In Search of the Relationship Between NatuGro and Nitrogen Release
February 18, 2020
absorb too much of this element and become highly attractive to pests and soil pathogens. Together with NovaCropControl, Koppert is trying to find an optimum [...] nitrogen. It is this nitrate that makes the plant attractive to fungi from the soil and to stinging and sucking pests, such as thrips , spider mites , and aphids [...] van der Werf says. ‘How do we make the plants less attractive to pests and soil-borne fungi, how can we therefore reduce the use of insecticides and fungicides