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Oil, diamonds and coal are natural resources you probably are familiar with. But did you know that fresh air, clean water and plants are part of this category as well? Right now, NordGen participate in an international conference to...
It was a pleasure to return to Umeå this nice and sunny day in mid-October when all the birches – the signum of the capital of northern Sweden* – were sparkling yellow. The aim of my trip there was to...
This morning our new incubators were delivered. With these we can make an even better job of preserving genetic diversity among plants connected to our food production. Regularly, NordGen control the seed samples we preserve by doing germination tests....
Each year 350 million forest plants are produced in Sweden. The majority of these comes from a refined seed. Are we to reach the goal of having well growing forests where the biological and genetic diversity is secured, we have...
On the 12th and 13th of October, a kick-off meeting for the BalticWheat Network is held in Malmö, Sweden. Climate change, funigicide resistance and plant phenotyping technologies are to be discussed in the network which NordGen is a part of....
Today, Thursday, a workshop commenced in Rome, aiming to create a European cooperation arena between private and public actors in the field of plant genetic resources. This kind of cooperation already exists between the Nordic Countries, administrated by NordGen. The...
Collect seeds and preserve them for the future – how hard can it be? Actually, it can be quite advanced. Join us for a visit in the NordGen Seed Laboratory! The beans rattle when they are gently pushed down...
Felby was one of the speakers at NordGen Forest Conference “Innovation and forest regeneration” in Silkeborg, Denmark on 19-20th of September 2017. – The technologies to replace fossil based carbon products are available, but renewable carbon based products are still...
Every month we publish a plant portrait in the project “Crop Wild Relatives”. The plant portrait of October iS European Crab Apple. European crab apple is both an ancestor and a wild relative to our domesticated apple. It exists in...
