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Mexican university creates new fungicide for roses
Jun. 7, 2017
Students from the Sustainable and Protected Agriculture Education Program of the Technological University of Tecamachalco, in Mexico, are developing a project to obtain a new liquid fungicide to control the powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca pannosa), as well as waxing in roses.
This will help maintain the integrity of plants and improve aesthetics to push sales in the market, presenting post-harvest control.
The formula is elaborated with organic compositions that have sodium bicarbonate, horsetail grass, and vegetable oil, among others. The research was done in lab, and the application of the fungicidal formula and waxing were carried out in a tunnel for rose cultivation by the institution.
By delimiting the greenhouse area that would the target of the study, infected plants are collected to validate the presence of powdery mildew with laboratory tests, and the fungicide and waxing agent are formulated. There was an application of the chosen area and it finally continues with micro-biological tests.
The university students that lead the project are Carlos Hernández Vélez, Yuliana Martínez Velázquez and Valentín Rojas Méndez, helped by Professor Adriana Reyes Castro, with the supervision of the master and course director, Laura Rodríguez Peláez.
Source: AgroNews
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