AgriTrade 2009:
Milena Chinchilla Technical Coordinator for Reflex Central America SA, a company representative from Koppert Biological Systems in the region, talks about the project that also receives support from Rijk Zwaan, for integrated pest mainly aphids and whiteflies in melons.
The project was carried out at three farms in Costa Rica and one farm in Honduras. The project in Costa Rica has been completed and the one in Honduras was started about 4 weeks ago. Using two products within the range of Koppert it has been found to have good results. They have been able to control one side of the whitefly (and trips) through a predatory mite; on the other hand the control of aphids has been a major problem at least in Costa Rica, the Caribbean Gold a variety of Rijk Zwaan. This has been instrumental in controlling this pest. They have been found to be very tolerant to viruses transmitted by aphids. With genetic and chemical factors, combined with the biological, a control has been achieved in developing the best melon as per the experiments which were carried out in Costa Rica.
The project in Honduras will be ready in the coming days and it is expected to have similar results to those obtained in Costa Rica.
The implementation of these projects began in Central America in the amount of melons produced in the open field. In greenhouses, there is enough experience in pest control and they want to pass down that experience to growing outdoors. Pineapple, bananas and melons among other fruits would benefit from research done in greenhouses, which would be applied to the open field. Open field is a more difficult method, but if a careful development is done and there is a constant exchange between the experiences of producers and consultants it will be possible for it to work.
Contact:
Ing Milena Chinchilla Ramirez
Technical Coordinator
Reflex S.A. Central America
+ 506 2273-0981 (Office)
+ 506 8847-6492 (Mobile)
milena@reflexca.com
Publication date: 4/14/2009
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