Food: Food safety
...wide fall ill from microorganisms associated with food. Major foodborne pathogens include protozoa, viruses (e.g. norovirus), and bacteria such as Campylobacter, Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes,...
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Sustainable management of yellowing viruses in sugar beet
...rowing regions in Europe have problems with yellowing disease, which may be caused by several plant viruses. The aim of the Virbicon project (LA pathway) aims to develop a sustainable and integrate...
Assessing the risk of whitefly transmitted viruses for Belgian crops
...ddition to feeding on the phloem of plant leaves, they are well-known to transmit detrimental plant viruses, with more than a hundred documented plant viruses for B. tabaci For B. tabaci, a distinc...
Evaluation and optimization of a high-throughput sequencing based strategy to detect viruses and bacteria in view of certification and in vitro therapy to create virus free mother plants
...ifferent target groups will thus receive a tailor-made HTS strategy for their need for detection of viruses and also (specific) bacteria. The implementation of HTS technology on a broader scale is ...
Plant pest: Yellowing viruses in sugar beet cultivation
Why are yellowing viruses once again a threat to the sugar beet industry? Until recently, neonicotinoids were used to control yellowing diseases. Neonicotinoids are a group of insecticides that ar...
Phytosanitary risks of newly introduced crops
...nd how was it imported (assessement of the introductory routes). In a next phase, the status of the viruses and nematodes that were associated with propagation materials, in the field and in the ma...
Faster, cheaper identification of emerging virus problems
...whether the method of 'direct RNA sequencing' could be used for the detection and identification of viruses in plants. This is an advanced molecular technique that is already used in human and anim...
Organisation of a practical phytosanitary survey for Vaccinium berries.
...alorized in three areas:1. There is now a status determination of the insects, mites, fungi and viruses listed in the DROPSA alert list in Belgium.2. The acquired insights have been convert...
Limiting the impact of Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus (CABYV) on the Flemish cucumber production
...he operational group. Relevance/ValorizationBesides the previous problems with open-air potyviruses, the new losses due to Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus are imminent. Through the resul...
Research infrastructure
...mal-related analysesMarine analysesDiagnosis of plant-pathogenic bacteria, fungi, mites, insects, viruses and nematodesAnalyses for plant, soil and substrateLaboratory for Seed TestingSpray technol...
Organization
...orms extensive research on how to help plants manage diseases and pests. ILVO has experts on fungi, viruses, bacteria, insects, mites and nematodes. They know the life cycles of plant attackers, de...
First BSFM webinar on Food Microbiology
...iologySubjects: Actualities of NRL Food Micro, Recent EFSA and SciCom FAVV/AFSCA reports, Human viruses and food Friday October 2nd, 2020 - Current Listeria monocytogenes issuesSubjects...
Plant attacker for May: TBRFV
...y the pepino mosaic virus (PepMV). The risk here is that farmers or horticulturists may confuse the viruses and thus wait too long to intervene, which can lead to enormous damage.
The use of bacteriophages to protect cabbage fields, horticulturists wanted
Application of the phage cocktail The phage viruses can be applied to the plant in different ways. The researchers are currently testing whether it is more efficient to spray the phages separately...
Land-based aquaculture of brown shrimp getting closer?
...e triggers and the avoidance strategies for cannibalism are needed. External enemies: shrimp viruses In the breeding of other shrimp species (e.g. tiger shrimp) viruses are the most importa...
ILVO's Diagnosic Centre for Plants named the first European reference laboratory (EURL) for nematodes and bacteria
..., insects and bacteria, and together with CRA-W, the Walloon counterpart of ILVO, NRL for fungi and viruses / phytoplasms. The EURL appointment is only applicable for the nematode and bacteria ...
Help prevent the spread of "strange" plant diseases by reporting them via a new tool
... have seen. This can be about insects that are easily identifiable themselves or fungi, bacteria or viruses that cause recognizable symptoms. After identification, they can also report their find,'...
Knowledge of marine connectivity is essential to support a sustainable blue economy
... on MFC is already available for most marine ecoregions and a wide range of aquatic organisms (from viruses to whales). However, several methodological barriers and knowledge gaps need to be addres...
Virus-based crop protection
...ropean project VIROPLANT, 17 partners from 7 European countries joined forces in the search for new viruses to protect agricultural crops from pests, bacterial and fungal diseases. ILVO researchers...
ILVO department head takes up prestigious advisory role on One Health at World Health Organization
... (DNA fingerprint) of pathogenic organisms in food. The medical community already does the same for viruses and bacteria they detect in humans. If we do the same for animals, soils, plants, etc., a...
Plant pest(s): ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma solani’
...etection of phytoplasma pathogens via nanopore sequencing. There is also a project on yellowing viruses in sugar beet (VIRBICON), where it is possible that 'basses richesses' may also be detected.