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 to grow well but with fewer chemical treatments
Centrale onderzoeksvraag/doelThe Interreg 2 Seas project Horti-BlueC puts together the puzzle pieces of various useful organic waste streams to create better and more sustainable growing substrates in greenhouses. The specific goal is to make the substrates for strawberry and tomato in greenhouses more sustainable.
They share an impressive infrastructure: Specialized research infrastructure > 200 ha trial fields, including +/- 6 ha for organic cultivation50 ha organic trial fields and an agro-ecological trial platform> 15,000m² experimental greenhouses and climate chambers for research, including for quarantine organisms> 20,000m² experimental animal
all parties, reads: "…that Flanders plays a leading role in the field of climate-efficient agricultural and horticultural production; (...) that the know-how of the Flemish agricultural and horticulture sector regarding the global climate problem is further developed to obtain climate-efficient agricultural and horticultural products, with lower greenhouse
The experimental fields, stables and greenhouses, as well as the 40 accredited labs and the ILVO Food Pilot are used for practical tests. In addition, we also test products on farms and at food companies of our network.
ILVO together with 8 partners from neighboring countries, tackles an important problem in conventional (greenhouse) horticulture.
It encompasses over 200hectares of fields, 15.000 square meters of greenhouses and 20.000 square meters of stables used for trial runs, a workshop for prototype building, over 40 accredited labs and the Food Pilot.
It encompasses over 2000 hectares of fields, 15.000 square meters of greenhouses and 20.000 square meters of stables used for trial runs, a workshop for prototype building, over 40 accredited labs and the Food Pilot. This infrastructure is used for the design, development, evaluation and demonstration of new, data-driven technology.