Gedera, Israel
July 7, 2009
Zeraim Gedera
Seasons & Tastes newsletter
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- New opportunities for
Zeraim Gedera in the pipeline
- A culinary experience at
Zeraim Gedera’s booth at Agritech
- “In such an era of global
economic crisis, it is certainly advisable to maintain the
investment in R&D and brands"
- Our guests are ministers
of agriculture
- My mind was made up, it
was Sugar Heart
- New opportunities for
Zeraim Gedera in central America
- Biological Control – a
growing trend in the agricultural world
- Breeding environmental
friendly pepper varieties in Zeraim Gedera
- Andalusia views biological
control as path to further growth
- Zeraim Gedera is expanding
its service basket to its customers
- Plant protection
guidelines - for the Coming Summer Season for Growers of
Greenhouse Tomatoes
- The use of shading in
summer crops of tomatoes & peppers
- The effect of the ambient
conditions between harvest to storage on the quality of
cherry tomatoes
- A taste of Zeraim Gedera
- The main principles and
factors that influence flavor and aroma in tomatoes
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Biological Control – A Growing Trend In The
Agricultural World |
Biological control
has become a cornerstone of pest management in
many parts of the world in recent years.
Previously, post harvest diseases did not
receive the attention warranted by a problem
of such magnitude. It is difficult to determine
the full extent of post harvest losses caused by
disease; however, conservative estimates place
U.S. losses, for example, to fruits and
vegetables
from spoilage at around 24% of the harvested
crop (source: Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 1989.
27:425—41).
Losses are generally determined at a single
point in the post harvest food pipeline and
accumulated losses during transport and
processing of food are seldom calculated. We
fail to consider post harvest disease losses in
grocery stores, restaurants, fast food outlets,
and kitchens. Also, losses in the nutritional
value and quality of food are generally
overlooked.
Just as the post-harvest treatment, the practice
of biological control, whether by insects or
other substances, has successfully reduced
damage from pest species in a variety of
manipulated systems and biological control has
great value in sustaining environmental health,
particularly in reducing pesticide use. These
attributes indicate that use of biological
control agents will continue and even grow.
However, debate is increasing on the need for
greater regulatory monitoring of
biological control agents.
Due to the lack of regulation in most EU member
states the use of insects, mites and nematodes
in plant protection is widespread in European
agriculture and horticulture with an annual
turnover exceeding € 150 million. However, there
is growing concern about possible impact to the
environment. This concern led to the
establishment of national regulation by some EU
member states, potentially limiting further
promotion of the organisms generally used in
biological control. |
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