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Future high-value applications for tomato surpluses and Belgian Endive roots
Tomatoes and Belgian endive roots For the processing of soft textures such as tomatoes, the spiral filter press proved to be ideally suited. This pressing method results in a stable and high-quali...
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 questi...
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 questi...
Research on bacteria causing brown rot on potato and tomato gets boost from recent breakthrough and new DNA techniques
...efore have a protection zone in which no surface water may be used for the cultivation of potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant. In addition, imported potatoes and seed potatoes are systematically checke...
Ghent PhD by Thai researcher on harmful viroids on tomato and other crops may help Thailand in its future vegetable exports.
...applicable for quarantine purposes, at border controls or for quick surveys. Infections in tomato, eggplant, bolo maka and chili pepper Next, the interaction between the CLVd viroid and it...
Agrobody-mediated crop protection
...ction products with AgrobodiesTM to control potato blight (Phytophtora infestans) and gray mould in tomatoes (Botrytis cinerea).
Assessing the risk of whitefly transmitted viruses for Belgian crops
Whiteflies such as Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia tabaci are devastating, cosmopolitan pests on greenhouse crops such as tomato or cucumber
Preparing for the introduction of exotic strains of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (i.e. of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum and Ralstonia syzygii) – valorisation of culture collections and validation of diagnostics and methods for
...orts.Bacteria belonging to the RSSC are known to cause wilt disease in crops such as potato and tomato, as well as in ornamental plants like Pelargonium and Anthurium. The RSSC consists of four...
Source identification of brown rot and ring rot infections in Belgium (1989-2021) by forensic investigation of bacterial genome sequences
...h quarantine bacteria have posed a threat to the cultivation of potatoes in particular, but also to tomatoes and eggplants. Absolutely no infected fruits may be found in export consignments. Farmer...
Valorization of HTS output data in view of timely risk assessment of regulated or emerging plant viruses - 2023- E447
... concerning viruses: Physostegia chlorotic mottle virus (PhCMoV), potato yellowing virus (PYV), and tomato fruit blotch virus (ToFBV).Research approachWe compile an inventory of known, less...
Harnessing genetic and environmental factors controlling meiotic crossing-over to unlock genetic diversity in crop breeding
....Research approachThe research will be conducted in three crops, namely maize, soybean, and tomato, all of which have major economic importance. We will tap into natural genetic variation a...
Horti-BlueC
...e 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 agro, agri-food ...
Saline Agriculture for Adaptation
General introductionHow can crops such as potato, quinoa, tomato and New Zealand spinach be grown under saline(er) conditions, and to what extent can vertical and diagonal market development be de...
Bio-control of plant-parasitic nematodes on selected medicinal plantsin Northern Vietnam
...o the soil, is able to reduce the damage of certain harmful soil nematodes (nematodes), and that in tomato (in Belgium), and perhaps also in medicinal plants in Vietnam. The project goal was to sea...
Survival and infectivity of Meloidogyne enterolobii under temperate climate conditions
Improved detection of regulated Torradoviruses
...l known torrado virus species, with high sensitivity and specificity. For regulated species such as tomato torrado virus, tomato marchitez virus and potato ridge stunting virus, there will be speci...
Horti-BlueC webinar 1: Large scale gasification for energy and biochar production
... 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 quest...
Horti-BlueC webinar 2: Production of chitin from shrimp shells
... 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 quest...
Horti-BlueC webinar 3: Spent growing media for direct reuse or as a feedstock for biochar and compost
... 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 quest...
Less peat in substrates for horticulture thanks to compost, wood fiber, biochar and chitin
... nitrogen the chitin can provide for the plants. Agaris has composed a peat-free substrate for tomato and a peat-poor substrate for strawberry, which also included chitin or biochar. More than ...
Interreg 2 Seas project BioBoost launched
...d Pilot): “In Flanders, we aim for a higher valorization of vegetable overproduction, class 2 tomatoes, zucchini, pointed peppers and cucumber, into processed food products or ingredients. The use ...
High-tech applications for climate-neutral greenhouse horticulture
...xisting installation in Sint Katelijne Waver. All these techniques will then be tested in 2020 on a tomato and bell pepper crop in the test centers at Sint Katelijne Waver and Hoogstraten respectiv...
Strawberry on a bed of shrimp. Upgrading residual flows from agriculture, horticulture, agri-food and fisheries
... is why the Horti-BlueC project is looking for ways to make growing substrates for strawberries and tomatoes in greenhouses more sustainable. This research focuses on residual flows from agricultur...
Nitrogen effects of cut green manures in relation to application method and soil condition
...trials were carried out with cut green manures and farmyard manure, including in crops of potatoes, tomatoes and peppers, spinach and pak choi. The different trials showed 4 important elements...
Plant attacker for May: TBRFV
...PHRESCO, the transnational project "Validation of molecular diagnostic methods for the detection of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (TBRFV) in seeds of tomatoes, chilies and eggplants" starts at th...
Horti-BlueC Open Event (Interreg 2 Seas)
Can strawberries and tomatoes be cultivated without non-renewable feedstock materials such as peat and mineral wool? How can residual materials such as shrimp shells, CO2 from flue gasses, spent ...
Growing substrates with renewable resources match performance of classic, less sustainable relatives.
...gical footprint. Stone wool slabs are now often used in applications like greenhouse cultivation of tomatoes and peppers. The demand for workable alternatives is growing here too. Growing g...
EU project on plant-based cosmetics ingredients with scientifically proven effects
Innovative production processes from a range of plants Vegetables and fruits (e.g. tomato, carrot, apple, cranberry and juniper, litchi, olive...), herbs (e.g. basil, ginger, cumin, oregano, lemon...
Healthier plants and healthier substrates from residual flows! Horti-BlueC
...g 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, agri-food and fis...
Virus-based crop protection
...acteria) to combat the bacteria Rhizobium radiobacter. This disrupts the metabolism in the roots of tomato and cucumber plants. For this purpose, bacteriophages were isolated from the harmful bacte...
Researcher discovers how mites manipulate plants. Insight offers opportunities for new type of pest control.
.... "As far as spider mite infestations in Flanders are concerned, we should mainly focus on making tomatoes, cucumbers and strawberries more resistant. Cultivation of these mainly takes place in gre...
How pests steal genes to neutralize plant toxins
...ot of sleepless 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 Un...
Plant attacker of the month: Xanthomonas hydrangeae, cause of leaf spots on Hydrangea arborescens
... bacterial species is well known as a pathogen on garden plants and vegetables, including tomato, carrot, artichoke, lettuce, pelargonium and ivy. Leaf and fruit spots are the typical disease patte...
Plant pest(s): ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’
...de range of host plants, including 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...