Information and Warning Services

Broomrape Warning Service Aim of the Broomrape Warning Service is to forecast the tubercle stadium (time, when broomrape settles on the tobacco root). The forcast is based on the sum of temperature corrected by the amount of rainfall, calculated from the day of transplanting. Usually the Service starts May 1st and will be terminated by midst of July (please click here for download)	AERET Blue Mold Info Service The Blue Mold Information Service is provided by AERET since 2006 and was operated until 2013 by LTZ Augustenberg. From 2014 on, NiCoTa will carry out the operative performance. Usually the Service starts on March 1st and will be terminated on September 30th (please click here for download)
	Aphid Warning Service Aphids are on the one hand direct pests on tobacco, on the other indirectly as a vector of virus diseases. Especially the occurence of early aphid populations can result indirectly in high damages, for example caused by PVY. Usually the Service starts by midst of May and will be terminated by midst of July (please click here for download)