• Celebrating real food heroes

  October 19, 2022

  nutritional and safe, the use of biocontrol and biostimulants means that the immediate environment does not suffer the results of chemical agents. Everybody wins [...] continuously on the agenda of our partners Ruud Sies and Hanneke van Hintum via the A Journey through the World of Resilient Agriculture | Resilience Food Stories [...] health of the environment.’ Xrarm and the tower of hope Xfarm a local social project in Puglia on more than 50 hectares, is a great example of social farming

• Chrysoperla carnea

  harmful to plants. In agriculture, Chrysoperla carnea i s employed as a biological control agent to manage pest populations. The larvae of green lacewings are [...] honeydew and most will fly out of the greenhouse. Life cycle of Chrysoperla carnea You can recognize the different life stages of the green lacewing, Chrysoperla [...] known as the green lacewing, is a beneficial insect used in agriculture as a natural predator of various pest insects. It belongs to the family Chrysopidae

• Koppert Registers New Biofungicide

  November 26, 2019

  integrated in a chemical program, has a comparable efficacy to a full chemical programme. As a standalone product it can often compete with a chemical program [...] as cherries and plums, without leaving a trace of residue. Antagonistic yeast Koppert’s Product Manager, Pieter Oosters, explains that Noli is an antagonistic [...] therefore both suitable for IPM as organic farming. One of the advantages it has over chemical products, is that it can be applied till the day before

• Nematodes established solution for Nesidiocoris in France

  biological equilibrium. SCEA de Fontanel was one of the early Koppert France customers and still is, using many of Koppert’s IPM solutions, including Capsanem [...] valuable ally!’ Audrey Vignaud is Koppert’s technical head of the consultant for the South East Region of France: ‘We recommended the beneficial nematode Capsanem [...] It is a delicate balance, but Capsanem means chemical treatment can be avoided, which is the objective of many companies.’ The nematode protection method

• World Food Day 2021

  October 15, 2021

  through the World of Resilient Agriculture | Resilience Food Stories in which photographer Ruud Sies and Hanneke van Hintum tell the stories of passionate farmers [...] and agriculture can make the world’s food production healthier, safer, more productive and resilient. Join them on World Food Day and view some of the [...] Fumiko talk of their passion for food and nature. ‘We have to respect every living thing. If we lose our biodiversity and work with chemicals we will lose

• Enjoy multiple benefits against spider mite with Spical

  December 12, 2021

  you to significantly scale back use of pesticides. This has a range of benefits: Any type of chemical spraying results in crop damage, which you can avoid [...] also loves spider mites . Fewer chemicals, more benefits Spical is part of a system known as Integrated Pest Management (IPM), an approach that allows you [...] product before finding traces of spider mite, you can be sure that Spical will waste no time getting to work in case of an emergency. Not only does this

• Koppert at IPPS Louisville

  October 1, 2025

  14–17, 2025. Learn from three days of informative tours and sessions on propagation and production, in the “home of fast horses, great bourbon, and ho [...] career working in a variety of nursery crops. Collaborating with growers, he creates comprehensive integrated pest management solutions that produce long-term [...] the beautiful, exciting Churchill Downs. Conference sessions include a Day of Plants focusing on Great plants forgotten that should get more attention

• About Koppert

  Biocontrol is our Nature The answers to many of today’s agricultural and environmental challenges are already out there: in nature itself. At Koppert,

• Swirski-Mite Plus, Now in Even Better Shape

  July 2, 2019

  effective control of thrips and whitefly in many crops worldwide. The packaging containing predatory mites will have a ‘new look’ as of 8 July. ‘This successful [...] quality and reliability even more,’ says Koppert Product Manager, Tim Bossinga. ‘The material of the sachet is still the same, but the shape is more elongated [...] new packaging show that the emergence of mites is equal to the current Swirski-Mite Plus sachet.´ Efficient Control of Whitefly and Thrips Koppert introduced

• Flies

  directly and indirectly. The type of damage depends on the species of the flies. Direct damage is the immediate result of larvae feeding on root hairs and [...] are pests in agriculture, horticulture and mushroom cultivation. Species that can cause damage or nuisance, are particularly small flies of the families [...] to plants, they are often a problem due to their large number. Larvae of flies of the family Keroplatidae (mainly Lyprauta sp.) can cause damage in potted