• Sciarid flies

  plants. Direct damage is the immediate result of larvae feeding on the roots. The larvae feed mainly on decaying plant material and on algae and fungi [...] growing plant material. Damage symptoms The larvae of sciarid flies feed mainly on organic remains and the fungi that grow on them, although some species [...] They, however, can also feed on root hairs, rootlets, and tender root, stem and leaf tissue. Later instars may even feed on plant stems. The injuries caused

• Nematodes significantly reduce Tuta larvae

  interval. We spray them on the tomato canopy at a dosage of 3 billion per hectare. We prefer to apply them in the evening so that the leaves stay wet for longer [...] While the spread of Tuta absoluta continues to seriously damage tomato crops worldwide, Italian greenhouse tomato grower and technician, Vittorio Zoboli [...] Agricola Gandini Antonio in the 1950s, the company has based its farming methods on criteria that respect the environment and people, and the quality of its product

• In Search of the Relationship Between NatuGro and Nitrogen Release

  February 18, 2020

  which translates into higher kilogram yields. However, cultivation conditions on the American West Coast are less optimal than in the Netherlands, for example [...] this and there is nothing wrong with it. However, plants will naturally keep on absorbing nitrogen. As a consequence, plants will develop surplus amounts [...] soil and to stinging and sucking pests, such as thrips , spider mites , and aphids .’ A study currently being conducted by Koppert and NovaCropControl is looking

• What is Thripex Plus?

  August 18, 2021

  come across a potted plant you may have noticed a small pouch hanging on the plant or on a stick in the soil. Don’t panic the pouch is harmless to you, your [...] , the sachet contains grain mites which the predatory mite feeds on before it leaves the sachet. These predatory mites, which are the “good bugs ”, are [...] This product not only feeds on thrips but is also effective against spider mites , another pest that causes significant damage if not controlled early enough

• Pollination checklist tomato

  pollinated before it closes. Depending on the conditions, a flower will remain open for one to three days. To check on pollination , collect about 20 closed [...] vibrate. This is known as buzz pollination. The imprints of the bumblebee's jaw on the flower (bite marks) turn brown within one to four hours and make it possible [...] problems with fruit setting. The bumblebees will still collect pollen, and leave bite marks, but no fruit will grow. Bumblebees are active at temperatures

• House fly

  a farm. Damage symptoms While the house fly, like other saprophagous, coprophagous or necrophagous flies , does not cause any direct damage to animals [...] in association with human activity. As the most common species of fly found on livestock farms, they represent both a nuisance and a risk for disease tr [...] long, yellowish-grey to dark grey in colour, with four narrow black stripes on the thorax, reddish-brown eyes and clear, translucent wings. Female house

• Spotted Wing Drosophila

  has caused severe yield losses in many berry crops, cherries and grapes. Damage symptoms After oviposition, the respiration tubes extend from the fruit [...] from males of other Drosophila species or SWD females by a large dark spot on each wing, where their common name is derived from. Females have a strong [...] The larvae pupate either fully or partly in the fruit, or outside the fruit on the ground.

• Red palm weevil

  and Europe with distribution through the Mediterranean since the 1980s. Damage symptoms It is very difficult to recognize the first signs of red palm weevil [...] ) presence and only later stages of attack are conspicuous. However, the damage done before these later stages when detection becomes easier, can suffice [...] ranges from entirely orange-red to all black with all intermediates, depending on the number and size of black marks. Eggs are creamy white, shiny and oblong

• La Hacienda Fresh increases crop profitability thanks to biological control

  agrochemical applications have decreased considerably by up to 40%, depending on the cycle," he said. Hacienda Fresh and Koppert have been implementing a [...] Together they have managed to control pests such as spider mites , thrips , aphids and mealy bugs . José Manuel Tafoya, junior production manager, the release [...] and the reduction of agrochemical applications have had a positive impact on their crops. "Koppert products are easy to implement, as long as we go hand

• 4 key benefits of biological crop protection

  March 19, 2024

  yields and quality Biological crop protection , unlike chemical alternatives, leaves minimal to no residues, eliminating obliged pre-harvest intervals. Chemical [...] solutions, growers are more flexible in adapting their harvesting schedules based on labor availability, ensuring efficient and timely harvesting operations. [...] response to these changing weather conditions, minimizing the risk of crop damage or loss. Biological crop protection offers many advantages. No chemical