• Protect Crops Against Redheaded Flea Beetle

  February 1, 2025

  know you’re going to get a lot more—and soon. Adult beetles have stronger resistance so letting them reach that stage is too late. For the best treatment [...] beetle down the road. This pest causes shotgun-style hole damage in perennial and shrub foliage that ruins the retail value of high end crops. Beetles come [...] when there are high numbers of them down in the potting mixture. Capsanem and Isarid ™ from Koppert are proven to be an effective one-two punch to break

• Thripex with More Punch - Now Available in Bulk

  August 18, 2021

  consuming the eggs and the first larval stage of the pest. This predatory mite also has an effect on other small organisms such as spider mites and tarsonemid [...] years and is used effectively in crops in which whitefly is not present. The predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris establishes itself in the crop and can control [...] mites (e.g. strawberry mite and broad mite ). Advantages Higher concentration More predatory mites per metre (particularly useful where thrips have developed

• Koppert Involved in New Project Aiming for Sustainable Control of Poultry Red Mite

  June 4, 2019

  monitoring and decision support system, improving non-chemical treatments and raising awareness of farmers and implementing innovative and environmental [...] for animal health and welfare. The problem of poultry red mite is very complex as early stage infestations are difficult to discover and very few products [...] Interreg project, aiming to stimulate technology and knowledge exchange to jointly develop, test, demonstrate and implement innovative integrated pest management

• Prevention: the most powerful weapon in the fight against Fusarium

  December 13, 2022

  worldwide and can infect many plants. In addition to causing wilting, Fusarium wilt is also responsible for causing rot in fruit and in the stems and base of [...] of plants, spoiling after harvest, spots on leaves, and dried-out grains. And unfortunately, an infection can be difficult to identify at the start. Fusarium [...] the soil for nutrients and can even destroy this harmful fungus. However, it is important to apply this Trichoderma at an early stage, preferably during planting

• Koppert Partners with Canadian Ecoation

  June 17, 2019

  Koppert. ‘Detecting pests and diseases at early stages; providing comprehensive and local information about individual plants and their environment as well [...] protection and for this reason involved in the selection and development of effective AI monitoring systems to monitor and analyse pests and diseases in [...] focuses on AI-driven autonomous crop management and sensing based on robotic, sensing & imaging technology and artificial intelligence /machine learning. Last

• Spot the caterpillar!

  June 28, 2023

  larvae of butterflies and moths, and there are as many as 150,000 species worldwide. The group is very uniform in appearance and behavior, but they vary [...] one and a half to two millimeters, while the largest butterfly can be as large as thirty centimeters. Butterflies and moths go through four stages of [...] species and sizes. Some stand out from the foliage, but most are the same color as the plant from which they live. They’re also masters of hide-and-seek.

• Spical: The Effective Weapon Against All Types of Spider Mite

  October 12, 2020

  family’! Harmful spider mites come in all sorts of species and sizes. Most spider mites (and there are 1,200 different species) make characteristic, small [...] attacks all species of spider mite: Two-spotted spider mite The best-known and most widespread harmful mite is the two-spotted spider mite ( Tetranychus [...] drives quite a few growers around the world to despair. If conditions are hot and dry, you can almost guarantee that the two-spotted spider mite will rear its

• FAQ Nematodes

  nematodes work at all stages of the pest insect? It depends. Some pests are susceptible to nematode infection in both larval and adult stages, some only during [...] cannot survive at very low temperatures and certainly not outside a host. Only if the nematode is in the host and the temperature is not too low is there [...] during the larval stages (and some only as adults). As a general rule, nematodes are most effective against young larvae, especially in the case of large insects

• Spidex Vital Go: the ultimate multi-hotspot performer

  March 31, 2025

  Go offers growers a new, accessible, and highly effective way to combat spider mites hotspots at the earliest stage. The solution offers a new level of [...] of control through its sachet-based system, and allows growers to: Precision target: Detect and address the very first signs of potential spider mite hotspots [...] these beneficial mites to multiply within the sachet, ensuring a sustained and consistent release throughout the crop during 2 weeks. By applying the sachets

• Operation Mealybug

  the crop in various ways: Nymphs and females extract the sap from the plant, stunting growth and causing deformation and/or yellowing of leaves, sometimes [...] reduces photosynthesis and therefore the yield. Where flowers and fruit are concerned, these often drop off; Plant sap is low in proteins and rich in sugars. [...] Fruit and flowers are also fouled, rendering them unfit for sale, and the reduced level of photosynthesis in the leaves also reduces flower and fruit