• Target pests of beneficial nematodes in stone fruits & nuts

  Autumn/Spring Spray/drench over a 1 m radius around the tree trunk - 1 or 2 treatments in springtime and in autumn Larvae 1 - 3 million in 10L min [...] Even more for pests that are difficult to control and where chemicals fail or are simply not available anymore. Beneficial nematodes can be used to tackle

• Prevent internal spider mite contamination

  December 13, 2022

  such items as soon as you go to another department or field. Ensure that you start the winter season (or dormant period) with very little spider mite con [...] circumstances should you move contaminated plant material to another department or field. Do not compost contaminated material. The composting process will not

• Quality is Key at Koppert!

  October 14, 2019

  Packaging and Logistics Next, the mites are packed into different size bottles or sachets; ensuring enough oxygen for the journey to the growers. The packaging [...] to strict procedures. The orders are then stored in climate control rooms or transported to the end-user in climate-controlled conditions. Professional

• Perfect Potted Hydrangeas for Super-Strict Customers

  December 6, 2019

  the greatest threat is not in the shrinking number of pest control products or more stringent rules, but in the lack of uniformity in legislation. "Customers [...] of products that they will allow, but those products vary between customers or certificates. For growers, workability would increase if the rules were more [...] are always having to contend with new issues." He mentions Thrips setosus , or Japanese thrips, which began to settle in hydrangeas a few years ago without

• Natutec Scout Wins GreenTech Innovation Award 2019

  June 11, 2019

  location without having to physically count the pests or make notes behind a computer screen or laptop in your office.’ Real-time Insight Into the State

• Global awareness of food loss and waste reduction

  September 29, 2021

  efficiency and help growers get the most out of their crops with the same inputs, or even less input. Growers get top quality produce that will last longer, with [...] use of solar panels, electric vehicles and reducing the kilometres driven or travelled are all part of reducing waste and our carbon footprint at the same

• IPM: The Path to a Successful Approach

  April 23, 2019

  monitoring diseases and pests as resources to help you during your journey on the road to success. Getting started, step by step But all these tips mean you are [...] without chemicals? Are you looking for a solution to a particular problem? Or do you want to better meet the requirements of your customers? Call in help: [...] can from colleagues with experience. Ensure that you and your employees have or develop sufficient knowledge and skills to achieve your ambitions. Don't give

• Get the growers’ guide to biological crop protection

  April 13, 2018

  and its many phases, as well as giving you the ability to recognize the pest or disease you are up against by means of detailed illustrations and close-up

• Koppert Biological Systems Takes Over Horticoop’s Biological Crop Protection Activities

  October 2, 2018

  will keep their trusted consultant who will be working intensively with his or her R&D colleagues at Koppert after the transfer. With the expansion of the [...] supply chain means the company will be even closer to the customer and his or her demands and challenges. These insights are the key to success in accelerating

• What is Biological Control?

  September 15, 2020

  Finish Clean with an IPM Based Program Biological control Biological control or biocontrol is defined as "the use of a population of one organism to reduce [...] 2017). It is based on an existing principle in nature: most organisms have one or more natural enemies by which populations of an organism are regulated, m [...] this balance is easily disturbed because there are either no natural enemies, or they are not effective enough to keep the balance. These organisms then become