• Very few greenhouse crops are safe from whitefly

  July 19, 2022

  How to control whitefly? Help, whitefly! Now what? The Spread of Whitefly Swirski-Mite: First Aid for Problems with Thrips and Whitefly The Benefits of [...] whitefly and tobacco whitefly can thrive on a wide range of different host plants from all manner of families. Whitefly can appear on various vegetable crops [...] problem inside the greenhouse is more acute than outside, as temperatures inside tend to be higher. This stimulates the development of the infestation. In addition

• In Search of the Relationship Between NatuGro and Nitrogen Release

  February 18, 2020

  Trianum-G Trichoderma harzianum T-22 Trianum-P Trichoderma harzianum T-22 One of the effects of NatuGro is increased absorption of nutrients, including [...] plants will develop surplus amounts of nitrate when there is an oversupply of nitrogen. It is this nitrate that makes the plant attractive to fungi from [...] and NovaCropControl is looking into the consequences of lower rates of nitrogen release. The collaboration with NovaCropControl is an obvious choice: the

• Jeremy Webber Discusses Limonica In GrowerTalks Magazine

  January 30, 2025

  in the February, 2025 edition of GrowerTalks magazine. In A Meaner Mite For A Badder Bug he gives an overview and history of the apex predator Amblydromalus [...] limonicus and why it is so effective against common pests, including the elusive pepper thrips (Thrips parvispinus or TP). His deep dive covers how active the mite [...] mite is in much cooler weather, its mean attitude toward other bugs , and its capacity to breed faster to keep up with fast-breeding prey. He also explores

• How-to-Use Videos Now Available

  April 4, 2019

  videos are to showcase that using biological control products is not difficult and in some ways much easier than the traditional sprays. Further, this channel [...] Koppert's Products Just Got Easier Koppert Biological Systems has launched 47 new How-to-Use product videos with many more to follow. These are now available on [...] sustainable methods for agriculture and horticulture to better the health of people and the planet.

• Thrips parvispinus: The Tiny Pest Growers Can't Afford to Ignore

  August 18, 2026

  scope of the problem. By the time damage is visible, significant economic losses may already be underway. Understanding how this pest behaves is the first [...] greatest threat is often the damage that occurs before you even realize it is there. Coming Next Why Is Thrips parvispinus Changing the Rules of the Game? In [...] faced their share of pest challenges. Few, however, have generated as much concern as Thrips parvispinus , an invasive thrips species that is rapidly gaining

• Black leg of seedlings

  little of the root system survives. On the border between air and soil or substrate the plant turns brown. A typical symptom of a Pythium infection is the [...] the easy stripping of the skin from the root cortex with a finger nail. Life cycle and appearance of Black leg of seedlings Pythium belongs to the Oomycetes [...] conditions, especially dehydration. Germination of the oospores is stimulated by exudates from roots of a susceptible host nearby. The oospores germinate

• Entonem for Effective Control of Thrips in Ornamentals

  October 3, 2018

  that no visible residue is left on the leaves or fruit of the crop. After a long trajectory of research and development, Koppert is replacing the clay matrix [...] Koppert because of the savings on shipping costs. Koppert is consistentlysearching for ways to improve not only quality of its products but also how it can help [...] was affecting the economic value of ornamental crops especially. An additional advantage of the new gel formulation is the package size has been reduced

• Bacterial wilt, brown rot

  . Race 3 is pretty much restricted to potato and tomato. Whereas other races have optimum temperatures of 35-37 °C, the optimum for Race 3 is 27 °C, which [...] very wide range of potential host plants. Damage symptoms In potato, field symptoms of Ralstonia solanacearum are wilting and yellowing of leaves and stunted [...] may show signs of stunting and produce many adventitious roots on the stem. The vascular stem tissue is coloured brown and when the stem is cut, bacterial

• Thrips Can Get Out of Hand Quickly!

  April 16, 2019

  bit depending on the species of thrips). And under optimum conditions, a population of western flower thrips is even capable of doubling within just four [...] determines how quickly the problem spreads: the higher the temperature it is, the more active the thrips are and the faster they multiply. This is why the [...] humidity and the type of crop. An additional point is that western flower thrips love both plant juices and pollen, multiplying much faster on flowering

• Entonem

  control of various insect pests in protected crops and urban greens. It is effective at low temperatures, thus can also be applied in colder parts of the season [...] size 50 million - 1 sachet of 50 million in a box. 500 million - 2 sachets of 250 million in a box. 2,500 million - 10 sachets of 250 million in a box. D [...] contents of the bucket into the half-filled spray tank (except when tank mixing with a compatible product) Maintain agitation of mixture in the tank (e.g. with