Agroaldea
MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE PACED THE COAGRISÁN ASSEMBLY HALL TO FOLLOW THE EXPERTS' PRESENTATIONS.
Many times we forget that one of the most efficient ways to confront an enemy, It consists of studying it and knowing it beforehand. It does not guarantee that we will obtain certain victory, but it helps win half the battle.This procedure is what the COAGRISÁN cooperative has been carrying out for years., training its technicians and collaborators to offer new tools, professionalize the activity and dignify the worker.
On this occasion, The training session focused on viruses and their vectors in tomato cultivation, especially Thrips and Whitefly.
The experts who spoke, Ana Isabel Espino, Responsible for diseases of viral and fungal etiology of the Plant Health Laboratory, of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government of the Canary Islands, and José María Aramburu, Doctor in Biochemistry, expert in plant virology and researcher at the Institute of Agri-Food Research and Technology of the Generalitat of Catalonia, were responsible for the massive influx and expectation.
Farmers of La Aldea, from the southeast of Gran Canaria, Tenerife, seed company managers, agricultural technicians, representatives of the bank and councilors of Agriculture of the town councils of Santa Lucía and La Aldea, They added up to more than 300 attendees who did not want to miss this event.
The President of COAGRISAN, Juan José de el Pino, was in charge of welcoming the participants, while the general director, Jacinto Godoy, He dedicated the day to the memory of coach Juan Félix Cabrera and proposed naming future training days with his name., who had been a staunch defender of this type of initiatives.
Ana Isabel Espino described the main viral diseases that affect tomatoes and that are transmitted by the whitefly.: spoon virus (TYLCD); tomato yellowing (ToCV); PepMV and torrado viruses (ToTV).
In relation to the latter, Espino recalled that in La Aldea there was a great incident years ago that caused a great infection caused by the summer crops that later affected the campaign crop..
After describing each of the viruses and their effects, Ana Isabel explained to those present the need to practice asepsis in crops, disinfecting hands, footwear, clothes, gloves and tools; the perfect closure of the greenhouse and the removal of remains, among other so-called good practices.
José María Aramburu focused on the suntan virus (HELPFUL), of which he is one of the most recognized experts in our country for the twenty-five years he has dedicated to his study.
Aramburu recalled that this is transmitted by trip, mainly in the tropics and subtropics, affecting weeds, ornamental and horticultural, and the terrible damage it causes has been estimated at more than one billion euros a year worldwide..
The severity of tanning lies, according to José María, in its symptomatology and extension, which represents many difficulties for its control caused by its simplicity., the transmission capacity and the large amount of variability.
Strategies for its control have focused on cultural practices, the control of transmitting insects and the control of the virus itself. To do this, Aramburu suggests eliminating vegetation on the margins as well as infected plants in the crop itself and avoiding overlapping crops..
Both Ana Isabel Espino and José María Aramburu recognized, after the visit they made to the La Aldea farms, that farmers are doing an excellent job of prevention and application of good practices as reflected by the low incidence of diseases compared to other producing areas.