On March 8, like every year, we commemorated Women's Day. At Econatur we have always advocated eliminating any obstacle that could prevent women from developing their professional careers. A day in which from Econatur we wanted to give visibility to all the professionals who contribute with their daily work to being who we are. To do this, we made a…

Together with Cooperativa Virgen de Las Nieves, in Los Palacios and Villafranca, Seville (Spain), we have recently developed a test on zucchini in a horticultural greenhouse. Under a comprehensive management strategy with Econatur products, highlighting the disinfection of soil with SOIL to control soil diseases such as Fusarium, Nematodes, Pythium, etc. Objective: To condition a soil subjected to a high…

Lowering the pH of the broths is essential to improve the effectiveness of the treatments and to avoid compatibility problems, settling or chemical reactions when alkaline waters are used. COMPLET MAX-5 is an adjuvant that allows optimizing treatment broths thanks to its pH buffering effect, dispersing and wetting capacity and foam control during mixing in the treatment tank. From Econatur…

The olive tree in Europe awakens its vegetation at the beginning of spring (March-April), observing the appearance of new terminal sprouts and the hatching of axillary buds. At the same time, the rains and mild temperatures of this time, pose a high risk of infection by olive leaf spot fungal pathogens. The Econatur Technical Department proposes a complete treatment strategy…

The incidence of COVID-19 has highlighted the readiness and efficiency of our farmers to supply the food chain in times of pandemic and has reminded us of the need to continue increasing the productivity and sustainability of our crops, which, without doubts, it is the challenge we have as a society in the face of the demographic challenge that is…

A little history Chromatography, from the Greek chroma (color) and grapho (writing), comprises a set of techniques that aim to separate mixtures based on the different interaction capacity of each component on / in other substances in solid or liquid state. That is, it consists of passing a mixture of substances or mobile phase, over a stationary phase that will…

Detectando iones Figure 1. Ionization by ESI Atoms, in order to be deflected by magnetic or electric fields, must first be ionized by bombardment of a beam of electrons, giving rise to positively charged particles. Those electrons act like billiard balls, removing electrons from the sample. This is achieved by passing the sample in solution through a capillary to which…

Fundamentos de la espectrometría de masas The principles behind mass spectrometry are somewhat abstract, so let's start with a mental exercise. Imagine you want to weigh a fully loaded truck. The easiest would be to drive the vehicle to a heavy truck scale. Next, we want to weigh a wheel. We could do this with a normal scale. Next we…