From seed to storage: disease management in organic beetroot production to reduce food waste

Summary

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- High incidence of rot after prolonged storage
- Overview of the project - Integrated strategy
- Pathogens isolation and identification
- Sometimes seeds are as expected
- Sometimes seeds are heavily infected
- Overview of the project - Integrated strategy
- FZB24* + steam improves seedling emergence – Saison 2022
- FZB24* + steam improves seedling emergence – Saison 2023
- FZB24* + steam improves leaf health
- Overview of the project - Integrated strategy
- Pathogens isolation and identification
- Three main pathogens affect the storage of beetroot
- Phoma was detected with a particularly high frequency
- Consistency between the results of the Saisons 2021 und 2022
- Storage without roots reduces the occurrence of storage diseases
- Rapid cooling seems to reduce the incidence of diseases
- Overview of the project - Integrated strategy