In Search of the Relationship Between NatuGro and Nitrogen Release

Bacterial canker of tomato

potato, the disease usually only occurs in the second half of the season. The first symptoms are wilting of the lower leaves and subsequent expansion of the [...] then growing into the vessels of the plant. Plant growth is inhibited and the plant wilts because the xylem vessels become blocked. The bacterium can survive [...] either destroy the infected crop entirely or, if the crop is old, only the plants in the infected area, with a substantial buffer zone. Replanting can

Towards a chemical-free future in agriculture: The vision of grower Koen

farming marks the path to the future. "You grow into it a bit," notes Koen. With the growing availability of knowledge and the number of biological crop [...] a conscious choice. Inheriting the farm from his parents, Koen had the opportunity to continue the business. While the trend towards organic farming was [...] difference at all, especially due to the rapid increase in effective organic methods." Limitation in use of chemical pesticides The increasing interest, especially

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

An unexpected solution: the story of Fernando Rodríguez and Koppert's predatory mites

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Koppert Announces the Promotion of Jeremy Sinift to Hydroponic Crop Team Manager

Flowering and Pollination – One of the Most Critical Blueberry Growth Stages

Build Bigger Profits from the Ground Up with the NatuGro System Proven results and performance guarantee The NatuGro system has been tested by 24 strawberry [...] strawberry growers in California over 4 years. 85% of the strawberry growers were able to increase their yields by 5 percent or higher, bringing their return [...] NatuGro. Field trials were carried out in the United States from 2015-2018. Trial locations were located in the three major strawberry producing regions

Spot the caterpillar!

Black leg of seedlings

infection is the easy stripping of the skin from the root cortex with a finger nail. Life cycle and appearance of Black leg of seedlings Pythium belongs to [...] bulbs. At first, the plants recover during the night, but later the plants wilt irreversibly. In potted plants the flower buds fall off. The side roots rot [...] and very little of the root system survives. On the border between air and soil or substrate the plant turns brown. A typical symptom of a Pythium infection

Downy mildew of Cucurbits

brown. On the underside of the leave fluffy growth appears which is first white and later turns grey-brown. This is actually the sporulation of the pathogens [...] For most downy mildews, the optimum temperature is around 15 o C and the closer the temperature is to this, the shorter the leaf wetness period that is [...] Inside the plant, the pathogens produce haustoria, small organs with which the pathogen can take up nutrients from the living plant cells. The pathogens