• Koppert Collaborates to Launch Free Biocontrol Tool

  February 14, 2020

  free-to-use tool to help growers reduce their reliance on chemical pesticides and produce safer and healthier food. The launch comes as CABI and its partners [...] satisfy consumer demands for healthier and safer food, and reduce pressures on the environment. Users of the portal enter their country and crop pest problem [...] biocontrol and biopesticide products. *CABI is an international not-for-profit organization that provides information and scientific expertise to solve

• The Revolutionary Spical Ulti-Mite Sachet

  October 28, 2019

  Ulti-Mite Sachets? Sustainable Cultivation Goes Much Further than Pests and Natural Enemies Spical Ulti-Mite Greater certainty for the biological control [...] on the underside of the leaf and are therefore not only difficult to detect in time but are also difficult to reach using (chemical) pesticides. Moreover [...] system from a preventative and lightly curative approach is key for overall success during the cropping season. Introduction and establishment of its population

• Plant Pollinator interactions in high temperatures

  degrades, and above 32° C, there are severe implications for yield and quality. The plants, flowers, and pollination Flower quality can also be reduced by factors [...] pollen). If a shade curtain is not available, whitewash or heat reducing paints can be used to reduce the amount of heat coming into the greenhouse. An infrared [...] Pollination parameters for temperature, humidity, and radiation for large fruiting tomatoes. It includes temperature, humidity, and maximum radiation levels

• Leaf miners

  through leaves, reducing photosynthesis and weakening plant growth. Their feeding patterns cause visible leaf damage, lower crop quality and can open the [...] infestations under control, maintain crop quality and support sustainable crop production. Solutions for leaf miner control Learn more about What are leaf [...] leaf-fall and cosmetic damage. In (sub)tropical areas this can lead to burning in fruit such as tomato and melon. Loss of leaves also reduces yield. In

• Grey mould

  after abortion and then provide a large amount of inoculum Extra Silicon and/or Calcium nutrition hardens the cell walls and makes it harder for the fungi to [...] lesions. The symptoms on fruits, flowers and on various parts of potted plants often only become visible during and after cold storage. In lettuce, grey mould [...] es unfavourable for germination, the spores can survive a few days on the plant surface and still germinate when the RH increases, for example when cut

• Corn earworm

  with a wingspan of 35 to 40 mm and a dark stripe on the side edge of the forewings and hindwings; they live for around two and a half weeks. [...] aubergine, pepper, and tomato. They primarily feed on flowers and fruit from the host plant, as well as on the corn of immature cobs and ears. Adults of corn [...] between one and three, in the hairs of green ears of corn. The larvae feed on the hairs of the young corn and on the young kernels at the tip of the cob

• Predatory mites

  are beneficial arthropods used in pest control to manage and reduce populations of harmful pests in various agricultural and horticultural settings. These [...] crop and control pests for a long period of time. Reduced pesticide dependence: The integration of predatory mites can lead to a reduction in the use of [...] to the local ecosystem through the use of chemical pesticides. Easy to use and integrate: Predatory mites can be used in combination with other beneficials

• Nematodes significantly reduce Tuta larvae

  the environment and people, and the quality of its product. The company built its first greenhouses in the ‘90s for growing tomatoes using innovative production [...] is safe and sustainable all year round on our 14 hectares of high-tech greenhouses and other production sites,’ Zoboli adds. Joint search for solutions [...] customer for their bumblebees and other beneficials, we decided to use the nematode Steinernema feltiae in the spring of 2020. The results were good and there

• Thrips

  greenhouse and field crops. Their feeding and virus transmission cause leaf deformation, silvering and fruit damage, leading to reduced yield and marketability [...] more developed wing buds and longer antennae that are curved back over the head. The pre-pupal and pupal instars do not feed and only move if disturbed. [...] Predatory mites and bugs actively control thrips larvae and pupae, while beneficial nematodes target pupae in the soil. Sticky traps and kairomones support

• Cyclamen mite

  with the hind legs reduced to slender threadlike structures that are not used for walking. The males are smaller than the females and their hind legs are [...] mostly found within the flower buds, growing tips and young folded leaves, where the humidity is highest and they are protected from direct sunlight. In [...] enormous damage, and with heavier infestations plant growth is arrested and the flower buds are so badly affected that they shrivel and die. Damaged strawberry