Environmentally friendly alternatives safe to non-target organisms for the control of insects vectoring phytopathogens are in the focus of agricultural research worldwide. In Europe, many fruit trees of the family Rosaceae are seriously affected by phytoplasmas of the apple proliferation…
My story starts in my 3rd year as a bio-engineering student at Ghent University, when I had to choose which of the available fields of study to take. I made the decision to devote myself to agriculture and more specifically…
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One of the major constraints to agricultural production in Nigeria is infestation of crops by pests and pathogens, causing a modification in the normal state of the plant, the plant organs and its functions. This concept is known as plant…
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My idea in a nutshell: Agricultural wastes such as banana peel, peanut shells, spent coffee grounds, and rice straw / rice hull will be used to produce activated carbon, which I will name as PestiSorb. It will be used mainly…
After my graduation, I took up a voluntary opportunity with a national grain merchant where I was the understudy to the organizations' agronomist. This gave me the opportunity to be appointed as an agronomist working for the biggest commercial agriculture…
