. The task? To cultivate dwarf tomatoes completely autonomously, without human intervention 🍅 #AI 👉 wur.nl/en/newsarticle…

🙌 Congratulations Kin Pan Chung! He has received a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for his research on the inheritance of cytoplasmic genomes 👏 Read more about his research 👉 wur.nl/en/research-re…