• Municipality Enschede: Entonem nematodes against oak processionary caterpillar

  The Municipality of Enschede started using nematodes for the first time in the spring of 2021 to try to halt the spread of the oak processionary caterpillar [...] caterpillar. The municipality’s built-up area has a total of 22,000 oak trees. In the past, the municipality only extracted the nests. But as Petra Klein Breukink [...] Breukink explains, it was not enough. She is the project manager of the oak processionary caterpillar for the Municipality of Enschede. ‘We use Koppert’s

• Perfect Potted Hydrangeas for Super-Strict Customers

  December 6, 2019

  astonished by the result." For Pieter, the greatest threat is not in the shrinking number of pest control products or more stringent rules, but in the lack of [...] ps scimitus products are also used at the start. An astonishing result The approach is virtually the same in the propagation phase, except that no Entonem [...] Spical , and Swirski-Mite . At the same time, the feed mite Carpoglypus is also scattered over the plants to give Swirski-Mite in particular, which can also

• FAQ Spidex Vital

  What is the difference in the product presentation? Spidex Vital consists of all mobile stages of Phytoseiulus persimilis. The carrier material is the same [...] different colour than the Spidex I’m used to? During production of Spidex Vital the predatory mites don`t get to eat spider mites, which cause the coloration of [...] Vital, compared to the regular Spidex. Does anything change to the rate of application? No, continue to introduce Spidex Vital in the numbers you recommend

• Biosolutions for Cannabis

  what the grower wants (and doesn’t want) in the product. Lane Holland, right at home under the glow of HPS lights, works with a partner in the Midwest [...] business is the same regardless of the amount of the purchase. They are invested in the strength and success of each individual client over the long term [...] (Phorodon cannabis) is one of the most aggressive species encountered in any crop. Koppert has spent millions in R&D finding the best solutions for this p

• Natutec Drone

  dispersal – this shortens the time the beneficial organisms need to establish itself in the ecosystem and do its work in the crop Trained pilots - Koppert’s [...] accuracy and efficacy over 8 hectares in the space of an hour. The high-tech release system was designed and developed in-house by Koppert’s Technical Department [...] with the vulnerable beneficials and the unique dispersal system. Two controllers keep the Natutec Drone stable and you can follow its progress in the crop

• Nematodes significantly reduce Tuta larvae

  saw a reduction of Tuta in the crop of more than 80%. The large infestation which was present was reduced and under control, and the application greatly [...] Since the establishment of Società Agricola Gandini Antonio in the 1950s, the company has based its farming methods on criteria that respect the environment [...] beneficials, we decided to use the nematode Steinernema feltiae in the spring of 2020. The results were good and there was no residue.’ Using nematodes

• Natural Enemies, Now a Division of Koppert Biological Systems, Inc.

  June 27, 2019

  team have developed and grown the Natural Enemies name into one of the leaders in the industry. With the addition of the Koppert supply chain, our goal [...] With the explosion of the cannabis market, Koppert US has acquired Natural Enemies; the leader in chemical-free pest management in commercial cannabis [...] chemicals. The two companies also share the ambition in providing superior customer service and educating growers about the benefits and the patience needed

• Better insights and digital advice with Natutec Scout

  s, departments The grower can use the greenhouse editor in the Natutec Scout app to program in the actual layout of his greenhouse. The software then provides [...] contact with the Koppert consultant using the Natutec Scout app as a tool. It allows us to take the measures we need to take quickly, based on the advice provided [...] few thrips in your plant, there is little to be concerned about – and little sense in the software reporting these kinds of measurement. The threshold value

• Koppert introduces Natutec Drive

  December 29, 2020

  biocontrol of pests in strawberries in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany. Trials on citrus have also started in Spain. Natutec Drive trials [...] matter what crop system. The main function of the device is to achieve the most effective pest control by technically optimizing the success of our biocontrol [...] growers a great deal of time and expense in the future. Tests have conclusively proved its effectiveness in the field and we have a growing number of t

• What is Biological Control?

  September 15, 2020

  every crop cycle. This was the start of the Koppert Biological Systems. The first natural enemy The first natural enemy produced was the predatory mite, Ph [...] their health and the environment. It was in the late sixties that Dutch greenhouse vegetable growers began to realize this was not the way to continue and [...] for centuries, it was the only way to control pests. Natural enemies were collected from the original source of the pest and released in areas where pests