Agriculture & Horticulture

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The agrifood production chain is characterised with a very complex interaction of environment, genetics, and human interventions. Agriculture and Horticulture face large fundamental changes in future, due to increasing demands for sustainability and feeding an increasing world population. 

Agro Research

A great and promising challenge is to prevent losses of agricultural production both on field and along the food value chain. Together with other disciplines, microscopy and microstructure research is needed to deeply understand changes over time and during processing in agricultural produce. 

Spoiled Mandarin Orange. Photos by Jaap Nijsse. Consistence Microstructure Research Laboratory. Macroscope.
Spoiled Mandarin Orange.
Cryo-SEM images of grass leaf. Photo by Jaap Nijsse. Consistence Microstructure Research Laboratory.
Cryo-SEM images of grass leaf.
Cryo-SEM stitched image of leaf hair of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). Photo by Jaap Nijsse, www.Consistence.nl
Cryo-SEM stitched image of leaf hair of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica).
Cryo-SEM images of mildew on violet (Viola sp.) leaf. Photo by Jaap Nijsse, Consistence Microstructure Research Laboratory.
Cryo-SEM images of mildew on violet (Viola sp.) leaf.
Cryo-SEM images of mites isolated from hortensia (Hydrangea) leaves, using a vibrating funnel. Photos by Frank Nijsse, www.Consistence.nl
Cryo-SEM images of mites isolated from hortensia (Hydrangea) leaves, using a vibrating funnel.
Cryo-SEM imaging of grapevine gall mite, (Colomerus vitis), hidden in leaf gall of grape vine (Vitis vinifera). Photos and drawing by Jaap Nijsse, www.Consistence.nl
Cryo-SEM imaging of grapevine gall mite, (Colomerus vitis), hidden in leaf gall of grape vine (Vitis vinifera).
Cryo-SEM analysis of hollow wax fibres from cottony hydrangea scale insects (Pulvinaria hydrangeae). By Jaap Nijsse, Consistence Microstructure Research Laboratory
Cryo-SEM analysis of hollow wax fibres from cottony hydrangea scale insects.
SEM images of freeze dried apple tissue. Drying Technology 35:10, 1204-1213.
SEM images of freeze dried apple tissue.
Cryoplaning SEM image of infection in apple fruit, with high resolution images of fungus with haustoria. By Jaap Nijsse, www.Consistence.nl
Cryoplaning SEM image of infection in apple fruit, with high resolution images of fungus with haustoria.
Cryoplaning SEM cross section of pig skin. cryo-SEM. Consistence Microstructure Research Laboratory.
Cryoplaning SEM cross section of pig skin.
Cryoplaning SEM cross section of cut rose stem, revealing vascular occlusion by bacteria. By Jaap Nijsse, Consistence Microstructure Research Laboratory.
Cryoplaning SEM cross section of cut rose stem, revealing vascular occlusion by bacteria.
Cryoplaning SEM cross section of fresh potato. By Jaap Nijsse, Consistence Microstructure Research Laboratory.
Cryoplaning SEM cross section of fresh potato.
Cryoplaning SEM image of brussels sprouts puree. cryo-SEM. By Jaap Nijsse, Consistence Microstructure Research Laboratory.
Cryoplaning SEM image of brussels sprouts puree.
Confocal Microscopy stacked and stiched image of Alstroemeria cut flower stem. CSLM. www.Consistence.nl.
Confocal Microscopy stacked and stiched image of Alstroemeria cut flower stem
Polarized light microscopy image of sugar crystallized in a thin film. Consistence Microstructure Research Laboratory
Polarized light microscopy image of sugar crystallized in a thin film.

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Consistence for Agro

Consistence has trackrecord in agro-research. We support and guide research projects on different topics, such as preventing losses, new use of side streams, understanding plant-pathogen interactions, water relations in plants, etc. Designing the right experiments and arranging flexible setups (e.g. for timelapse imaging) are key expertises, besides world class imaging and structural interpretation of hydrated biomatter. 

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