• AmericanHort Community Connector Roundtable: Managing Pests, Diseases & Weeds

  February 28, 2025

  not a member, consider joining so you can take advantage of valuable events like this virtual panel. Members can interact with carefully selected experts

• International series ‘Plants for Life, Plants to Survive’

  January 22, 2021

  the cycling of both macro- and micro-nutrients back into forms that plants can use. Healthy soil means healthy food and, in the end, healthy animals and [...] degradation. "I firmly believe that regenerative agriculture management systems can regenerate producer profitability and create economic incentives for producers [...] possible infections, eliminating the need for pesticides. They produce food that can regenerate public health, with an elevated content of immune compounds that

• In Search of the Relationship Between NatuGro and Nitrogen Release

  February 18, 2020

  behalf of NovaCropControl: ‘Can we prove that use of NatuGro does indeed cause plants to absorb too much nitrogen? And can we prove that nutrient absorption [...] pests and soil-borne fungi, how can we therefore reduce the use of insecticides and fungicides in strawberries, and how can we increase the effect of our [...] is increased absorption of nutrients, including nitrogen. However, plants can also absorb too much of this element and become highly attractive to pests

• Freezing Tolerance in Blueberries

  May 7, 2020

  cell. By taking the right measurements, we can lower the freezing point by 3 degrees. And these 3 degrees can be the difference between a good harvest or [...] fields where we don’t have this option. Does this mean there is nothing we can do? Frost damage Every year again we see differences in fields regarding frost [...] The freezing point is also lowered if the cell contains more ions . This can be achieved by multiple minerals like potassium, calcium, sodium, nitrate

• Reducing plastic pollution: We celebrate World Environment Day

  June 5, 2023

  challenge, and we are on a journey championing eco-friendly solutions where we can in our packaging materials. Our sustainable packaging success stories of the [...] Koppert, our commitment lies in utilizing renewable or recycled materials that can be efficiently recycled or composted by our customers. We constantly strive [...] materials. We aspire to ensure that all our clients have access to products that can be easily composted or recycled at the end of their lifecycle.

• Swirski-Mite: First Aid for Problems with Thrips and Whitefly

  April 9, 2019

  insects in order to survive; it can also build up its numbers on pollen. This is extremely useful as it means you can ensure there are enough predatory [...] an outbreak of thrips or whitefly ? The natural enemy Amblyseius swirskii can help you fight these infestations effectively. Well begun is half done! A

• The How and Why of IPM

  April 4, 2019

  start by selecting strong, resilient crops and varieties. As a grower, you can also improve the resilience of crops below and above the soil surface in various [...] by pests as much as possible. If problems do occur in spite of this, you can solve them using natural enemies. It's often even better to have the natural [...] Otherwise the ecosystem you have built up so carefully will collapse again. You can check this with the Koppert Side Effects app. ( Side-Effects Database Page

• Perfect Potted Hydrangeas for Super-Strict Customers

  December 6, 2019

  ability to produce some 2.5 million units every year, which means that we can send out large numbers of plants every week if necessary, all of excellent [...] also scattered over the plants to give Swirski-Mite in particular, which can also control thrips, whitefly , and tarsonemid mites , a helping hand. This

• The Spread of Whitefly

  August 14, 2020

  whitefly tends to spread over the plant vertically, considering that the larvae can only move in the first stage. The adult insects prefer to lay their eggs on [...] it is capable of surviving for some time on plants with hardy leaves. Eggs can even survive temperatures below freezing (more than fifteen days at -3°C/26 [...] lay their eggs on the underside of the leaves, just the same. Adult insects can spread by flying or simply on the wind. While the greenhouse whitefly prefers

• Big impact starts small

  May 1, 2023

  Using microorganisms in crop protection can offer many benefits to growers. They are safe and easy to use, as they can be applied with existing spray equipment [...] and optimize our micro product range and production processes. To ensure we can provide our growers with the highest quality and best performing biological