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
Soil compaction: prevention and remeditation
Biochar should replace potting soil in strawberry cultivation: "A much more sustainable soil improver"
Biochar should eventually replace conventional potting soil in an ecologically responsible way.
Fertilization and disease control via soil bacteria?
Persistent soil compaction under arable fields and grasslands
Compaction of agricultural soils is not only increasing but is also a complex problem. ILVO and partners are going to investigate in the next 4 years how soil compaction can be remedied sustainably and which measures are economically and also practically feasible.
Main research questionLarge-scale agricultural production, which is often accompanied by the use of heavy machinery, results in an increased risk of soil compaction.
Prevention and remediation of soil compaction
Maize crop residues crucial for carbon in the soil
The root biomass of maize contributes - relatively speaking - twice or even three times as much to the build-up of stable soil organic matter in the soil as the above-ground crop residues (maize straw) do.
Soil passport as a new tool to manage agricultural parcels more sustainably
All soil data - crop rotation, treatments and treatments, analyses, yields and environmental conditions - are compiled.