Nunhems B.v.

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Jan Ane Dijkstra

Rob Raedts

Ronald Alfred Leng

John Richard Newbold

Hindrik Bene Perdok

Rob Bernard Anton Hulshof

David Deswysen

Sander Martijn Van Zijderveld

Walter Jan Jozef Gerrits

The present invention relates to the field of spinach breeding, in particular to a new dominant resistance gene, designated RPF12, which confers resistance against all races ofand to spinach plants comprising said gene.

Spinach plants that are resistant to downy mildew

The present invention relates to the field of spinach breeding, in particular to a new dominant resistance gene, designated RPF11, which confers resistance against races 7 to 14 ofand to spinach plants comprising said gene.

The present invention concerns the reduction of gastro-intestinal methanogenesis in ruminants with the aid of agents that compete for the hydrogen atoms required by methanogens during normal fermentation of ingested feed. The invention in one aspect resides in the findings that both nitrate reductive pathways as well as sulphate reductive pathways outcompete gastro-intestinal methanogenesis in ruminants and, that the methanogenesis reducing effects of nitrate and sulphate are completely additive. At the same time the combined administration of nitrate and sulphate was found to be fully effective to avoid or mitigate the potential problems of nitrite intoxication normally encountered when using nitrate alone, which effect is further enhanced, where necessary, by the addition of a nitrite reducing probiotic micoroorganism. Hence, products are provided comprising high amounts of a combination of a nitrate compound and a sulphate compound and optionally a nitrite reducing probiotic microorganism, as well as methods of reducing gastro-intestinal methanogenesis in ruminants using such compositions.

Compositions for reducing gastro-intestinal methanogenesis in ruminants

The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of spinach, NUN 0002 SP or Andromeda F1, which is characterized by producing high quality leaves for the fresh market and/or the processing industry.

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Beegden, Netherlands

Jan Ane Dijkstra