• New Packaging

  Styrofoam to a fully recyclable package for shipping. Over the next several months, you will start to see this new packaging. At first the switch to the new [...] is being banned in many cities and towns. The bans could impact the future of Styrofoam shipping in general. To be one step ahead of the issues and controversy [...] For the past 50 years Koppert’s mission has been to contribute to better health of people and the planet. Therefore, there is no better way to accomplish

• More Sustainable Nematode Formulation

  December 28, 2020

  notice the change based on the look & feel of the new formulation, except for the bags in the outer box which have a different colour now, namely green": says [...] formulation has the advantage of being much easier to dissolve making it fully compatible with the available spraying/irrigation systems in the market, including [...] advantage in this field when it comes to the competition." Correct application is crucial It remains crucial that nematodes are applied correctly to reach

• Whitefly – small pest, big problem

  February 2, 2023

  damage in vegetable, fruit, and ornamental crops. To minimize the impact, it’s important to be able to recognize damage as quickly as possible. The larvae [...] is one of the most serious. The larvae and mature insects can pick up the virus before transmitting it in the adult stage. Even more misery The tobacco whitefly [...] protein to grow, which they obtain by extracting sap from plants. The sap contains a variety of sugars; the excess is secreted as honeydew. In many cases

• Garden chafer

  stay close to the ground. Females start to deposit eggs into the soil at a depth up to 5 cm soon after mating. The eggs elongate at laying but in time become [...] hairy wings with a dark edge. The neck shield is metallic green to shiny black. In Central Europe, they emerge from the soil in May or June. Low swarming flights [...] General The garden chafer ( Phyllopertha horticola ) is a beetle from the Scarabaeidae family. It does most of its damage in the larval stage when it feeds

• Capirel

  inside the host. This kills the pest within a few hours to days after infection. Visual effect Infected pest insects in the root zone turn yellow to brown [...] difficult to find, due to rapid degradation. Infected foliar pests simply fall to the ground. Pack size 3,000 million - 4 sachets of 750 million in a box [...] 15-20°C/59-68°F) Stir well and leave the contents to soak for five minutes Stir again and pour the contents of the bucket into the half-filled spray tank (except

• Aphipar

  mummy. The adult parasitic wasp emerges through a hole at the rear of the mummy. The first mummies are noticed in the crop around 10-14 days after the first [...] parasitic wasps emerge from the mummies and females lay their eggs into aphids . The next generation of parasitic wasps develops inside the aphid, which converts [...] bottles. Carrier Wood chips. Application Spread the material on rock wool slabs or in Diboxes Make sure the material remains dry and is not moved from its

• Aphipar-M

  mummy. The adult parasitic wasp emerges through a hole at the rear of the mummy. The first mummies are noticed in the crop around 10-14 days after the first [...] parasitic wasps emerge from the mummies and females lay their eggs into aphids . The next generation of parasitic wasps develop inside the aphid, which converts [...] bottle. Carrier Wood chips. Application Spread the material on rock wool slabs or in Diboxes Make sure the material remains dry and is not moved from its

• Just How Compostable are Ulti-Mite Sachets?

  October 23, 2019

  place in a natural environment and the timeframe is limited to 12 weeks. For example, an apple on the side of the road or a tomato in the green waste of [...] researched. The sachet quality is not only important for the time that it is being used by our customer in the crop, it also plays a role in the total production [...] bed, it does not have the right conditions to degrade within the same specific timeframe. As a result the whole process can take up to over a year. This is

• Biodiversity: Research into our positive impact on nature

  May 23, 2022

  IPM: The Answer to the Challenges of the Future Sustainable Cultivation Goes Much Further than Pests and Natural Enemies IPM: The Path to a Successful [...] worldwide due to the loss of habitats, the use of pesticides in agriculture, acidification of our soil, and climate change. Biodiversity is the foundation [...] ty needs to be prioritized. Major policy changes are being implemented globally and at European level. The European Green Deal including the Biodiversity

• AmericanHort Community Connector Roundtable: Managing Pests, Diseases & Weeds

  February 28, 2025

  t is the leading national association for the green industry and works to connect that industry across states and segments, providing members the opportunity [...] invited to participate in AmericanHort’s Community Connector Roundtable: Managing Pests, Diseases & Weeds on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM [...] with Koppert for the past decade and is one of the most well-informed plant experts at Koppert regarding ornamental IPM. Her experience in many aspects of