9 oktober 2023

Reflections of expert John van Ruiten in magazine Seed World Europe

The most recent issue (September 2023 - No. 3) of the magazine Seed World Europe includes an article in which our managing director John Van Ruiten was interviewed. They talked about various topics and developments in plant health as well as the new proposed EU legislation and its impact on the seed sector.

2 oktober 2023

VCU now also possible for Hemp varieties for the production of seed and oil from seed

Since this summer, an approved Dutch VCU protocol for hemp varieties for the production of seed and oil from seed is available.

6 september 2023

Sending plant samples in Bioreba bags to Naktuinbouw Laboratories

Five years ago Naktuinbouw Laboratories switched to the use of Bioreba bags for all leaf tests for PCR and ELISA testing. If the samples were not delivered in Bioreba bags, the costs (purchase of the Bioreba bags, the extra time and labor) to transfer samples into Bioreba bags were not charged to the client. This is going to change. As of January 1, 2024, there will be a handling fee for samples that not have been delivered in Bioreba bags. This handling fee is € 2.40 per sample.

5 september 2023

Change email address team Resistance - Variety Testing

Do you have questions or requests about resistance tests? From now on, please send this to the new email address: resistentie@naktuinbouw.nl.

1 september 2023

Lower fees for genetic identification of raspberry and strawberry varieties this fall

In recent years, Naktuinbouw has developed genetic identification tools for identifying raspberry and strawberry varieties. The delivery of samples for these tests takes place mainly in the autumn. As a result, Naktuinbouw can offer a lower fee for these crops in September and October.

16 augustus 2023

From 1 October new set-up Plant Breeder's Rights training course

Would you like to know more about Plant Breeders' Rights systems? Then follow our extensive and English-language online program about Plant Breeders' Rights. From 1 October 2023 you can start this training on 'Plant Breeders' Rights for food security and economic development' on a monthly basis.

2 augustus 2023

Register now for the training course Seed Identification

Our three days training course Seed Identification will be organized on 6-8th November 2023. Registration has been opened and is possible till September 1st 2023. There are still a few places available.

7 juli 2023

Nigerian delegation visits Naktuinbouw

A Nigerian delegation visited the Netherlands last week. Key officials from NASC and the Collaborative Seed Programme came to the Netherlands to learn from Dutch knowledge and experience about seed quality assurance systems. They started at Naktuinbouw on Monday 3 July.

5 juli 2023

INVITE annual meeting: data sharing and phenotyping

From 12 to 14 June, various organisations came together in Barcelona for the European project INVITE. More than 90 attendees from various institutions and organisations shared presentations of the studies and their conclusions and engaged in discussion. Naktuinbouw also took part.

Prolongation of registration for an actual Variety Register

This year, varieties registered in 2008, 2009 and 2015 can apply for re-registration. This also applies to all varieties of potato and sugar beet registered before 2015.

New real-time RT-PCR tests for plant material for horticultural crops

We introduce new real-time PCR tests for the verification of foliar nematodes and the burrowing nematodes in leaf, roots or soil samples.