ILVO's Diagnosic Centre for Plants named the first European reference laboratory (EURL) for nematodes and bacteria
In addition to the NRL, the Diagnostic Centre for Plants of Flanders Research ILVO is now also one of the first European reference laboratories for plant-pathogenic bacteria and nematodes.
Main research questionCan we efficiently control harmful soil nematodes or nematodes in agricultural soils by using a more integrated approach (i.e. IPM, integrated pest management) and by aiming for a more general soil health? The field experiments planned in the WAKKERE PLANTEN ("primed plants") project provide the answer.
Integrated management of plant-parasitic nematodes in tree nurseries and potatoes with primed plants
Main research questionThe overall objective of Nema Sensing is early detection of quarantine nematodes using remote sensing and image analysis.
In a next phase, the status of the viruses and nematodes that were associated with propagation materials, in the field and in the marketed new (tuber) crops was evaluated.
They belong to the Nematoda or nematodes.
Decontamination of residual soil from potatoes and root vegetables to make it free of nematodes and the weed called chufa or yellow nut sedge, as well as setting up a pilot plant at a processing plant: these are the goals of the follow-up project to "Restaarde Circulair".
And they are very special: these leaf radish varieties are able to purify the soil of 2 types of parasitic nematodes: the beet cyst nematode and the root knot nematode.