You can prepare a basic natural growth promoter with locally available ingredients, such as cow dung, ghee, milk, urine, sugar and ripe bananas. To further strengthen the growth promotor you can also add an extract made from urine and aromatic leaves so that it also helps to control pests and...

The CORE Organic Final Research Seminar, co-organised by TP Organics, took place on 17-18 May 2022 at University Foundation in Brussels and was attended by around 60 participants. Some more people joined the hybrid sessions on Day 2 online. The event served both to close the Cofund period (with ERA-NETs...

What does digitalisation mean from the perspectives of a diversified, dairy family farm in rural Japan? For more than three generations, the Sudo Family has adapted their farm to the challenges and opportunities of working and living in the southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula of Japan, Chiba Prefecture. As...

The global banana industry is threatened by one of the most devastating diseases: Fusarium wilt (FWB). FWB is caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), which almost annihilated the banana production in the late 1950s. A new strain of Foc, known as tropical race 4 (TR4),...

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As the only EU event on organic and agroecological research and innovation, TP Organics' Organic Innovation Days provide a unique opportunity to meet members of TP Organics, network with EU stakeholders and decision-makers. The 2022 edition will take place as a physical event on 11-12 October in Belgium (at agricultural...

Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) is the predominant forage crop in the equatorial highland zones of Colombia due to its high nutritional value and versatility to produce both milk and meat. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the relative depletion of usable soil water and the Ks values of...

Abstract. Spatial soil databases can help model complex phenomena in which soils are decisive, for example, evaluating agricultural potential or estimating carbon storage capacity. The Soil Information System for Latin America and the Caribbean, SISLAC, is a regional initiative promoted by the FAO's South American Soil Partnership to contribute to...

Los ácaros, Phyllocoptruta oleivora (ácaro tostador) y Polyphagotarsonemus latus (ácaro blanco), ocasionan pérdidas superiores al 50% en el rendimiento de cultivos de naranjas y limas. Más Información: Bibliografía completa de la corporación Editorial Agrosavia Repositorio Institucional (BAC) Podcast Dimensions Agriperfiles Google Scholar LaReferencia Redalyc Redcol ResearchGate WhastApp Noticias científicas AGROMETRICS CRIS AGROSAVIA: https://vivo.agrosavia.co/

La transmisión del HLB se da a través del adulto y ninfas de los instares III, IV y V. El adulto se reconoce por su postura en ángulo de 45°, alas de color castaño, antenas pequeñas y de punta negra. Las ninfas son de color amarillo, ojos rojos, alas primordiales...

On the 6th of July 2022, the second AE4EU mapping webinar took place covering the development of agroecology in Italy and Greece. Documenting and analyzing the development of agroecology in different countries and context is important to enhance the up- and out-scaling of agroecology at the European level. With an...

El flujo de caja va a depender de la cantidad, calidad y precio del producto en el mercado. Teniendo en cuenta el ciclo de producción, se debe estimar para Tolima, renovación de cultivo al décimo año de producción. Para Santander, se mantiene constante por un periodo mayor a 10 años....

Wood Pocket no tiene asociado un patógeno, es un desorden fisiológico que está relacionado a climas cálidos y secos, este genera muerte descendente en tejidos, ocasionando que el árbol muera deshidratado. Se presenta en el Tolima con un déficit hídrico cercano al 34%, y suelos arenosos con excesivo drenaje. Más Información: Bibliografía...

Hyperhydricity can affect the development of plant morphology. A better understanding of the anatomical and physiological changes of hyperhydric plants is needed to predict and control the occurrence of hyperhydryc conditions. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the role of oxidative stress in hyperhydricity. To this end, the...

Documenting and analyzing the development of agroecology in different countries and context is important to enhance and out-scaling of agroecology at the European level. Based on the AE4EU project (Agroecology for Europe https://www.ae4eu.eu), a mapping of agroecology in Austria and Germany in its different dimensions was achieved to provide an...

The Colombian agricultural sector is highly relevant because it generates more than 80 % of the food consumed by the country. The cultivated area in the country is approximately 7.1 million hectares, which corresponds to 6.3 % of the national area. It is necessary to carry out an analysis of...

En la actualidad no se conoce cura para los árboles infectados con HLB, sin embargo, como estrategia de manejo se está utilizando planes de nutrición. Desde Agrosavia, en el año 2021, se generó un plan de nutrición que permite mantener la actividad productiva de la planta y reducir la severidad...

Le miel est un aliment pur et naturel que les abeilles conservent dans la ruche, dans les alvéoles. Pour extraire le miel des rayons de cire dans de bonnes conditions d’hygiène, il existe différentes méthodes : l’extraction par égouttage (par gravité) ou par pressage pour les apiculteurs utilisant des ruches à...

Introduction. Nitrous oxide is a highly relevant greenhouse gas. In livestock production systems, it is of a great importance to search for alternatives to mitigate N2O emissions, among which the use of plant covers capable of reducing nitrification process has been considered. Objective. Evaluate the dynamics of N2O fluxes in...