• From Grower To Biological Pest Control Expert

  June 2, 2026

  Koppert US, as the featured industry expert in their Season 4, Episode 4 broadcast. The episode aired on May 14, 2026 and is available on their website [...] Jeremy goes on to discuss how he, himself, made the transition from grower to biological pest control expert. He shares the interesting origins of the beneficial [...] beneficial industry, including the significance of a simple cucumber plant. He also delves into the role of Swirski-Mite in building the company to what it is today

• Acadian

  thoroughly mix ACADIAN® Liquid Seaweed Concentrate with the water in the tank prior to adding the calcium product. If interaction of chemicals is unknown [...] thoroughly mix ACADIAN® Liquid Seaweed Concentrate with the water in the tank prior to adding the calcium product. If interaction of chemicals is unknown [...] required with acidic mixtures. Add surfactants after the product has completely dissolved in the tank solution. When mixing with calcium products, thoroughly

• Spidex: dos and don’ts in a nutshell

  November 29, 2021

  natural enemy of the spider mite. At least, it can be. The result that you get largely depends on how you use Spidex . Take the following tips on board, and [...] store the product for longer than three days! Do you know how to use Spidex in your crop? You can see the instructions on YouTube . Turn and shake the packaging [...] optimal result. Dos Keep an eye on things so that you can spot spider mite in your crop early on. Regular scouting is the most important aspect, and will

• Cotton leafworm

  laid in clusters of 20 to 500 pieces on lower leaf surfaces, often on the lower parts of the plant. The female covers the eggs with brownish-yellow hairs from [...] larval excrement protrudes from the holes they have produced. On tobacco, the stem base is often destroyed. On maize, the cotton leafworm ( Spodoptera littoralis [...] caterpillars crawl to the ground and settle in the surface layers. The pupa is 15 to 20 mm long and reddish brown in colour. The forewings of the adult cotton leafworm

• Spotted Wing Drosophila

  unripe fruits. The larval development takes place in the fruit. The larvae pupate either fully or partly in the fruit, or outside the fruit on the ground. [...] oviposition, the respiration tubes extend from the fruit but are difficult to see. Larval feeding in the fruit leads to fruit tissue collapse. Even if the fruits [...] fruits have not collapsed, the occurrence of larvae within the fruit makes them unmarketable. The punctures made by the oviposition by D. suzukii exposes fruits

• Cabbage looper

  mainly on the leaves causing irregular holes. The first three instars make small holes, while the following stages feed on the tissue between the veins [...] to 300 eggs on the underside margins of the upper leaves of plants. The eggs have a spherical shape, with the flattened part attached to the leaf, and are [...] green with a white band on both sides of the body. Pupation takes place in webbed cocoons often on the underside of the host plants. The pupae have a green

• Tomato russet mite

  are roughly 0.05 mm in diameter and are laid on the underside of leaves, on leaf petioles, and on stems on the lower portion of plants. When newly laid they [...] and affected leaves dry out quickly. The damage is first seen on the lower part of the plant and moves upwards as the mites ascend. Life cycle and appearance [...] appears to be divided into two parts: the head with the mouthparts, and the rest of the body. All mobile stages have only two pairs of legs, whereas other mite

• Diamond back moth

  antennae. The hindwings are narrow, pointed toward the apex. The tips of the wings appear to turn upward slightly when viewed from the side. In males, the upper [...] regions. Damage symptoms The caterpillar is a surface feeder. They feed from the lower leaf surface, leaving the wax layer on the upper surface intact, thereby [...] destroyed, leaving only the veins. The larvae feed also on the chlorophyll-rich green areas of stems and pods causing whitening of the crop. Heavily damaged

• Two-spotted spider mite

  to the host plant by feeding on plant sap. They mainly occur on the underside of leaves where they pierce the cells and suck out the contents. The empty [...] yellow or brown.The colour of the adults often depends on the crop in which they occur (e.g. on cucumbers they are often yellow-brown, on tomatoes they are [...] become yellow, and in many plants the damage can also be seen on the upper surface of leaves as small yellow dots. The destruction of cells results in reduced

• Limonica: breakthrough in large-scale production of a complex predatory mite

  August 5, 2025

  production, they reviewed the entire process, from the type and quantity of feed to the composition of the rearing medium and the design of new production [...] protection Marjon is confident about the future of Limonica . “We have cracked the code. The rearing is good, the volumes are adjustable, and we are ready to [...] accepts the best food. It is a diva. And that makes its production complex.” From unstable produce to robust upscaling The challenge was not only in the rearing