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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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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...
Sisuradio, the finnish speaking section of the national broadcaster Swedish Radio, has visited us at NordGen to talk about the importance of genetic diversity in a future with climate change. At NordGen in Alnarp we preserve about 70 different kinds...
The project is also to investigate which new possibilities there are to use forage as human food. The work conducted within EUCLEG will include, among other things, development of searchable databases, evaluation of genetic resourcces in multi-site trials and...
The Swedish immigrants didn’t only carry with them the hope of a better life when they set sail to America. They also packed down seeds from their former home country. Today, NordGen propagates the brown beans of Hartley Jepson...
“Strategy for Plants Genetic Resources in Agriculture 2017-2020” sets the course for the task of preserving, developing and informing about the importance of the plant genetic resources in agriculture and its importance for our future food and forage supply, according...
