Wageningen University & Research

September 23, 2021 | Articles

Wageningen University scientists solve mystery: ‘This is how Phytophthora infestans invades plants’

In a unique collaboration, plant pathologists, cell biologists and physicists from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have found the answer to the question of how the notorious Phytophthora infestans pathogen finds its way through the outer protective layer on the leaves of agricultural crops.

September 23, 2021 | Articles

Professor Richard Visser (WUR): ‘Growth of EU organic area without gene editing will definitely result in decreasing crop yields’

In a recently published manifesto, agricultural scientists in the European Union call for the admission of new breeding techniques such as gene editing in European organic farming. This may seem like handing a vegetarian a sausage and saying that it is essential for his or her health, but Professor Richard Visser, one of the authors,…

July 23, 2021 | News

Mystery solved: ‘This is how potato blight pathogen penetrates plant’

Research results by Wageningen scientists open up new avenues for protecting crops more effectively, efficiently and sustainably against Phytophthora infestans.

March 25, 2021 | News

PotatoEurope organisation starts preparing potato trial fields in Lelystad

The organisation of PotatoEurope 2021 has started preparing the potato trial fields at the event location near the central Dutch city of Lelystad.

February 26, 2021 | Articles

‘I have a great deal of confidence in the inventiveness of the potato sector’

On 1 and 2 September 2021, the Dutch edition of PotatoEurope will take place for the first time at the location of Wageningen Plant Research in Lelystad. That’s where Chris de Visser, currently Business Unit Manager Field Crops of Wageningen University & Research (WUR), started over thirty years ago at what was then called Practical…

November 25, 2020 | Articles

Ground breaking news for the potato sector: Wageningen University finds new resistances

Researchers Dr Jack Vossen, Dr Ben Vosman and Dr Misghina Goitom Teklu of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) present ground breaking news. After intensive research, resistances have now been found in wild potato varieties for pathogens such as Erwinia and Colorado beetle, for which no resistances were yet known and/or available until recently. The researchers…