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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Tomato stems and other green residual flows become useful items
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...
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 ...
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...
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...