• Trade Show Dates for Koppert's Cannabis and Ornamental Crop Team

  December 18, 2024

  As you fill in the squares on a fresh calendar this New Year, remember to pencil in a visit to the Cannabis and Ornamental Crop Team at the Koppert booth [...] below. We’ve assembled a list of dates for the major shows they are attending in 2025. Each one is a special opportunity to meet a group of Koppert technical [...] to schedule a client visit or make an appointment to have a more in-depth discussion. Here’s where we’ll be in 2025: • MANTS [Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade

• Natutec Drone

  release of a range of biological organisms in record time over large agricultural expanses. It is a unique dispersal mechanism that can carry a wide range [...] than 50 years’ experience in the production of biologicals, with extensive R&D knowledge and experience in the field, to produce a high-tech dispersal mechanism [...] accuracy and efficacy over 8 hectares in the space of an hour. The high-tech release system was designed and developed in-house by Koppert’s Technical Department

• Shore fly

  transmit plant diseases and can be a nuisance to greenhouse works by their sheer numbers. Frass deposited on leaves or flowers in ornamental crops, lettuce and [...] following stages: egg, three larval instars, a pupa and the adult fly. The eggs are laid singly and are bean-shaped. A first instar larva is translucent white [...] General Shore flies ( Scatella tenuicosta ) occur very commonly, often in the vicinity of water. They feed on algae. Other shore fly species have diverse

• Swirski-Mite

  are detected in the crop. Introduction rates typically range from 25-300 per m2/release. Releases should be repeated if necessary. Consult a Koppert advisor [...] various thrips species and eggs and larvae of whitefly . Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action Predatory mites use their piercing mouthparts to extract [...] Diboxes Make sure the material remains on the introduction site for at least a few hours after introduction Can also be applied with Natutec Airobreez , Natutec

• Lift Off for Koppert Innovation

  January 14, 2020

  Chrysopa to combat a range of pests such as spider mites and thrips , in a variety of crops. The Natutec Drone will initially be available in the U.S. where [...] control a range of harmful pests. Although drones have been used in various agricultural applications for some time, Koppert’s latest innovation – a multi-carrier [...] handling and need to be dispersed in the correct locations in the right numbers to carry out their valuable work in the crop. Airborne technology Product

• Entomite-M

  insects. The mites appear in and on the soil and at the base of plant stems. The reduction of the infestation level occurs at a slow but steady rate. Pack [...] be repeated once or twice, or until control is achieved. Consult a Koppert advisor or a recognized distributor of Koppert products for advice on the best [...] conditions For optimal results the medium has to be moist, rich in organic matter and have a loose structure. The minimum temperature for successful use of

• Sustainable Cultivation Goes Much Further than Pests and Natural Enemies

  April 23, 2018

  policies in place in many parts of the world,’ says Peter Maes, presenting his view on the future at the headquarters of Koppert Biological Systems in Berkel [...] interactions would allow us to cultivate crops in a much more natural and therefore more sustainable way and in many cases actually prevent outbreaks of diseases [...] technology used in the research is becoming ever cheaper. ‘Take the genome, for example. Around ten to fifteen years ago, performing a read-out of a genome was

• Biosolutions for Propagation

  Maintaining Stock Plants Most growers see a significant increase in output the first year a Koppert BioSolution is deployed on their stock plant program [...] spider mites in his rose breeding program. Request Free IPM Support Starting Off Humid Propagation crops—seeds, cuttings, tissue culture—are in their first [...] items Jeremy Webber (center) with two global Koppert experts brought in to solve a client’s thrips problem.

• Leaf miners

  cosmetic damage. In (sub)tropical areas this can lead to burning in fruit such as tomato and melon. Loss of leaves also reduces yield. In full-grown plants [...] species in this family, only eleven are truly polyphagous. The species that cause most damage all belong to the genus Liriomyza and are very common in temperate [...] fruiting vegetable crops, however, a considerable quantity of foliage can be lost before the harvest is affected. The size of a leaf tunnel depends on the stage

• Faba bean

  and is a firm plant with sturdy stems of a square cross-section. The broad beans are broad, leather like pods. They are green and usually mature to a bla [...] the Vicia faba , a flowering plant and species belonging to the vetch and pea family Fabaceae . The name ‘broad bean’ is commonly used in the United Kingdom [...] blackish-brown with a densely downy skin. Nowadays, modern varieties specifically cultivated for food production have pods which are 15-25 cm long and 2-3