Synergistic biocontrol technologies for disease and pest managementin strawberry
What new biological control strategies for several diseases and pests in strawberry cultivation can be developed? And how can these be applied in practice?
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Identification of the problem and management of the fruitrot fungus Mucor in strawberry
In strawberry the harmful plant fungus Mucor has been showing up. A sharp increase in the number of reports has been observed in recent years.
ESBBA: first steps towards a systems approach to control foliar nematodes in strawberry cultivation
General introductionIn 2024, problems with foliar nematodes were first identified in strawberry cultivation. These nematodes caused significant crop damage: plants grew poorly and even died, and l...
Algae: seaweed and microalgae
...iostimulant with plant protection effects. Studies are starting to see if microalgae can stimulate strawberry growth and make the plants more resistant to disease.Microalgae could also be u...
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in relation to agriculture
...on our plants. However, our results do confirm existing research that pollinators are beneficial to strawberry yields! How these processes, driven by the surrounding landscape, further translat...
Horti-BlueC webinar 4: New growing media blends for strawberry and tomato
...d mineral wool? Do these building blocks truly contribute to effective new growing media blends for strawberry and tomato plants, with reduced fertilizer and chemical crop protection product use?
Biochar should replace potting soil in strawberry cultivation: "A much more sustainable soil improver"
Strawberry on a bed of shrimp. Upgrading residual flows from agriculture, horticulture, agri-food and fisheries
Making growing substrates for strawberry and tomato in greenhouses more sustainable: that is the goal of the Interreg 2 Seas project Horti-BlueC.
Horti-BlueC webinar 5: LCA on biochar in new growing media blends for strawberry and tomato
...d mineral wool? Do these building blocks truly contribute to effective new growing media blends for strawberry and tomato plants, with reduced fertilizer and chemical crop protection product use?
RE-PEAT – Reuse of growing media for a circular horticulture
How can we successfully reuse substrates derived from strawberry (mainly peat), vegetables (perlite), but also from ornamental crops (coir and peat substrates)?
Quick and cost-effective quality assessment of plant-based foods
...es. Here NIRS is compared with Raman spectroscopy, among others, for determining nutrient uptake in strawberry plants.Relevance/ValorizationThe project could have a major positive impact on...
Horti-BlueC
...more sustainable growing substrates in greenhouses. The specific goal is to make the substrates for strawberry and tomato in greenhouses more sustainable. We work (further) on residual flows from a...
Horti-BlueC Open Event (Interreg 2 Seas)
...d in a commercial tomato growing system - Julie MoelantsExtending the lifetime of coir substrate in strawberry production through coir reuse and amendment with biochar - Xiangming XuAmending Butter...
Horti-BlueC webinar 1: Large scale gasification for energy and biochar production
...d mineral wool? Do these building blocks truly contribute to effective new growing media blends for strawberry and tomato plants, with reduced fertilizer and chemical crop protection product use?
Horti-BlueC webinar 2: Production of chitin from shrimp shells
...d mineral wool? Do these building blocks truly contribute to effective new growing media blends for strawberry and tomato plants, with reduced fertilizer and chemical crop protection product use?
Horti-BlueC webinar 3: Spent growing media for direct reuse or as a feedstock for biochar and compost
...d mineral wool? Do these building blocks truly contribute to effective new growing media blends for strawberry and tomato plants, with reduced fertilizer and chemical crop protection product use?
Less peat in substrates for horticulture thanks to compost, wood fiber, biochar and chitin
...gation (fertilization in combination with watering), and for effects on plant growth and health in strawberry. We also looked at the nitrogen exemption from chitin under controlled conditions to es...
ILVO harvests rubber-containing dandelion: a win-win for agriculture and industry?
... of the harvest, further steps have to be taken. But the tests with a prototype machine based on a strawberry plant harvester are already very promising. Optimizing rubber content? ILVO is ...
New rose genome provides insight into diversity and important flower and bloom characteristics
...ics, the study provided new insights into the relationship of the rose with related crops such as strawberry. For example, both roses and strawberries have genotypes that bloom only once, in additi...
Plantenpester van de maand juni: de schimmel Botrytis cinerea
Winner of organic agriculture and agroecology thesis award: student develops robot for labor-intensive tasks on small-scale farms together with farmers
... to be unpopular with target insects in the fight against pests. These extracts were applied in strawberry cultivation against the white fly and the Asian fruit fly. This showed that it is indeed p...
Growing substrates with renewable resources match performance of classic, less sustainable relatives.
... crop substrates The partners of the European Horti-BlueC project conducted experiments for strawberry and tomato cultivation at various locations and on a practical scale. In their new sub...
Healthier plants and healthier substrates from residual flows! Horti-BlueC
...tainable growing substrates for greenhouse cultivations. The specific aim is to make substrates for strawberry and tomato more sustainable. We work (further) on residual flows from agricultural, ag...
What if irrigation water from lettuce, carrots and strawberries contains toxic microcystin?
... (MC) concentrations. In greenhouse trials, three typically consumed raw crops (lettuce, carrot and strawberry) are irrigated with water loaded with two concentrations of the microcystin congener L...
Researcher discovers how mites manipulate plants. Insight offers opportunities for new type of pest control.
'Computing' with plants - new sensor platform and technique from computer science successfully used to 'quantify' plant behavior
... plant behavior. ILVO-UGent researcher Olivier Pieters placed leaf thickness sensors and cameras on strawberry plants (see photo) and developed a sensor platform with associated hardware and softwa...
Plant pest(s): ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’
...uding some important cultivated crops such as potato, bell pepper, tomato, sugar beet, corn and strawberry. Numerous weeds can also become infected and act as reservoir plants. How do you reco...
IPMWORKS shines at European Parliament Hearing on Sustainable Pesticide Use
...and effective strategies for reducing pesticide use. A field vegetable producer from Portugal and a strawberry producer from Flemish Belgium captivated the audience with their innovative approaches...