• Koppert bumblebee hives: fresh look, trusted quality

  June 19, 2023

  growers good pollination is essential to ensure a high quality harvest. With more than 35 years of gained knowledge and [...] Our product quality targets encompass five key aspects: the hive's design and effectiveness, the selection, rearing, and vitality of the bumblebees, [...] in a dynamic market requires us to swiftly respond to new horticultural and

• Thrips: a tiny pest with big consequences

  February 2, 2023

  prick the upper cells of a plant and suck them dry. The drained cells then fill with air and take on [...] differ by thrips species and by crop. And that's not all: thrips can also cause a loss of vigor and [...] are constantly sucking away nutrients. The plant tries to repair the damage and produces antibodies against the attackers. All this costs a lot of energy

• Spidex offers a solution for dozens of crops

  February 3, 2023

  About spider mite control Spidex: dos and don’ts in a nutshell Ten facts about spider mites Advanced biocontrol of [...] natural enemy, the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis is used globally in a wide range of food and ornamental crops. Spidex is a biological control [...] thrive in multiple conditions. This means that you can use Spidex in a wide variety of crops, including vegetables (in the greenhouse and field),

• Cannabis aphid

  are infested with Phorodon cannabis : Excess sap is excreted on leaves and flowers as a sticky “honeydew” which promotes the growth of black fungal [...] green stripes running the length of the body. The winged forms have a dark head and thorax. Cannabis aphids have [...] typically reach maturity within a couple of weeks, and adults live up to a month. Outdoors, as the days shorten

• Corn earworm

  , which makes it necessary to open the crop to detect the pest. Life cycle and appearance of the corn earworm The eggs of corn earworm are a milky-white [...] The corn earworm caterpillars go through six larval instars, over a total period of two to three weeks, developing a greyish colour and a black [...] , with a wingspan of 35 to 40 mm and a dark stripe on the side edge of the forewings

• Bugs

  Learn more about What are bugs? Heteropteran bugs form a group in the order Hemiptera , a highly diverse group of insects, containing [...] of especially the families Miridae and Pentatomidae are found as pests in [...] . They also cause tissue damage and deformed growth as a result of toxic substances that they inject into plants

• Lesser house fly

  General The genus Fannia comprises almost 300 different species of fly, including the lesser house fly , the latrine fly and a whole host of [...] and bacteria such as Salmonella Life cycle and appearance of the Lesser house [...] a wide range of moisture levels and are adapted to stay near the surface of

• Vine mealybug

  effect is a reduction of photosynthesis and therefore the yield. Flowers and fruit often [...] voluminous, has an elongated oval shape and has no wings. The body is covered with a fine waxy material and have 18 pairs of wax rods round the edge of the body, and two slightly longer 'tail filaments

• Citrus mealybug

  regions of the world this mealybug poses a problem in greenhouse horticulture, and in [...] effect is a reduction of photosynthesis and therefore the yield. Flowers and fruit often [...] nymphs are known as ‘crawlers’. They are highly active in their search for a new feeding place and are capable of moving a reasonable distance over the

• Stable fly

  that feed on mammalian blood (particularly cattle and horses, humans, and pigs to a lesser extent). Although they are extremely [...] insects and can travel up to 20 km in search of new hosts. Damage symptoms Stable flies [...] hog cholera, and the protozoan trypanosomes that cause surra. Life cycle and appearance of