From seed to storage: disease management in organic beetroot production to reduce food waste (original) (raw)

Bernasconi, Alessio (2024) From seed to storage: disease management in organic beetroot production to reduce food waste. Speech at: Postharvest 2024, Rotorua, New Zealand, 11.-15.11.2024. [In Press]

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Summary

Content
- 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

EPrint Type: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation: Speech
Keywords: Beetroot production, biocontrol products, post-harvest losses, pathogen infection and on-farm field experiments, Abacus, FiBL25123
Agrovoc keywords: Englishbiocontrol -> biological controlhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_918Englishpostharvest losseshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_6131Englishpathogenshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_5630Englishon-farm researchhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_33519Englishexperimental farmshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_5879
Subjects: Crop husbandry > Production systems > Vegetables Crop husbandry > Post harvest management and techniques
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Crop protection Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Special crops > Vegetables
Related Links: https://www.fibl.org/de/themen/projektdatenbank/projektitem/project/1969
Deposited By: Osterwalder, Hanne
ID Code: 57394
Deposited On: 24 Mar 2026 14:06
Last Modified: 24 Mar 2026 14:06
Document Language: English
Status: In Press
Refereed: Not peer-reviewed

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