HLB is fully equipped to perform crop protection research, both in the development phase, the selection phase and the demonstration phase. Our facilities and certification procedures are geared to this and include GEP and TNG (approval for trials with non-authorised pesticides). Having a large field trial team, our own laboratories with quarantine facilities and trial fields all over the Netherlands we can perform crop protection research under optimum conditions. We test chemical and biological pesticides for agricultural effectiveness, applicability, timing and environmental aspects.

We enjoy the challenge of finding practical and sustainable solutions for controlling diseases and plagues. Thanks to 50 years of research experience and extensive practical experience, HLB is also the perfect partner for the development of new pesticides to achieve optimal results. We specialise in nematodes, fungi, bacteria, viruses, insects, weeds and useful soil and plant organisms. Examples include potato cyst nematodes, free-living nematodes, Phytophthora spp., Alternaria spp., Rhizoctonia, storage diseases, Pectobacterium spp., Dickeya spp., viruses, aphids, wireworms, colorado beetle, Cyperus esculentus and various weeds. .