Internship Botrytis Squamosa and Stemphylium Vesicarium

Develop and test

The company Certis Belchim, commercialises crop protection products for agriculture and (protected) horticulture. The product portfolio has conventional products as well as an extensive range of registered products of natural origin, so called Biorationals. Research is carried out by the Product Development department of Certis Belchim to register these Biorationals and to increase the knowledge of these products in order to give sound advice to end users. A large part of the research for the protected horticulture is carried out at the Certis Innovation Center in Naaldwijk, The Netherlands. This Innovation Center is located in the World Horti Center.

Project:

1. Developing optimal test methods for biorational fungicides in the Certis Innovation Center. Focus will be on greenhouse experiments.
2. Testing of the Certis Biorational fungicide portfolio on diseases of arable crops.

Diseases to be investigated:
1. Botrytis squamosa - Onion
2. Stemphylium vesicarium – Onion