The potato is one of the most important staple crops for human consumption. However around 40-50% of the annual global potato production is thrown away. Two major causes of quality loss and the rejection of many potato tubers, by both the consumer and the processing industry, are greening and glycoalkaloid …

Achtergrond: Decubitus is een ernstige complicatie bij dwarslaesiepatiënten. Een dwarslaesiepatiënt heeft tot 85% kans decubitus te ontwikkelen in zijn of haar leven. Druk of druk in combinatie met schuifkrachten veroorzaken beschadigingen van de huid en onderliggend weefsel, meestal op sacrum (43%), …

Within the framework of Agrobiokon an internet application was developed allowing potato growers a simple evaluation of their potato late blight control strategy. The goal of developing this application was to confront the perception of growers regarding the protection level of their crops with an independent …

Field experiments were carried out in 1991 and 1992 on sandy soil highly infested with the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida. Half the trial area was fumigated with nematicide to establish two levels of nematode density. Three levels of soil compaction were made by different combinations of artificial …