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The use of bacteriophages to protect cabbage fields, horticulturists wanted
A remarkable new control technique against bacterial disease Xanthomonas is being developed for sprout and cabbage cultivation.
In-depth knowledge of soil pathogens in greenhouse soil offers opportunities for IPM
In the intensive greenhouse cultivation of butterhead lettuce, the correct identification of soil pathogens and newly acquired insights into their potential to damage crops can help the lettuce plants...
Fertilization and disease control via soil bacteria?
Bacteria that can improve maize growth under cold temperatures and bacteria that can limit the effects of a fungal infection with Rhizoctonia solani were discovered
Maize crop residues crucial for carbon in the soil
The root biomass of maize contributes - relatively speaking - twice or even three times as much to the build-up of stable soil organic matter in the soil as the above-ground crop residues (maize straw...
ILVO expands compost site and points to potential of compost
ILVO has completed a new construction: Part Two of the compost site. It is a covered storage area with compartments for starting material and for finished compost.
European research project improves recipes for successful demonstrations
Training Kit for demo farmers and roadmap for organizers now available.
Short-chain marketing facilitates ON FARM research by ILVO
ILVO is setting up a structural research collaboration with a number of farms active in short-chain farm marketing.
Organic Food and Farming in Flanders 2017 - 2018
With this publication we continue a biennial tradition. For the fifth time, we have gathered relevant information on research related to organic food and farming in Flanders.