Spraying with milk and whey works against powdery mildew. For the cultivation of cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, melons and grapes, milk and whey are therefore regularly…
Grapevine downy mildew is evoked by the oomycete Plasmopara viticola and causes major problems in vineyards all over the world. To achieve infection P. viticola…
Global warming causes an accelerated ripening of the grapes, and this is not always beneficial. An increased temperature during the growing season and the ripening…
Wood fungi infect the grapevine and produce phytotoxins, substances that are toxic to the plant. There are no curative agents available, which makes these wood…
“Grapevine trunk disease” is an increasingly common problem in the vineyard that causes a yield reduction and the dead of grapevines. It is a collective…
Since a few years, the Drosophila suzukii has been a real nuisance in the European vineyards. Healthy ripening grapes fall prey en masse, resulting in…