• Cotton aphid

  distributed throughout the world but prefers the warmer regions. It has been a pest in European greenhouses since the late 1980’s, particularly affecting cucumber

• Tobacco aphid

  probably evolved from the peach potato aphid in the Far East and is a key pest of tobacco crops in both the United States and South America. The tobacco

• Cabbage moth

  brassicae) is a highly polyphagous defoliator. Besides being a major cabbage pest, it feeds on 70 plants of 22 families, among them crops such as sweet pepper

• Enhancing the efficiency of biocontrol applications with Natutec Airobreez

  evenly distributing natural enemies across the crops, reducing time spent on pest management significantly. "I would highly recommend it to any grower seeking

• Cannabis aphid

  aphid ( Phorodon cannabis ; a.k.a. bhang aphid or hemp aphid) is a very new pest to North America. It was first seen on cuttings originating from Colorado

• Once Again Koppert and CABI Collaborate

  October 8, 2018

  non-chemical integrated pest management solutions that ultimately allow farmers to grow more and lose less to agricultural pests and diseases.’ Following [...] International ) and the Koppert Foundation stepped up their efforts to combat pests which threaten the food security and livelihoods of thousands of farmers [...] also envisaged for Plantwise* ‘plant doctors’ who give advice on integrated pest management to local farmers. Other key areas of intended collaboration between

• Got Mealybugs? Here’s The Solution.

  July 11, 2025

  chlorophyll, ornamental crops respond by dropping their flowers. Mealybugs are pests for all seasons. In the South, where winters are warm, they are a year-long [...] as the weather starts to warm up in spring. To make matters worse, these pests have a waxy coating that’s like a suit of armor protecting them from many [...] simply re-emerge to do more damage. Koppert Biocontrols can help. If the pest infestation is already at critical mass an immediate solution is Cryptobug-L

• Bios To The Rescue In GrowerTalks

  March 2, 2026

  presents a handful of situations where you can use bios to clean up nightmare pest scenarios without having to dip into your chemical locker. In the article [...] correct. The author lays out BioSolutions for eradicating three stubborn pests: Western flower thrips (WFT), spider mites , and caterpillars . In an interesting

• Finish Clean with an IPM Based Program

  August 10, 2021

  Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program that starts from the roots, works its way to the foliage, and helps to monitor for invasive pests throughout the [...] Biological pest control agents, penetrate deep into the canopy where sprays and fogs don’t go Biological agents don’t care about pesticide - resistant pest populations [...] the growing cycle. There are many definitions that explain what Integrated Pest Management is. Most important is its aim: use biological control when you

• Miglyphus

  Pests Leaf miners ( Lyriomyza spp.). Mode of action Adult female parasitic wasps of Diglyphus isaea kill second and third instar leaf miner larvae in the