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End of plant patents facilitates new varieties

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The European Patent Office decided this month that no more patents will be issued for ‘essential biological processes’ in plants. A good development, says Richard…

This plant can be used to make soap and shampoo

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Much of our soap and shampoo is produced using palm oil.

Tree rings predict the future

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Researchers at WUR and their project partners have found a method for…

Proven: plants could capture more sun

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Plants use photosynthesis to transform energy from sunlight into chemical energy. But…

Debat over CRISPR-Cas: focus niet alleen op risico’s

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CRISPR-Cas is safer than traditional breeding methods, stated John van der Oost…

Luisa Trindade wants to make jeans from tomatoes

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The recently appointed professor with a personal chair Luisa Trindade breeds crops…

How the Netherlands got good at breeding spuds

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How did the Netherlands get to be a world leader in potato…

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