Biosystems Engineering Technology, Geel Campus KU Leuven
One of the most prominent challenges our society faces in the 21st century is to secure food provision to sustain our growing world population in a sustainable way without compromising our next generations. Both biotic (e.g. pests, deseases) and abiotic (e.g. drought, suboptimal temperatures, suboptimal light conditions, … ) factors can cause severe reductions in our global primary production. These stress conditions can seriously endanger ...