Tomato stems and other green residual flows become useful items
Tomato stems and other green residual flows become useful items
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Future high-value applications for tomato surpluses and Belgian Endive roots
Future high-value applications for tomato surpluses and Belgian Endive roots
New technologies and knowledge about the composition of tomato and chicory waste streams pave the way for circular economy in practice.
Horti-BlueC webinar 4: New growing media blends for strawberry and tomato
Horti-BlueC webinar 4: New growing media blends for strawberry and tomato
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? These questions are addressed in the four webinars.
Horti-BlueC webinar 5: LCA on biochar in new growing media blends for strawberry and tomato
Horti-BlueC webinar 5: LCA on biochar in new growing media blends for strawberry and tomato
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? These questions are addressed in the webinars.
Ghent PhD by Thai researcher on harmful viroids on tomato and other crops may help Thailand in its future vegetable exports.
Ghent PhD by Thai researcher on harmful viroids on tomato and other crops may help Thailand in its future vegetable exports.
Two problematic viroids in the Thai tomato, eggplant, bell pepper, chili pepper and bolo maka crops are now easier and more effectively detected..
Agrobody-mediated crop protection
To improve this process, ILVO, in collaboration with AgroSavfe and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, participates in the research on, and the development of, crop protection products based on AgrobodyTM-technology against fungal diseases on potatoes and tomatoes.Research approachThe biennial project focuses on the research and the development of crop
Sustainable up-cycling of agro-, agrofood and fisheries residues in horticulture and agriculture as bioenergy, biochar and chitin-rich products
The specific goal is to make the substrates for strawberry and tomato in greenhouses more sustainable. We work (further) on residual flows from agro, agri-food and fishery activities, which are processed into compost, plant fibers, biochar and chitin.
Assessing the risk of whitefly transmitted viruses for Belgian crops
Main research questionWhiteflies such as Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia tabaci are devastating, cosmopolitan pests on greenhouse crops such as tomato or cucumber and cause annual yield losses of more than 1 billion euro worldwide.
Saline AgricuLture for ADaptation
Second, we conduct production pilots and experiments to examine prospects for horizontal upscaling production from farm to regional scale for four different crops under saline conditions: New Zealand spinach, potatoes, quinoa and tomatoes (WP2).
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.