Koppert Collaborates with Valto to Control Harmful Tomato Virus

Infestation Levels in Tomato Crops: A Look at the Top Four

Pepino mosaic virus

virus started to damage greenhouse tomato crops in Europe. Although the virus only causes major problems in tomato cultivation, other plants of the Solanaceae [...] Necrosis of the stems Fruit Yellow or orange mottling on the tomatoes Flame-like pattern on the tomatoes Cracks and damage to the fruit (splitting open) Symptoms [...] also act as a host. Damage symptoms The impact of a PepMV infection for the tomato grower is variable. Several factors contribute to this variability. The

V10

V10 protects tomato plants grown in commercial production greenhouses from aggressive strains of the Pepino mosaic virus by cross-protections Diseases [...] mosaic virus (PepMV) — labeled strains: CH2, EU, and LP Crops Greenhouse tomato crops. Mode of action After application, the asymptomatic Pepino mosaic [...] mosaic virus (PepMV) strains contained in V10 become established within the tomato plant without causing damaging symptoms. This presence interferes with the

Grey mould

causes rotting of the foot and may cause death of the plants. In cucumber and tomato the fungus causes lesions on pruning wounds. These lesions may encircle [...] sufficient moisture, for example pruning wounds on the stems of cucumber and tomato. In general, grey mould (Botryotinia fuckeliana / Botrytis cinerea) is [...] crops Remove diseased plants or plant parts in a closed plastic bag In tomato: prune with a knife and not by hand, to avoid rugged, irregular wound surfaces

A step-by-step guide to whitefly control

Particularly damaging, Bemisia tabaci spreads Tomato Yellow Leaf-Curl Virus (TYLCV), severely impacting tomato crops. Greenhouse whiteflies ( Trialeurodes [...] focusing on biological solutions. These pests favor a variety of crops such as tomatoes, roses, cucumbers, and even cannabis, necessitating a strategic, multi-pronged [...] Irregular ripening: Nymphal feeding disrupts normal ripening in fruits like tomatoes, leaving internal tissue unripe and hard despite normal external appearance

Nematodes significantly reduce Tuta larvae

spread of Tuta absoluta continues to seriously damage tomato crops worldwide, Italian greenhouse tomato grower and technician, Vittorio Zoboli, confirms that [...] product. The company built its first greenhouses in the ‘90s for growing tomatoes using innovative production techniques. ‘Today, this allows us to offer [...] our areas, we have had problems controlling this pest chemically in our tomato crops. The problem got worse with the ban on several chemical products,

Bacterial wilt, brown rot

produced from wounds, which is not seen in Clavibacter -infected plants. In tomato, the youngest leaves are affected first. They show signs of wilting during [...] but overlapping host-range. Race 3 is pretty much restricted to potato and tomato. Whereas other races have optimum temperatures of 35-37 °C, the optimum

Natupol Excel

environments. Crops Crops with >35 flowers/m 2 /week, such as cherry tomatoes and snack tomatoes, (straw)berries. Mode of action After introduction of the hive [...] stings Checklist growing lights Manual growing lights Pollination checklist Tomato Application Place the hive on a horizontal platform (avoid inclination,

Nematodes established solution for Nesidiocoris in France

France for a good 10 years. It causes significant damage, particularly to tomatoes, and seriously disrupts biological equilibrium. SCEA de Fontanel was one [...] Capsanem to control the Nesidiocoris pressure. ‘We produce five hectares of tomatoes, through direct and hydroponic cultivation, in Châteaurenard near Marseille