• Sustainability Goes Further Than Biocontrol

  August 18, 2021

  latest techniques and technology are growing in importance in response to Koppert's broader field of work. ‘If we can get to know and understand the plant [...] further of what the future holds for sustainable agriculture. Plus, the importance of learning more about the plant to better help the plant, visit HortiBiz:

• Herbs

  fresh or dried. Spices derive from other parts of herbal plants and are often dried seeds, berries, roots, bark and fruits. Botanically speaking, ‘herb’ [...] characteristics and are used for flavouring dishes or food products. In the culinary world, there is a strict difference between herbs and spices. Herbs

• Downy mildew of Cucurbits

  pumpkin, watermelon and squash. Damage symptoms Downy mildew pathogens infect mostly the leaves but occasionally also stems and fruits. They cause lesions [...] pathogens extruding from the stomata. Life cycle and appearance of Downy mildew Pathogens causing downy mildew are not fungi but Oomycetes and related to Pythium [...] nutrients from the living plant cells. The pathogens continue to grow inside the leaves and after a while new spore-bearing structures are protruding from the

• Air Blowers to distribute and apply beneficials

  spots as well as the release of Nutari, Artefeed and Entofood in vegetable cultivations. The air flow from the fan guarantees the even distribution of this [...] Blowers to distribute and apply beneficials Blowing systems Koppert's blowing systems are especially developed for effective and efficient distribution [...] surfaces and full field distribution - high-tech cultivations with mono-rail or pipe-rail Airbug : hand-held blower - full field distribution - low and mid-tech

• Pollination checklist tomato

  y resulting in problems with fruit setting. The bumblebees will still collect pollen, and leave bite marks, but no fruit will grow. Bumblebees are active [...] between 8 and 32 degrees Celsius. Their optimum activity level is at temperatures between 8 and 28 degrees Celsius. At temperatures between 28 and 32 degrees [...] four hours and make it possible to check the bumblebees' work. A single visit results in the transfer of enough pollen for pollination. Fruit setting takes

• Towards a chemical-free future in agriculture: The vision of grower Koen

  critical. Society expects more and more that agriculture is environmentally friendly and responsible. And that the vegetables consumers eat are safe. Future [...] traditional and organic agriculture come together. Koen shares his personal experiences and insights about the future of agriculture, where traditional and organic [...] practices complement each other, and how organic and traditional farming are getting closer together. "The mix between traditional and organic is actually quite

• Koppert Has the Answers at IFTF 2018

  October 18, 2018

  Netherlands, from November 7-9. Visitors from all over the world come to the fair to see the latest developments and to be inspired by experts and exhibitors [...] IFTF is the world's most important trade exhibition for international flower growers and buyers and has attracted exhibitors from 116 countries this year [...] visitors how it works and give them up-to-date advice on Koppert's biological solutions and how to comply to the growing demands from retailers for residue-free

• Southern European marshland pyralid

  wide range of hosts from 38 plant families. They include ornamental crop plants, such as roses and gerbera, aquatic plants, vegetable crops such as celery [...] celery, pepper and lettuce, and weeds. The secretive habit of the caterpillars of this species makes them very difficult to control with synthetic pesticides [...] crops cultivated in an ebb-and-flow irrigation system. The damage threshold varies considerably according to the crop: in begonia and kalanchoë a relatively

• V10

  greenhouses from aggressive strains of the Pepino mosaic virus by cross-protections Diseases Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) — labeled strains: CH2, EU, and LP Crops [...] should occur early in the crop stage and prior to virus exposure Dosage Apply V10 once per crop cycle at the labeled rate and dilution. Always follow the EP [...] interferes with the ability of virulent PepMV strains to successfully infect and spread within the plant Pack size 0.8 L. Formulation Liquid. Downloads V10

• Corn

  pod corn, sweet corn and flour corn. Already about 10,000 years ago, corn was domesticated by the indigenous communities in Mexico and it still plays a main [...] the corn plant produces separate pollen and ovuliferous inflorescences, also specified as ears, which are fruit, producing kernels. These kernels are often [...] corn is extensively cultivated all over the world. When it comes to numbers and volumes; there is more maize produced every year (in terms of weight) than