• Aphids and How to Protect Your Crop

  April 3, 2020

  succeed, crop monitoring is essential. Horiver and Rollertrap units ensure monitoring is efficient with regards to both time and cost. Solutions Aphidend [...] quickly become one of the most threatening greenhouse pests. For a long time, in crops where natural enemies had been released against other pests, aphids [...] effective as preventative measures, as well as, controls in heavily infested areas. For extra support in heavily infested areas, Koppert produces several products

• Chrysopa

  conditions Chrysoperla carnea is effective in a wide temperature range including low temperatures (average > 12°C/54°F). It is most effective at 20-28°C (68-82°F) [...] their body fluids. Visual effect Prey is sucked out, shrivelled skins are difficult to find. Chrysoperla carnea is active mainly during the night. The larvae [...] first pests are detected in the crop. Introduction rates typically range from 2-20 per m 2 /release. Releases should be made in infested areas only and

• Phytoseiulus persimilis

  outbreak is quickly and effectively dealt with, but the disadvantage is that it disappears rapidly in the absence of suitable prey. When prey is in short [...] persimilis is sensitive to relative humidity below 70%. Phytoseiulus persimilis in bottles The predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis is available in a bottle [...] Phytoseiulus persimilis in sachets The predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis is also available in breeding sachets ( Spidex Vital Plus ). In this case the predatory

• Control Bean Seed Fly with Beneficial Nematodes

  seed fly. He emphasizes its cost-effectiveness, highlighting how it prevents the need for expensive resowing, saving growers both time and money, and sparing [...] role Capirel ( Steinernema feltiae ) plays in managing bean seed fly infestations and minimizing crop damage. He is confident that without Capirel, resowing [...] strategic advantage in the control of bean seed fly. They search for and penetrate Delia platura larvae and release symbiotic bacteria into its body cavity. These

• How to protect bumblebees from heat

  vital role that bumblebees play in pollination , especially in hot temperature conditions. As temperatures rise, it is crucial to ensure effective pollination [...] be reduced if the humidity is too low or radiation is too high. In conventional greenhouses, the recommended humidity range is 60-75%. Due to better air [...] of 28°C inside the hive in any environmental conditions. Above 28°C the pollination capacity is reduced as their activity is focused on cooling the hive

• About bumblebees

  bumblebee to pollinate a flower in a single visit. A honeybee typically needs to visit a flower between 7-10 times, before it is fully pollinated Bumblebees [...] The natural life cycle of the bumblebee is copied under laboratory conditions at our production facilities. In this way, we provide the best conditions [...] queen will not leave it. She will be inside the nest, continuingly laying eggs and providing orders for the worker bumblebees. In late summer the queen

• Feltiella acarisuga

  on various spider mite species, in particular the two-spotted spider mite . Feltiella acarisuga is a key component in integrated pest management (IPM) [...] Feltiella acarisuga is available at Koppert as Spidend . How to use Feltiella acarisuga The predatory gall midge Feltiella acarisuga is available in plastic cups [...] control with Feltiella acarisuga Feltiella acarisuga is a predatory gall midge highly effective in the biological control of spider mites . This beneficial

• Tomato russet mite

  plants. Aculops lycopersici was detected for the first time in Australia and is a pest in tomatoes in all areas where they are grown. Other members of the [...] Vasates destructor and Phyllocoptes destructor in older publications) belongs to the family Eriophyidae. It does not produce galls but lives freely (vagrant) [...] turn a rusty brown colour, and in serious cases they may snap. The fruit can also be affected, and when this happens in tomatoes, the skin becomes coarse

• Pollination checklist outdoor

  honeybees. This is necessary because the honeybees may be attracted by the sugar water in the bumblebee hive, particularly if the main crop is not yet flowering [...] direct sunlight, particularly in warm periods. Provide the hive with sufficient shade, for example by positioning it in the shadow of the crop. Ensure [...] Koppert's bumblebees ensure natural pollination in both indoor and outdoor crops. Good pollination in outdoor crops can be achieved by following the r

• Thrips Can Get Out of Hand Quickly!

  August 18, 2021

  response is required if thrips are to be brought under control. A small spot with thrips can become a real infestation in no time! The temperature in particular [...] higher the temperature it is, the more active the thrips are and the faster they multiply. This is why the insects feel so at home in a warm greenhouse. Other [...] t from egg to adult takes about 40 days. At 30 °C/86°F, it takes just nine to eleven days (it varies a bit depending on the species of thrips). And under