• Get the growers’ guide to biological crop protection

  April 13, 2018

  about the pest’s lifecycle and its many phases, as well as giving you the ability to recognize the pest or disease you are up against by means of detailed [...] photographs. The knowledge gained will equip you to find the best sustainable solutions. First published 25 years ago and revised in 2003, the latest edition [...] edition comprises 443 pages, 700 photographs, and dozens of illustrations of the most prevalent pests, diseases and their natural enemies. Read more

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  out with the company Sociedade Agrícola Militão, in the town of Ribatejo, in a pepper crop for the processing industry. Pedro Militão is one of the two owners [...] owners of the company Sociedade Agrícola Militão which cultivates about 40 hectares of peppers in the Marinhais area. The entire crop is harvested mechanically [...] pesticides in vegetable crops for the processing industry, which are very important in Portugal. Around 80% of the total production of vegetables for the processing

• Spidex Vital: Your Vital partner in spider mite control

  capable of travelling the given distance. In a bottle of Spidex Vital a more diverse population composition is present, so when applied in hotspots the adults [...] formed the foundation of our spider mite control. Over time it grew to be one of the most important products for our growers. As the result of many years [...] energy from spider mite from the field to develop the eggs. This will increase the population in your crop. Proof of predation The Phytoseiulus persimilis turns

• Don Sanchez Fresh innovates with biological control in avocados

  them to make the decision to implement this tool in the production of Hass avocado. The result has been an effective and safe control of thrips , crystalline [...] not yet common in avocado production in Mexico, more and more growers are exploring the development and implementation of natural enemies of pests and diseases [...] fear. You need the help of Koppert consultants to know which substances affect the performance of beneficial insects. It also takes a lot of dedication to

• How a little predatory mite laid the foundation for biocontrol today

  June 5, 2024

  that’s in our genes. The commitment to finding solutions for growers – it was our driving force in the past, still is today, and will be in the future,’ [...] I’m proud of the total company we have created and of the people who work here. We do it together. To innovate, to bring something new to the market, that’s [...] and my brother Peter in 1967 when they decided to commercialize the first production of predatory mites for the biological control of spider mite,’ says

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  February 9, 2024

  out with the company Sociedade Agrícola Militão, in the town of Ribatejo, in a pepper crop for the processing industry. Pedro Militão is one of the two owners [...] for the processing industry, which is very important in Portugal. Around 80% of the total production of vegetables for the processing industry in Portugal [...] owners of the company Sociedade Agrícola Militão, which cultivates about 40 hectares of peppers in the Marinhais area. The entire crop is harvested mechanically

• Trianum-P Improves Open Field Pepper Production in Portugal

  June 29, 2021

  out with the company Sociedade Agrícola Militão, in the town of Ribatejo, in a pepper crop for the processing industry. Pedro Militão is one of the two owners [...] owners of the company Sociedade Agrícola Militão which cultivates about 40 hectares (99 acres) of peppers in the Marinhais area. The entire crop is harvested [...] pesticides in vegetable crops for the processing industry, which are very important in Portugal. Around 80% of the total production of vegetables for the processing

• Thripex with More Punch - Now Available in Bulk

  January 8, 2019

  left in the crop Less waste material Packaging Thripex is supplied in a bucket which contains 500,000 predatory mites in carrier material.Thripex is also [...] which whitefly is not present. The predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris establishes itself in the crop and can control different types of thrips by consuming [...] along the supply chain.’ Thripex has been an important biological solution for thrips control for many years and is used effectively in crops in which

• Beneficial nematodes; the natural move towards biological crop protection

  April 5, 2023

  full overview of the targeted pests. For growers, one of the main incentives to use nematode products is the diminishing role and performance of chemical crop [...] become resistant to them. In addition, the list of prohibited pesticides is growing. Special characteristics The beneficial nematodes in our product Casea have [...] used to control pests in an extensive range of crops. Our product Casea contains the beneficial nematode Steinernema carpocapsae . The product controls various

• Fusarium opens the door to other diseases and pests

  June 29, 2022

  there are also nematodes in the soil. The nematodes puncture the tubers, creating little wounds that allow the fungi to penetrate. In other crops, plant-parasitic [...] infection can still cause the plant to weaken, opening the door to parasites that target weakness, such as the pathogen Pythium . But there is a solution: by applying [...] much energy fighting off infections, it may reduce their resilience in the face of insect attacks. This means that plants affected by Fusarium become more