On the 1st and 2nd of February, NordGen and partners will host the conference entitled “Use of Genetic Resources in Breeding for Climate Change in the Nordic Region – Why Research and Innovation Do Matter.” The conference is based on…
Read more
We congratulate all researchers of Lund University and SLU Alnarp that received funding for plant and food-related research projects. In total, both institutions in these particular fields received 49.5 M SEK from VR and 56 M SEK from Formas….
Read more
Can we use pulsed electric fields to stimulate the growth of plants for food? Can stress responses induced by electroporation make the plant more tolerant to drought? What if we can treat the seeds or the seedlings and make plants…
Read more
Rodomiro Octavio Ortiz Rios is the Chair Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding at SLU. Professor Ortiz significantly contributes to the development of plant breeding as a key scientific discipline helping to fight hunger and malnutrition in developing countries, as…
Read more
Globally, about 45% of fruits and vegetables get wasted. To extend the shelf life of cucumbers, primarily plastic wrapping is used. What if we could eliminate the plastic but keep its protecting properties? That’s what the future will look like…
Read more
Lise Lykke Steffensen is the managing director of Nordic Genetic Resources Center (NordGen) and have the responsibility for the strategic and operational research program at the institute. What does it take to be the head of a profound research organisation,…
Read more
The eleventh PlantLink Day was held on the 5th of October at SLU in Alnarp. The topic “New Plant Products” attracted a record number of participants! Finally, after two years of Covid restrictions, Crafoord hall welcomed a full audience again….
Read more
Sajeevan Radha Sivarajan is a previous post doc at the Department of Plant Protection Biology at SLU Alnarp who just turned researcher in the same department. How can the understanding of plant stress tolerance influence the future yields of our…
Read more