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Wolf B. Frommer is honored during the U.S. National Academy of Sciences ceremony. A slide in the background shows his name, affiliation with Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, and a photo of him examining plants in a greenhouse. Three people are present on stage, surrounded by plants and banners with scientific motifs.
© National Academy of Sciences

Wolf B. Frommer elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

We are delighted to announce that Wolf B. Frommer, Scientific Leader of the Healthy Crops project, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the United States. Election to the NAS is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a scientist, recognizing…

Bing Yang received the James B. Eads Award

Congratulation to Dr Bing Yang on receiving the James B. Eads Award from the Academy of Science of St. Louis! As an internationally recognized authority in plant genome engineering, Bing has made groundbreaking contributions to CRISPR/Cas-mediated gene editing. His pioneering work in multiplex guide…
A wide, green rice field under a clear blue sky with a few white clouds. Some trees and a flat landscape can be seen in the background. Two people are walking through the field and are working in the field or inspecting the plants.
© Emily Gichuhi

Approach to combating bacterial rice diseases in East Africa

Disease-resistant rice varieties created by means of genome editing
A LinkedIn banner for “Healthy Crops” featuring a close-up image of ripe rice plants with golden grains. The company’s logo, depicting stylized rice plants, is placed on the left. Below, the company description states its focus on providing disease-resistant rice varieties to increase yields for small-scale producers.

Healthy Crops stopped all activities on X and joined LinkedIn

We officially stopped our activities on X! Starting today, all updates from the Healthy Crops Project will be shared exclusively here and on LinkedIn.

Happy festive season and a happy new year!

The Healthy Crops team wishes you all a happy festive season and a happy new year!

Healthy Crops team breeds resistant rice variety in record time (in german)

We were interviewed about our new bacterial blight-resistant rice lines for Deutschlandfunk's science program ‘Forschung Aktuell’. The coverage is in German.

© © IRD / Mathilde Hutin

Healthy Crops team supports regional solutions in East Africa

An international research team, the “Healthy Crops” consortium, has developed rice varieties resistant to a detrimental crop disease in East Africa and Madagascar. The new varieties are resistant to bacterial leaf blight (for short: BB), caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo).…
© Sebastian Wagner

Prestigious US honour | Professor Dr Wolf B. Frommer elected to membership of the National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America has announced the election of this year’s members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Professor Dr. Wolf B. Frommer from fromm the Healthy Crops Project is the only university…
© © IRD / Laurence Albar

New rice lines for Africa offer virus protection

The so-called Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (for short: RYMV) is responsible for high crop losses in Africa, particularly among small-scale farmers. A research team from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) has now…
© Boris Szurek

Healthy Crops collaborates in training activity with scientists from IRRI & TARI in East Africa

The team of Boris Szurek of the French Research Institute for Development (IRD) went to Tanzania and Kenya to train the local scientists in the correct isolation of pathogenic bacteria from infected rice plants. Tanzanian rice fields were recently affected by a severe outbreak of bacterial blight.…