• Effective Biological Control: Keep a Close Eye on Everything

  August 18, 2021

  traps to monitor whether a particular insect is present, and some types of pheromone traps can play a role in pest control. The use of attractants in this [...] or flowers. In some cases, it is useful to concentrate on the top of the leaves, and in others the bottom. Good monitoring requires a lot of knowledge about [...] more difficult to determine the culprit, as there can be various causes. And to diagnose a bacterial disease, you really need to ‘fly in’ an expert. Scouting

• The use of Swirski-Mite brings great advantages!

  December 13, 2022

  as a valued supplier. The requirements in this area are sure to increase further in the future. Always prepared Besides these general advantages of IPM [...] What it's Intended To? Swirski-Mite can be seen as a kind of insurance. You can never be sure whether you will need to deal with thrips , but you are always [...] halts the plant's development. In other words, you benefit the plant whenever you can avoid using a chemical control method. A plant that can grow well remains

• Tree specialist Wolterinck: Control of oak processionary caterpillar with Entonem

  Wolterinck BV in Beltrum, the Netherlands, is a specialist in tree care and weed control and works on behalf of local authorities and governmental bodies [...] least 30% of their leaf cover, Bacillus thuringiensis can also have a good combatting effect.’ Staunch advocate Wolterinck BV is a staunch advocate of Entonem [...] Nematodes are a better solution for urban areas.’ Wolterinck BV sprays the nematodes when the caterpillar egg casings begin to emerge. A second spraying

• Koppert Actively Participates in the Legal Cannabis Market

  December 20, 2019

  ing in the potential of Trianum and the NatuGro product range for use in the cultivation of cannabis. Furthermore, we have to do an amazing job of organizing [...] purpose in Europe, Africa, and Australia is rapidly increasing as well," he explains. A number of markets From planting a cutting of the parent plant to harvesting [...] can be used in fabrics. These plants can be cultivated in a number of different ways. Examples include, indoor cultivation with the use of artificial lighting

• Integrated crop management: the key to sustainable business operations

  September 19, 2022

  management systems are playing an ever more crucial role in a business’ ability to produce successfully in the future and achieve their goals. What is integrated [...] the right choices and, if you do need to use chemicals, using selective control products. This helps to create wealth of natural enemies both above and [...] Your goal as a business is to produce an abundant, top-quality yield. However, climate change, changing regulations (less supply of chemical plant protection

• New Approach Significantly Reduces Aphids in Soft Fruits

  March 21, 2019

  Morocco, and in greenhouses in the Netherlands prompted him to become the first grower of small fruits under artificial lighting in greenhouses in 2016. It [...] increase in production. Particularly in spring, Dutch raspberries have a lovely quality to them that can be marketed in the niche segment. I want to seize [...] vegetable grower and made the switch to small fruit crops in the middle of the 1990s. In Schijndel in the Netherlands, he has a one-hectare greenhouse for growing

• Municipality Venray: biological control of oak processionary caterpillars

  In the Municipality of Venray a third of the tree stock in the area, some 11,000 trees, is oak. ‘We’ve been using Koppert’s nematode product Entonem as [...] Municipality of Venray. ‘We use nematodes at locations in outlying areas where there might be protected species of butterfly and moth. The major benefit of Entonem [...] is that avenues running east to west are typically free of oak processionary caterpillar, while those running north to south still have some nests. It is

• International Day of Plant Health: Protecting plant health with sustainable solutions

  May 12, 2023

  invite you to learn more about our solutions and how we can work together to protect plants and secure a brighter future for generations to come. [...] Koppert, we are committed to this cause and are proud to be part of a global movement that recognizes the vital role that plants play in our lives. Plants are [...] up to 40 percent of global food crops are lost each year due to plant pests and diseases. As a leading provider of sustainable solutions for plant health

• Grower Koen - Embracing biological crop protection in agriculture

  too quick to completely abandon traditional methods. He decided to find a balance between both approaches. This way of working allows him to gain experience [...] experience in using biological crop protection . As a result, he acquires a lot of knowledge and is prepared to fully transition to biological crop protection [...] ies to adapt my farm to a future where chemical methods will gradually disappear. I believe that the agricultural sector has a natural interest in such

• Nematodes established solution for Nesidiocoris in France

  Nesidiocoris tenuis is a bug that has been a problem in France for a good 10 years. It causes significant damage, particularly to tomatoes, and seriously [...] by producers in the South of France, but also, more recently in the north. ‘We had reached a technical impasse with this bug, especially in the “zero residue” [...] several blocks to regulate the bug and have tried several application methods: the small backpack sprayer directed at the head of the plant in a very localized