ILVO shares its potato expertise at Potato Europe 2023
ILVO brings its extensive potato expertise to the largest open-air fair for potato growers.
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ILVO develops 5 new varieties of double-resistant fodder radish
From summer 2025, as many as 5 new varieties of leafy radish will be available on the market. And they are very special: these leaf radish varieties are able to purify the soil of 2 types of parasitic...
First soybean field trials are successful and show efficacy of Flemish soil bacteria.
Researchers at VIB and ILVO successfully conducted the first-ever field trials of soybean based on new knowledge about the interplay between bacteria, soil and crop.
Flemish farmers satisfied with the quality of their soils, more than half willing to apply no-till cultivation
These are some of the preliminary findings from a widely distributed survey conducted as part of European project SoildiverAgro.
First results Flemish carbon monitoring network show importance of correct - deep - sampling.
"In measurements in the topsoil, only 50 to 60% of the total C stock in the soil is measured."
Plant pest: Yellowing viruses in sugar beet cultivation
A group of viruses that, because of the European ban on the use of neonicotinoids, could again lead to significant losses in sugar beet cultivation.
Local legumes deserve boost.
Market is slowly picking up due to divergent drivers among consumers, growers and processors.
Climate change brings new crops to Flanders
Now that it is more often dry for long periods, we need to grow plants that can withstand harsher conditions. New crops are appearing in Flanders.
Impact of rising groundwater and wetlands on nearby agricultural land in Flanders
In this study, we developed a modeling framework to estimate the effect of groundwater levels on conventional crop yields in Flanders.