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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...
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...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...
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...applicable for quarantine purposes, at border controls or for quick surveys.
Infections in tomato, eggplant, bolo maka and chili pepper
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... 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...
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... 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...
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...ction products with AgrobodiesTM to control potato blight (Phytophtora infestans) and gray mould in tomatoes (Botrytis cinerea).
Research projects
Whiteflies such as Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia tabaci are devastating, cosmopolitan pests on greenhouse crops such as tomato or cucumber
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...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 ...
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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...
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... 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...
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... 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...
Events
... 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...
News | 14/11/2019
... 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 ...
News | 16/05/2018
...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 ...
News | 01/12/2018
...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...
News | 01/06/2018
... 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...
News | 01/03/2018
...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...
News | 01/05/2020
...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...
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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 ...
News | 17/08/2021
...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...
News | 08/10/2021
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...
News | 29/01/2021
...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...
News | 14/02/2022
...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...
News | 08/02/2022
.... "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...
News | 25/04/2022
...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...
News | 01/12/2022
... 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...
News | 06/03/2023
...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...
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... greenhouse horticulture. The goal of this working group is to define the optimal screen system for tomato, bell pepper and cucumber, together with experts from research and industry. For this firs...
News | 21/02/2024