Eurofins Agro regularly publishes news, videos and background articles that provide insight into the latest knowledge in the field of sustainable farming and growing.
2 November 2020
Lack of light can cause defects in the crop. Symptoms are difficult to distinguish from viral infections or nutrient deficiencies.
More than 50% the water samples analyzed after disinfection turn out to have high plate counts of bacteria and fungal spore.
9 June 2020
The amount of solar radiation affects the results of the PlantsapCheck and CropCheck analyses, according to a recent trial at two nurseries where crops were sampled on a cold and a warm day. The results show that the composition of the plant sap and dry matter can vary greatly during the course of the day. Therefore, always make sure you take samples in similar conditions.
25 May 2020
The greenhouse climate has a significant impact on the opening and closing of the stomata and therefore on the water balance and nutrient composition of the plant sap.
21 May 2020
How is the soil life in my nursery doing? This is a question puzzles more and more growers. Eurofins Agro has developed a new method - the Soil Life Monitor - for identifying different organisms in soil, various substrates, water and compost.
18 May 2020
When switching to a different water source attention must be paid to the water quality. Often an adjustment of fertilization schemes is needed.
In practice, thrips are still causing many problems. They occur both in greenhouses and outside. Since plants travel all around the world, new species of thrips are being introduced.
11 May 2020
Nutrients are very important to plant growth. Suboptimal (too much and too little) fertilization can make a big difference in yield. Nitrogen in the spotlight.
Nutritional elements can be classified according to their function in the plant. Eurofins Agro is publishing a series of articles covering the function of each of the different nutrients.
12 March 2020
In 2019, Eurofins Agro carried out a large-scale practical study looking at the relationship between nutrients in plant sap and in dry matter in leaves and fruits.
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