• Prevention: the most powerful weapon in the fight against Fusarium

  December 13, 2022

  difficult to combat. This makes prevention essential. Because many Fusarium species and varieties strike when crops are weak, it is essential to ensure that [...] difficult disease to treat. The fungus that causes this disease, Fusarium , is found worldwide and can infect many plants. In addition to causing wilting [...] And unfortunately, an infection can be difficult to identify at the start. Fusarium often strikes when a crop is weak, but there are also varieties of this

• Natutec Scout Wins GreenTech Innovation Award 2019

  June 11, 2019

  built into the app enabling you to collect data on location without having to physically count the pests or make notes behind a computer screen or laptop in [...] growers the opportunity to act in good time. The dashboard linked to the app is able to generate advice reports and holds the key to further standardization [...] sticky traps to identify and count the insects in the crop. The IPM-data is then stored in a central database and offers growers the possibility to carry out

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  February 8, 2024

  'Without a doubt, it is a product with a lot of potential for pepper cultivation,' says Pedro Militão. The good results obtained with Trianum make Koppert's [...] consumer zero residues. Trianum has proven to be a good solution that eliminates the need to use pesticides to control diseases at the soil level in industrial [...] introduction of mechanical harvesting, we were forced to change our way of producing, and we decided to introduce new means that would help protect the roots

• Earth Day 2022: Koppert’s ongoing investment in the planet

  April 21, 2022

  processes. This follows our mission to contribute to a healthy environment by reducing internal and external waste to zero % while using 100% eco-friendly [...] day devoted to the planet. It draws attention to the environment, and promotes conservation and sustainability. On April 22, more than a billion people [...] day devoted to the planet. It draws attention to the environment, and promotes conservation and sustainability. On April 22, more than a billion people

• Koppert’s microbial solutions for sustainable food production

  October 15, 2020

  the way to improve future food production where microbial solutions can contribute to soil health and plant stress resilience, a new world to be explored [...] Under the cloud of a global pandemic and changing climate, crop resilience has become a vital factor in our struggle to produce food with shrinking resources [...] question we face is: How to achieve food security for an increasing world population while changing food production systems to ease the pressure on our

• Celebrating real food heroes

  October 19, 2022

  rising cost of living. World Food Day is a day on which to think about ways to achieve food security for everyone. ‘Now that we are increasingly involved in [...] celebrated annually on 16 October to promote global awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and to highlight the need to ensure healthy diets for [...] want to preserve the health of the environment.’ Xrarm and the tower of hope Xfarm a local social project in Puglia on more than 50 hectares, is a great

• Sustainable Cultivation Goes Much Further than Pests and Natural Enemies

  August 18, 2021

  Around ten to fifteen years ago, performing a read-out of a genome was extremely expensive. These days, it is more affordable. If you have the scope to invest [...] technology are growing in importance in response to Koppert's broaderfield of work. ‘If we can get to know and understand the plant better, we can also [...] The chemical products are becoming less effective, their residues are a threat to food safety, and both chemicals and artificial fertilizers are products

• Phyllokare Hydroponics Leaflet

  settling or clogging. PhylloKare is not just a biostimulant; it’s the gold standard to support growers to a smarter, more productive ROI Problem–Solution [...] New Standard in Biostimulants PhylloKare is a premium Ascophyllum nodosum biostimulant produced through a proprietary alkaline extraction process that [...] and concentrates key bioactive compounds, making it highly suitable for hydroponic cultivation. The result is a pure, fully soluble, and highly consistent

• Ten facts about spider mites

  November 18, 2021

  the spider mite. Is a spider mite an insect? Nothing could be farther from the truth! It is a tiny spider and lives off plant sap. A spider mite attack [...] Knowledge is critical to ensuring good biological control. And it’s no different when it comes to spider mite – the more you know about this pest, the [...] is often localized, and you should make sure that you scout affected areas early on. Under the right conditions, a spider mite population can expand very

• Beneficial Nematodes against Horticultural Pests

  are being researched). They are selectively applied to combat a significant variety of pests in a wide range of temperatures, such as the pupae and larvae [...] within a few days. The nematodes that emerge then start their search for a new host. Part of the IPM toolbox Nematodes have increasingly become a powerful [...] together to either partly substitute, and sometimes replace the use of conventional pesticides, to manage pests that are extremely difficult to control