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The NEN draft standards for biostimulants do not guarantee the products are effective

Biostimulantia

Dr. ir. Aad Termorshuizena, prof. dr. Ken Gillerb, prof. dr. ir. Martin van Ittersumb, ir. Romke Postmac, ir. Brent Riechelmanc,…

Posted on 26 October 2023by Aad Termorshuizen

Effecten van bemesting op ziekten en plagen

Effecten van bemesting op ziekten en plagen
Soil-borne pathogens, Plant pathogens, Bemesting

In opdracht van BO-Akkerbouw deed ik samen met Romke Postma (NMI) en Arjan Mager (HLB) literatuuronderzoek naar de relatie tussen…

Posted on 18 October 2021by Aad Termorshuizen
Soil quality, Soil-borne pathogens

Klik hier voor de pdf van het artikel in Bodem.

Posted on 17 October 2021by Aad Termorshuizen

Reststoffen voor de akkerbouw: zo eenvoudig nog niet

Reststoffen voor de akkerbouw: zo eenvoudig nog niet
Biostimulantia, Soil quality, Compost, Humic acids, Plant pathogens

In opdracht van BO-Akkerbouw heb ik samen met Romke Postma (Nutriënten Management Instituut) een deskstudie gedaan naar hoe je reststoffen…

Posted on 10 March 2021by Aad Termorshuizen

Beheersing bodempathogenen

Beheersing bodempathogenen
Soil quality, Soil-borne pathogens

BO-Akkerbouw gaf opdracht om op een rij te zetten welke beheersingsmethoden er allemaal zijn tegen bodempathogenen. Dit rapport, geschreven met…

Posted on 3 February 2020by Aad Termorshuizen

Overview biostimulants

Overview biostimulants
Biostimulantia

Last week I provided the Ducth Interbranche Organisation Arable Crops with the latest developments on biostimulants. You can download my…

Posted on 6 January 2020by Aad Termorshuizen

Plastics in agriculture

Plastics in agriculture
Soil quality

Remarkable: plastics, even bio-degradable forms of it, affect plant growth. Qi et al. (2018) reported that plastics added to soil…

Posted on 27 June 2019by Aad Termorshuizen

Presentation Fungi in Gardens

Presentation Fungi in Gardens
Plant pathogens

November 2018 at a general meeting of the Royal Dutch Plant Pathological Society, I gave a presentation on plant pathogenic…

Posted on 23 November 2018by Aad Termorshuizen

Wat shall we do with mycorrhiza in agriculture and horticulture?

Wat shall we do with mycorrhiza in agriculture and horticulture?
Biostimulantia, Soil quality, mycorrhiza

There is no doubt that mycorrhizal fungi are advantageous to many plants. For example, they provide nutrients (especially P, but…

Posted on 16 October 2018by Aad Termorshuizen

Ambities van minister Schouten leiden tot risico’s bij bodempathogenen

Ambities van minister Schouten leiden tot risico’s bij bodempathogenen
Soil quality, Soil-borne pathogens

LNV-minister Carola Schouten wil inzetten op kringlooplandbouw (zie bv. hier). De ambities zijn stevig, met een streven naar nul emissie…

Posted on 2 October 2018by Aad Termorshuizen

Making inventories of plant diseases and pests

Making inventories of plant diseases and pests
Plant pathogens

Today, we barely know about the presence and abundance of pests and diseases agriculture. Farmers and contractors have insufficient time…

Posted on 28 August 2018by Aad Termorshuizen

Is biochar a soil improver?

Is biochar a soil improver?
Biostimulantia, Soil quality

Research on the agronomic application of biochar was inspired on the high quality of the so-called “terra preta”-soils from the…

Posted on 10 July 2018by Aad Termorshuizen

Presentation on plant biostimulants

Biostimulantia

On May 24 2018, I gave a presentation on plant biostimulants at a meeting of the Royal Dutch Plant Pathological…

Posted on 24 May 2018by Aad Termorshuizen

Implementation of biostimulants and soil improvers in EU regulation

Implementation of biostimulants and soil improvers in EU regulation
Biological control, Biostimulantia

Short summary: The procedure that will be followed to check the claimed effects of biostimulants is essential for the credibility…

Posted on 17 January 2018by Aad Termorshuizen

Thielaviopsis basicola has been split up in Berkeleyomyces basicola en B. rouxiae

Soil-borne pathogens

Thielaviopsis basicola is a worldwide occurring soil-borne pathogen causing root rot in many dicot crops. In the Netherlands it is…

Posted on 5 January 2018by Aad Termorshuizen

Managing Verticillium-wilt using organic residues

Managing Verticillium-wilt using organic residues
Biostimulantia, Soil-borne pathogens, Compost

Verticillium dahliae incites wilt in a wide variety of crops, ranging from strawberries and potatoes to olive and cotton. Because…

Posted on 4 January 2018by Aad Termorshuizen

Biostimulants, biocontrol agents and the Fertilising Products Regulation

Biostimulants, biocontrol agents and the Fertilising Products Regulation
Biological control, Biostimulantia

Plant biostimulants are substances that strengthen the plant. At the recent biostimulants congress in Miami, the definition of biostimulants as…

Posted on 19 December 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

Review on potential biocontrol agents against Verticillium dahliae

Biological control, Soil-borne pathogens

Verticillium dahliae causes wilt in a very great number of crops including potatoes, cotton and several ornamental trees. Although a…

Posted on 13 December 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

What to do against soil-borne pathogens?

What to do against soil-borne pathogens?
Soil-borne pathogens

In many crops soil-borne pathogens accumulate, especially if a susceptible crop is grown in a too narrow rotation. Soil-borne pathogens…

Posted on 6 December 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

Humic acids tested in a 3-yr pot experiment

Biostimulantia, Humic acids

Humic acids are increasingly popular as soil conditioner. While many short-duration experiments have been done (see my earlier item), Ciarkowska…

Posted on 22 November 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

Armillaria in gardens in England

Armillaria in gardens in England
Soil-borne pathogens

Armillaria causes root rot in many tree species. Although most attention in scientific research is paid to forestry, considerable damage…

Posted on 7 November 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

Praktijkexperiment met humuszuren en vrijlevende N-bindende bacteriën in suikerriet

Praktijkexperiment met humuszuren en vrijlevende N-bindende bacteriën in suikerriet
Biostimulantia, Humic acids, Free-living N-binding bacteria

Quite some conclusions on the effects of humic acids / humic substances and free-living N-binding bacteria are based on short…

Posted on 7 November 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

Meta-review on humic acids

Meta-review on humic acids
Biostimulantia, Humic acids

Humic acids are popular as biostimulant. On the effects of humic substances, Rose & al. published in 2014 a meta-review….

Posted on 7 November 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

Compost hygienisation

Compost hygienisation
Compost

I made a small study on the regulation of compost hygienisation. There is a lot of literature on this topic,…

Posted on 20 October 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

Biocontrol of Powdery Scab (Spongospora subterranea)

Biocontrol of Powdery Scab (Spongospora subterranea)
Biological control, Soil-borne pathogens

In a field experiment, Aspergillus versicolor lm6-50 could reduce the development of powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) on newly formed tubers….

Posted on 4 October 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

Compost application reduced replant disease in fruit trees better than chemical disinfestation

Compost application reduced replant disease in fruit trees better than chemical disinfestation
Compost, Replant disease

Replant disease of fruit trees can be caused by various soilborne pathogens including root lesion nematode (Pratylenchus penetrans). Although the…

Posted on 4 October 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

Biological control of Fusarium oxysporum in vanilla

Biological control of Fusarium oxysporum in vanilla
Biological control

In a 1-year experiment in a naturally infested soil with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vanillae, Trichoderma guizhouense NJAU 472 and…

Posted on 4 October 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

Effects of EM/Bokashi evaluated

Effects of EM/Bokashi evaluated
Biostimulantia

In 2008 the department of Biological Farming Systems of Wageningen University studied the effects of EM (“effective microorganisms”; see here…

Posted on 3 October 2017by Aad Termorshuizen

Dutch Regulation Exception Pesticides abolished

Dutch Regulation Exception Pesticides abolished
Pesticides

The Dutch Regulation Exception Pesticides (REP; in Dutch Regeling Uitzondering Bestrijdingsmiddelen) regulates the allowance of pesticides with a low risk…

Posted on 3 October 2017by Aad Termorshuizen