Usefulness of cultivar-level calibration of AquaCrop for vegetables depends on the crop and data availability.

As a result of climate change, climatic extremes are expected to increase. For high-value crops like vegetables, irrigation is a potentially economically viable adaptation measure in western Europe. To optimally schedule irrigation, decision support systems based on crop models like AquaCrop are increasingly used by farmers.

Treatment of rainwater runoff in recovery and recycling companies: Lab and pilot-scale testing.

Wastewater released from the storage and/or processing of recycling and materials recovery can be characterised as rainwater runoff. Recuperation and recycling companies are confronted with wastewater that has a very fluctuating flow rate and composition. The flow rate mainly depends on the amount of rainfall while the composition additionally depends on what is currently stored on site.

Individual treatment of hotel and restaurant waste water in rural areas.

About 25 hotels, restaurants and pubs in the rural community Heuvelland are situated in the area designated for individual water treatment. In order to meet the legislation by the end of 2015, each business needs to install an individual waste water treatment system (IWTS). To study this situation, three catering businesses were selected for further research.

Role of the protozoan Isotricha prostoma, liquid-, and solid-associated bacteria in rumen biohydrogenation of linoleic acid.

From the simultaneous accumulation of hydrogenation intermediates and the disappearance of Isotricha prostoma after algae supplementation, we suggested a role of this ciliate and/or its associated bacteria in rumen biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids. The experiments described here evaluated the role of I. prostoma and/or its associated endogenous and exogenous bacteria in rumen biohydrogenation of C18:2n-6 and its main intermediates CLA c9t11 and C18:1t11.

Effect of dietary starch or micro algae supplementation on rumen fermentation and milk fatty acid composition of dairy cows.

Two experiments with rumen-fistulated dairy cows were conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; C22:6 n-3)-enriched diets or diets provoking a decreased rumen pH on milk fatty acid composition. In the first experiment, dietary treatments were tested during 21-d experimental periods in a 4 x 4 Latin square design. Diets included a control diet, a starch-rich diet, a bicarbonate-buffered starch-rich diet, and a diet supplemented with DHA-enriched micro algae [Schizochytrium sp.