• Koppert One

  expert-backed insights to support your decisions. The Digital Assistant also helps you with questions about Koppert products and how to control key pests and diseases [...] designed to simplify and strengthen biological crop protection . By combining expert knowledge, smart tools, and real-time data, it empowers growers to make [...] results. Go to web app Apply nematodes at the right moment with Timing Expert Timing can make or break the success of biological control. With Timing

• Sized for Success: Introducing the 125k Entomite-M for Cost-Efficient IPM!

  January 15, 2024

  Gnat or Western Flower Thrips can establish a beachhead. Also – keep moisture in mind with respect to how long they'll last in your growing medium. At the [...] excited to grow the family and add on a new size – 125,000! While we could have just made a bigger container and pumped up the numbers, we went back to the [...] first of which will be a significant reduction in freight cost. While it's not a linear decrease, we've concentrated our predator to carrier material volume

• Adapting Quickly Guarantees ‘Tomato Success’

  August 18, 2021

  It's also wise to use parasitic wasps and predatory bugs at an early stage so they can develop a sizable population and keep problems under control with [...] there, as it's also important to scout carefully throughout the season and adapt your strategy quickly when pests appear. Attention to fungi Then the summer [...] summer draws to a close. The air becomes more humid again and fungal diseases are more likely. Chemical control to prevent Botrytis is often an obvious

• FAQ Spidex Vital

  compared to previous product? No; in hotspot control we have observed an even better control of spider mites. What obstacle did Koppert overcome to produce [...] spider mite control? Hotspots of spider mite are even better under control with Spidex Vital, compared to the regular Spidex. Does anything change to the rate [...] No, continue to introduce Spidex Vital in the numbers you recommend your customers to obtain the best pest control. Does anything change to the mode of

• Spidex Vital Go: the ultimate multi-hotspot performer

  March 31, 2025

  continue to protect the crop for a longer period of time. Targeted application: Fewer predatory mites are lost by falling to the ground compared to loose [...] and highly effective way to combat spider mites hotspots at the earliest stage. The solution offers a new level of control through its sachet-based system [...] ns. Spidex Vital Go is also compatible with Spidex Vital bottles, making it a flexible and versatile tool for growers. Born to fight Spidex Vital Go predatory

• Spidex Vital lives up to its promises

  enters the crop to start searching. It makes the system more robust.’ Game changer in spider mite control As Koppert is able to control the production [...] they get right down to doing their job.’ A tense moment Sjaak van Dijk switched over to Spidex Vital at the start of February. ‘I have three crops a year [...] are somewhat less keen on it. Spidex Vital still has to prove itself in such dry conditions. I want to see what happens. However, it is a new product and

• Enjoy multiple benefits against spider mite with Spical

  December 12, 2021

  Spider mite is fast becoming resistant to pesticides. If you don’t have to use them as much, they will continue to be effective if the situation really does [...] you can be sure that Spical will waste no time getting to work in case of an emergency. Not only does this prevent considerable damage, but it also means [...] visible. You can release Spical at such an early stage thanks to the predatory mites ’ ability to survive without feeding on spider mites. It will eat other

• Better insights and digital advice with Natutec Scout

  the consultant to check up on things remotely – for Lema Tomaten, that’s the job of Koppert employee Floris van der Helm. ‘If I need to, I can give advice [...] promptly. In addition to scouting with the Horiver scanner, we can also enter manual pest counts, so I have two methods available to me.’ Locations, greenhouses [...] determines what the threshold value should be – in conjunction with his consultant if need be. The threshold value helps to prevent unnecessary work. Although

• Botrytis: ten must-knows

  November 15, 2021

  the damage can get out of hand. To avoid this, it's important to know the following 'Botrytis facts'. Botrytis is also called 'grey mold'. This name indicates [...] is enough for the mold spores to germinate. That's why it's important to work cleanly and neatly. Prevention is the way to fight this fungus. How? By ensuring [...] tube, kills them, and feeds on the contents of these dead cells. Botrytis loves soft plant parts, such as soft fruit, petals, and lush leaves. Crops with

• RedStar places trust in Natutec Scout

  consultant. That also saves time.’ The Natutec Scout app can also be used to monitor other pests. Koppert is working on making it possible to scan and recognize [...] entertaining note: I had to learn to trust the improved version of the app. After all, the software no longer makes mistakes, while I or others still can [...] he says, ‘I am more interested in seeing the trend. Is the level of whitefly infestation staying the same or is it going up or down? I want to see that