More water and nutrient uptake with Ecoculture NHDelta
Roots perform multiple functions such as water and nutrient absorption, anchoring to the soil and symbiotic interaction with soil micro-organisms and are vital structures for plant growth and

Portugese fruit and vegetable company with Dutch roots opens office in the Netherlands
This month, Eporifrutas gained a Dutch purchasing and sales office. The Portuguese company, owned by Dutch brothers Maikel, Bjorn, and Gerardus Brands, has cultivation, import/export, and

RootWave to launch first eWeeder
Warwickshire-based electrical weed control (eWeeding) pioneer RootWave is set to launch its first commercial eWeeder for the horticulture sector via private investment complemented by

B-Hive trials TuberSense system
Root crop disease and defect monitoring system TuberSense – under development by agri-tech business B-hive Innovations - has entered its next project phase to revolutionise how technology can

Zespri, solidarity for flooded Romagna
Zespri, a New Zealand company and world leader in the production and marketing of kiwifruit, also by virtue of its deep-rooted ties with the Italian and Romagna regions, will be the silver sponsor

AMI: Colourful lettuces with root balls are in vogue
Although the total area under leaf lettuce cultivation in Germany has hardly changed in recent years, there have been considerable shifts within the range. In particular, lettuce areas have been

Drones for fertilization in adverse conditions
A new technology for areas whose accessibility is compromised by the bad weather that hit Emilia Romagna over the past few days. "The core business of Vivai Magalotti Quarto is the production of

New era in Vilmorin-Mikado
Vilmorin-Mikado is one of the companies that has been working on interspecific tomato rootstocks for the longest time. It started in this segment in 2008 in Spain and is currently one of the

De Ruiter®: more security in 'portas'.
De Ruiter®, a Bayer brand, is the benchmark in tomato rootstocks and, as such, tries to stay ahead of trends with materials that provide solutions to the new problems that are appearing in the

Italian fruit sector faces up to heavy cost of “once-in-a-century” flooding
The worst flooding seen for over a century in central Italy choked the roots of fruit trees across Emilia Romagna, causing a major disaster for the region’s fresh produce business. As many as 40

Raspberries in the ground. How to maintain soil fertility for many years?
Exactly 5 years ago, Carbohort began its first experiments with the use of lignite-based products in berry crops. At that time, different doses of this substrate were used in ground

“Brazil has a smaller amount of ginger this season”
After almost three decades in the retail market of agricultural products, around the year 2000, Djalma Santana, founder and CEO expanded it`s area of operation, and began the commercialization of

Raspberries grow but how to prevent nutrient deficiencies
We are inspecting the plantations together with Dr Paweł Krawiec and Bartłomiej Drzazga from Timac Agro Poland. We can already see that the plants have taken in well and are resuming growth. It

Fertilising strawberries after heavy rainfall
In recent days, many regions of the country have experienced heavy rainfall. In places, 20-50 mm of rain fell in a short period of time. This means that mobile elements such as nitrogen and

Flooded crops, how to get them through the stress
Flooded crops are experiencing what is known as root asphyxia, the phenomenon whereby water from rain or irrigation stops at the surface of the soil, almost completely occupying the empty spaces

"With Microgranules, plant development is assured".
Good rooting and thus a good start is a prerequisite for the success of any crop, even more so if the cycle lasts only a few months, as in the case of horticultural crops. To achieve this, in