Aquaculture at sea
...f marine animals are valuable for very different reasons: for example, some contain anti-viral, antibacterial or anti-carcinogenic substances, or they produce substances in their body or armor that...
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Plant health
ILVO uses specific techniques to detect bacteria, fungi, insects, mites, nematodes, and viruses.
Gut health
...o indicate causality (cause-effect). The importance and role of the gut microbiota (all the bacteria present in the gut) is gradually becoming clear. Our diet co-determines the composition ...
Nitrogen
...ental compartments such as soil, water and air. Eventually, it is converted back to nitrogen gas by bacteria. This process is called the nitrogen cycle. Relatively recently in historical te...
Methane emissions in livestock farming (enteric emissions)
... hydrogen gas (H2). To maintain optimal rumen fermentation, this H2 must be removed. Methanogenic bacteria take care of this. They bind the H2 with CO2 to form CH4 and H2O. The methane gas leaves t...
Food: Food safety
...sms associated with food. Major foodborne pathogens include protozoa, viruses (e.g. norovirus), and bacteria such as Campylobacter, Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, and shiga-toxin-producing Esc...
Alternatives to castration of piglets
...taging behavior in the sow. The remainder is stored in fatty tissue. Skatol and indol are formed by bacteria in the large intestine in both female and (castrated) male pigs, but the presence of and...
Biodiversity in and on the sea floor
...ger than 1 mm), meiobenthos (smaller than 1 mm) and microbenthos (single-celled organisms such as bacteria and diatoms). The most common species groups for macrobenthos include bristle worms, bival...
Quick test for detection of bacterial contamination in food
...utomate and continuously test their products during the entire production phase for the presence of bacterial contamination. So far, this bacterial control is still carried out by random samples, w...
Source identification of brown rot and ring rot infections in Belgium (1989-2021) by forensic investigation of bacterial genome sequences
General introductionFor more than 3 decades the quarantine bacteria brown rot (Ralstonia solanacearum) and ring rot (Clavibacter sepedonicus) have posed a danger to the cultivation of potatoes in ...
Antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in manure, soil and plants and the potential exposure of humans
...analyzed the samples to quantify the antibiotic residues, to investigate the (antibiotic-resistant) bacterial shifts and to quantify antibiotic resistance genes. In addition, commercially available...
Evaluation and optimization of a high-throughput sequencing based strategy to detect viruses and bacteria in view of certification and in vitro therapy to create virus free mother plants
...thus receive a tailor-made HTS strategy for their need for detection of viruses and also (specific) bacteria. The implementation of HTS technology on a broader scale is expected to result in greate...
Fertilization and disease control via soil bacteria?
...makes use of different and new farming methods is required. An oft-suggested solution is the use of bacteria as a biological fertilizer and control product. But in order to understand and predict t...
Complex interactions between bacterial species make biofilms persistent
Meer info Lees een langer artikel met link naar de verschillende wetenschappelijke publicaties, in het Engels. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research...
Disinfectants in the livestock shed do not cause resistant bacteria
...ried out by an external company, compared to disinfection by the farmer. Sensitivity of E. coli bacteria collected in stables Maertens conducted a survey of no fewer than 25 broiler farms a...
First soybean field trials are successful and show efficacy of Flemish soil bacteria.
... was part of a project by VIB, together with partners Ghent University, KU Leuven and ILVO, to find bacteria that occur naturally in Flemish soils and that work well with soy plants in our regions....
Research on bacteria causing brown rot on potato and tomato gets boost from recent breakthrough and new DNA techniques
... clear that the bacterium had entered the EU by the import of infected Egyptian early potatoes. The bacteria accidentally ended up in waterways in which "bittersweet" (Solanum dulcamara) was the id...
Scientists want to create a library of soil bacteria with the help of 1000 citizens - and a minister
...sms. Together with an interdisciplinary team of researchers, she wants to identify Flemish soil bacteria that can help us to grow soy locally. A library of soil bacteria from 1,000 gardens
ILVO's Diagnosic Centre for Plants named the first European reference laboratory (EURL) for nematodes and bacteria
...ant-pathogenic organisms. Since 2007, ILVO has been the only Belgian NRL for nematodes, insects and bacteria, and together with CRA-W, the Walloon counterpart of ILVO, NRL for fungi and viruses / p...
Reduction of Campylobacter in broiler flocks: identification of risk factors, evaluation of increased biosecurity measures and the protective effect of the microbiota of Campylobacter free flocks
General introductionIn the industrialized world, Campylobacter is the most important bacterial cause of human gastro-enteritis. It is estimated that 50%-80% of all Campylobacter strains isolated f...
ROOF FOOD: incubator for rooftop farming
... found to be low, indicating stable organic matter in the substrate. The Roof Food samples are more bacterially diverse than the 3 groups of reference samples (compost, woody material, and potting ...
Soil biodiversity enhancement in European agroecosystems to promote their stability and resilience by external inputs reduction and crop performance increase.
...hich the use of innovative management practices based on soil mycorrhiza and plant growth promoting bacteria, the application of alternative crop rotations, the development of pest alert systems, t...
Development of novel breeding technology for improved root system, drought tolerance and sustainable plant productions
In this project we want to address these 2 topics in parallel by developing a new sustainable breeding technology that focuses on the roots, using rhizogenic bacteria.
Catching rhizobia to introduce high protein containing soybean for a sustainable agriculture in Flanders
...a from Flemish soils that are able to efficiently nodulate soybean. We wish to find local soilborne bacteria and funghi that are able to form nodules on soybean plants. We expect that these local m...
PROBING ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES AND RESISTANCE TRANSFER IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS
Which antibiotic resistant bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotic residues can be found in ground water, surface water, waste water, marine water, and in aquaculture?
Understanding of multispecies biofilms in the food industry is indispensible to control biofilm related food safety and quality issues
...arie Sklodowska Curie post-doc fellowship, interspecies interactions have been investigated between bacteria which have been previously isolated from food industries. This will enable to define the...
Design of a statistically sound and risk-based survey plan for the detection of Xylella fastidiosa in Belgium
Xylella fastidiosa (Xfas) is one of the most dangerous bacterial plant pathogens associated with serious diseases in a wide range of plants.
Towards a sustainable and profitable soybean cultivation in Flanders
... conditions were selected. Field trials showed that inoculating soybean plants with nitrogen-fixing bacteria is crucial to achieve good yields and high protein quality. Incorporating soy into crop ...
Towards an alternative and well-founded control of Pseudomonas infections in cherry and pear
In Flemish pear and cherry production, bacterial canker caused by the Pseudomonas syringae pathovars syringae (Pss) and morsprunorum (Psm)
Microplastic Contamination in agricultural Soil ecosystems and the effect on soil and plant health
...nts and soil health. In stage 4, sequencing techniques will be used to screen for plastic degrading bacteria and fungi for the most occurring plastic polymers. Relevance/ValorizationThe pro...
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens shows up in the growing grain legume sector – a real threat?
...in several wild and cultivated leguminous species. Well-known manifestations of the disease are bacterial wilt in common bean and bacterial tan spot in soybean. Cff is listed in the European Plant ...
Supporting VITIculture expansion in BELgium through knowledge building on phytosanitary risks and diagnostics while raising plant health awareness among stakeholders
...ductionOverall purpose of the project is to build more knowledge on the presence of viruses and bacteria in viticulture in Belgium. Viticulture is growing rapidly in Belgium, yet not much is kn...
Preparing for the introduction of exotic strains of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (i.e. of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum and Ralstonia syzygii) – valorisation of culture collections and validation of diagnostics and methods for
General introductionThis project dives deep into distinctions within the harmful plant bacterial family Ralstonia. A potential geographic expansion into our regions of 'exotic' strains of the RSSC...
Validating the use of endemic rhizobia for sustainable soybean cultivation in Northwestern Europe
To what extent can certain locally-found favorable soil bacteria improve the yield and quality of soybean plants, when they enter the soil during seeding?
Optimisation of soybean-rhizobia combinations for cultivation in northwest Europe
...s the ‘MATCHMAKING’ of locally adapted soybean varieties with native, nitrogen-fixing rhizobium bacteria, ensuring stable, high-performing yields for profitable cultivation.Research approach