• The cost-saving potential of biological crop protection for your IPM strategy

  February 20, 2025

  In the quest for effective pest and disease management, biological crop protection has emerged as an effective economically advantageous strategy. This [...] management (IPM) strategy. Understanding biocontrol and its economic potential Biological crop protection , often called biocontrol, involves using living organisms [...] wasps targeting caterpillars ), and pathogens (e.g., bacteria or fungi). Biological control agents are a proven strategy for managing target species, decreasing

• Podcast with Tech On Demand: A Biological Approach to Spring IPM, featuring Koppert’s Heidi Doering

  March 7, 2025

  ement strategies, as well as education and planning as they relate to biological IPM. Heidi also explores the importance of relationships in this regard [...] themselves fuels her passion for mentoring growers from conventional through biological controls. Heidi’s broad range gives her a unique perspective. Bill Calkins

• Grapevine powdery mildew

  Grapevine powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator) is a widespread fungal disease that poses a serious threat to commercial viticulture worldwide. The pathogen (also known as Uncinula necator ) infects all g

• Grape downy mildew

  not sufficient on their own under high pressure. Biological control of Grape downy mildew Biological control plays an increasingly important role in the

• Sweet pepper

  About The sweet pepper, also referred to as bell pepper or just pepper, is part of a specific group of cultivars that belongs to the species Capsicum annuum . These different cultivars of the sweet pe

• V10

  V10 protects tomato plants grown in commercial production greenhouses from aggressive strains of the Pepino mosaic virus by cross-protections Diseases Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) — labeled strains: CH

• Cannabis

  Biological crop protection in cannabis Cannabis crops can be affected by pests such as thrips , fungus gnats, spider mites , aphids , russet mites, and [...] integrated approach. Koppert supports commercial growers with science-based biological crop protection and IPM strategies, combining monitoring, beneficial insects [...] challenges across the industry. By combining local knowledge with global biological control expertise, we help growers implement effective Integrated Pest

• Strawberry

  whitefly Two-spotted spider mite Western flower thrips Biological pest control in strawberry Biological pest control is widely used in strawberry crops as [...] controlling caterpillar populations due to their unique biological characteristics. This method of biological control is highly targeted, as the nematodes specifically [...] diseases. By combining various techniques such as cultural practices, biological control agents, resistant cultivars and targeted pesticide applications

• Tomato

  whitefly Tobacco whitefly Two-spotted spider mite Biological pest control in tomato Aphid control Biological pest control of aphids in tomato crops can be [...] the use of synthetic chemical pesticides. By employing practices such as biological control, crop rotation, and careful monitoring, IPM not only preserves [...] fumosoroseus ( Isarid ), an entomopathogenic fungus, can be deployed as a biological control agent to naturally regulate aphid populations. The integration

• Cucumber

  mite Biological pest control in cucumber Aphid control For the control of aphids in cucumbers, a diverse array of natural predators and biological control [...] diseases. By combining various techniques such as cultural practices, biological control agents, resistant cultivars, and targeted pesticide applications [...] Neoseiulus cucumeris ( Thripex , Thripex-Plus , Thripex-V ) are effective biological solutions the control of thrips . The entomopathogenic fungus Isaria