A comparison of two potatoes inoculated with Phytophthora infestans. Seven days after inoculation, the untreated potato (left) shows the characteristic late blight symptoms, while the potato treated with the peptide CS5 (right) shows no symptoms.
A new way to stop global spread of pathogen once linked to Ireland's Great Famine
23 Apr 2026
Research at KTH has taken an important step toward fighting potato late blight, a plant disease that once triggered an historic famine in Ireland and now threatens to spread globally due to climate ch...
Antonio Capezza leads the BioRESorb research team, focusing on converting food- and bio-based industrial side-streams into functional, biodegradable porous materials. On the recent lunch webinar, Cape...
Courtney Adamson recently held her licentiate seminar on governing food systems for resilience. Now she shares the main insights and takeaways from her research.
Scientists at KTH have for the first time created a fully wheat based gel made entirely from wheat bran fiber and wheat gluten protein—an advance that could turn one of the grain industry’s least valu...
KTH WaterCentre team with Zahra Kalantari, Zeynep Cetecioglu Gurol, Sahar Dalahmeh and Pegah Honarmand are contributing to PLENTY by exploring how greywater can become a valuable resource for agricult...
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Microbial Foods Conference - 21 May 2026 (Seminars and lectures)Albanova, KTH, Roslagstullsbacken 21, 114 21 Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Microbial Foods Conference - 21 May 2026 (Seminars and lectures)
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