The importance of agrobiodiversity conservation for future farming
Coinciding with the Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit taking place in Rome 26–28 July 2021 CAPITALISE experts from SSSA introduce the importance of agrobiodiversity to food systems. Biodiversity is the diversity of life on earth, including plants, animals,...
Open Positions
1 PHD POSITION IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS AT VU AMSTERDAMPosition 1: Understanding the molecular basis of photoprotection in plants This position is now filled Position 2: Increasing photosynthetic efficiency tuning the absorption properties of the plantsREQUIREMENTS•...
Presenting the Photosynthesis roadmap to 2030
To support the CAPITALISE science programme a targeted stakeholder consultation and road mapping exercise is planned. This will gather a broad range of expert opinion and learn from other projects, industry experience, grower needs and international...
Zea mays to the rescue
Maize belongs to the Poaceae family and performs C4 photosynthesis. It is the third most important grain crop world-wide after wheat and rice. Scientific evidence suggest a single domestication event of maize in southern Mexico around 9000 years ago. In 2018 in...
New website
We are proud to present the new website that will be the new center of information for the Capitalise projects.