Now that it is more often dry for long periods, we need to grow plants that can stand up to changing conditions. Farmers therefore sow the grains, corn or potatoes that performed best in recent, often dry, years. There are also new crops making their appearance in Flanders: quinoa and chickpea, for example. Can Flemish farmers simply switch to such a new crop from one year to the next?
Joren De Ryck discovered where proteins that had been injected by the bacteria were active in the plant's roots. Those proteins then make the plant sick. The method used is groundbreaking.
