Sole getting smaller due to ocean warming
...1980 and 2000 generations of sole, the average sea temperature during their lifetime rose from 9.1 °C to 10.2 °C, while according to the model the sole remained on average 40 mm smaller and spawned...
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Research on bacteria causing brown rot on potato and tomato gets boost from recent breakthrough and new DNA techniques
...e ideal host plant for propagation and survival of the bacteria. Brown rot infections subsequently arose from irrigation of potato fields from these contaminated waterways. Today, 45 Flemish munici...
‘Mel Bee’ wins the Rivierenhof Rose Award
'Mel Bee’ rose wins the Rivierenhof Rose Award - Copyright: province of Antwerp Roses from the rose garden in Rivierenhof are the big winnersOn Sunday, June 11 during the annual Rose Festi...
How pests steal genes to neutralize plant toxins
...ss nights. In 2011, the genome of the bean spider mite, a difficult pest to control on tomatoes and roses, was fully clarified. Thanks to the spider mite genome, scientists at Ghent University disc...
ILVO and VLIZ in one building, with more intense collaboration
...for implementation of the identified priorities. In terms of research, new needs and opportunities arose, including a focus on themes such as climate mitigation and marine connectivity, and on new ...
Virus-based crop protection
.../>Numerous potential biocontrol viruses against diseases and pests were found for grape, tomato and roses. In addition, important insights were gained on the interaction between viruses, the harmfu...
With 'hairy roots', have scientists found a key to making plants more climate-robust?
...l fatigue' or 'replant disease' RootsPlus uses chrysanthemum as a model crop for herbaceous plants, rose and apple as model plants for woody plants, and sunflower as a model plant for agricultural ...
Japanese holly collection in the Bokrijk Arboretum is key to a co-creative breeding project
...ident of Bokrijk. Sven Bronckaers, heritage gardener at Bokrijk, explains: "Our interest in holly arose in the 1980s when there was a need for shelter and an evergreen structure in the garden to be...
Plant attacker of the month October: the root lesion nematode Pratylenchus spp.
...ies. Pratylenchus penetrans is widespread and can cause serious damage in vegetables, potatoes, roses and nursery plants. The wood root vegetable nematode P. vulnus, originally from southern Europe...
Plant Attacker for August: Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi' (Elm Phytoplasm)
...a ulmi'. Phytoplasms cause a very wide range of symptoms (discolourations, deformities, phyllodes, rosette formation, witches' brooms, etc.) which can easily be confused with viral diseases or erro...
Not only the variety but also the 'terroir' of hops determines the taste, aroma and mouthfeel of beer
...he American hop variety Amarillo® when processed in De Proefbrouwerij. The hypothesis soon arose that these were possibly due to their geographical origin, and thus to the existence of terroir-rela...
Joris Relaes is new president of the agricultural platform Agrolink Vlaanderen.
...s. He succeeds Nadine Buys, former dean of the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at KU Leuven. Anne-Rose Gustin becomes the new coordinator and is responsible for the daily operations. Agrolink Fla...
New campus for VLIZ and ILVO on east coast of Oostende
...he marine building for Flanders, a special project with a unique content and appearance. Our team rose to the challenge to outline an open, functional and contemporary project. The theme of sea and...
The air purifying effect of plants
...absorb PM than other species. In the top 10 are: Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii), guelder rose (Viburnum opulus), European cornbeam (Carpinus betulus), holm oak (Quercus ilex), wayfarer tree (Vib...
New rose genome provides insight into diversity and important flower and bloom characteristics
Whether this means that there will soon be roses without thorns on the market, is still unclear. It is clear that the new reference genome that is now publicly available will speed up the breeding of ...
High-tech breeding opens door for development of compact ornamental shrubs
...ber of chromosomes. For example, tetraploid Escallonia genotypes were developed in which variation arose in compactness, size of the flowers and cold tolerance. The introduction of rol-genes, that ...
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