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NordGen is this week participating in the 10th World Potato Congress in Peru. The congress of 2018 is held in Cusco – the origin of the world’s potato. The theme of the congress is “Biodiversity, Food Security, and Business” and...
Just about when the earliest potatoes were harvested in Sweden, it was decided that NordGen will be able to expand its potato collection. In a new project, financed by the Swedish Board of Agriculture, a dozen older potato varieties will...
This week NordGen participates in the meeting of the ECPGR Steering Committee in Thessaloniki, Greece. ECPGR is a collaborative Programme among most European countries, aiming at ensuring the long-term conservation and facilitating the utilization of plant genetic resources in Europe. ...
NordGen regularly receives visitors from all over the world, eager to learn more about gene bank management and our operations. But not all visits result in a video. This April, Dr Jeni Henrickson and Dr. Aaron Doering from Minnesota...
What tricks do you need to know to successfully grow old kinds of Danish cauliflower, cabbage or brussels sprouts? And how does one develop understandable growing manuals? NordGen Senior Scientist Annette Hägnefelt was one of the speakers at a thematic...
To perform germination tests is important. It is needed for controlling that each accession is still of good quality but also to investigate that each sample actually contains the right species and variation. But it is a work both costly...
Today, we send our heartiest congratulations to Finland turning 100 years. And although we not at all disparage the history of a century, we would like to present some Finns who are actually even older than their country. Finnsheep...
Date: 30th of November, 2017 Place: Sundsvägen 10, Alnarp (Horticum, SLU) Time: 13.05-14.35 Program: 13.05 Ahmed Jahoor, head of breeding at Nordic Seed, commence the meeting and presents the speakers. 13.15 Bo Gertsson, technology manager, Lantmännen Lantbruk. Title: Public...
Nordic Genetic Resource Center is mainly funded by the Nordic countries, through the Nordic Council of Ministers. Today, November 14th, officials representing the council visited NordGen to learn more about how we work and what we need to fulfill our...
Blackberries are exciting plants, both for botanists and ecologists and for berry-pickers who enjoy the sweet and mild taste of the black delicacy, which sometimes can be a struggle to harvest, due to the very sharp thorns that most black...
