• Keep Them Cool!

  August 10, 2021

  Bumblebees need to keep a cool head to be able to function optimally and carry out their valuable pollination work. ‘We go a long way to ensure that growers [...] location makes the difference Koppert’s guidelines advise growers to protect the hive against direct sunlight and to place it in a cool spot. For extreme [...] temperatures, the best practice is to help the colonies to keep cool during the hottest times of the day and allow them to pollinate in the early morning and

• Citripar: user – friendly application and sustainable packaging

  March 31, 2025

  ‘With this redesign, we aimed to improve both usability and sustainability. The new packaging makes it easier for growers to apply Citripar effectively while [...] We are excited to announce an update to our Citripar product, enhancing both its sustainability and user experience. Citripar , known for its effective [...] recyclable plastic lids. This update reflects the company's ongoing efforts to reduce plastic waste. Francesco Bourlot, Category Product Manager at Koppert

• Whitefly – small pest, big problem

  February 2, 2023

  damage in vegetable, fruit, and ornamental crops. To minimize the impact, it’s important to be able to recognize damage as quickly as possible. The larvae [...] many cases, sooty mold will form on the honeydew, which growers want to avoid. It makes fruit unsaleable, and the sooty mold on the leaves will trigger reduced [...] several world regions. Worse still, you only need a few whiteflies to cause damage to your vegetable, fruit, and ornamental crops. Get in touch with us

• Predatory mite pioneers: A journey of biocontrol innovations

  October 24, 2024

  species to emerge and spread rapidly,” says Peter. “We see it as our responsibility to find solutions to those challenges as quickly as possible to help prevent [...] are now closer than ever to customers in the Niagara region, enabling us to respond more swiftly to local needs. This local-to-local approach is not only [...] forced a shift from conventional to biological crop protection methods. “Growers urgently needed a solution to a difficult-to-control thrips species,” explains

• Predatory mite pioneers: A journey of biocontrol innovations

  October 21, 2024

  species to emerge and spread rapidly,” says Peter. “We see it as our responsibility to find solutions to those challenges as quickly as possible to help prevent [...] are now closer than ever to customers in the Niagara region, enabling us to respond more swiftly to local needs. This local-to-local approach is not only [...] forced a shift from conventional to biological crop protection methods. “Growers urgently needed a solution to a difficult-to-control thrips species,” explains

• Help, whitefly! Now what?

  June 2, 2022

  you intend to follow and stick to it. Scout the crop thoroughly. Is the infestation localized to one spot or spread throughout the crop? To choose an effective [...] when whitefly makes your life, and that of your crop, difficult. Compile a step-by-step plan in advance so that you know what action to take if you find [...] biological control, use other methods such as soaps or selective chemicals to try to reduce the population. Note that these methods can also harm the natural

• Experts Needed for International Plant Health, Agriculture & Biosciences Conference in The Netherlands

  December 19, 2019

  biodiversity and food production are invited to raise global awareness on how plant health can help to secure and improve food supply, reduce poverty [...] Koppert has the knowledge and capacity to produce biological solutions. ‘We all want to move forward when it comes to plant health as this forms the basis [...] organizations are also welcome to submit a proposal for a panel of 3 to 5 speakers. PHAB 2020 is also working with Springer Nature to publish a special conference

• Trade Show Dates for Koppert's Cannabis and Ornamental Crop Team

  December 15, 2024

  and BioSolutions. The booth is also a great place to schedule a client visit or make an appointment to have a more in-depth discussion. Here’s where we’ll [...] fill in the squares on a fresh calendar this New Year, remember to pencil in a visit to the Cannabis and Ornamental Crop Team at the Koppert booth for the [...] major shows they are attending in 2025. Each one is a special opportunity to meet a group of Koppert technical experts and ask them about the latest i

• CEICKOR Celebrates its 15th Anniversary

  March 5, 2020

  with our colleagues around the world enable us to build global networks of knowledge, as we work together to find solutions that can create a more sustainable [...] educational entity that was born with the purpose of responding to the growing need to train specialists in the field of protected agriculture, with an [...] limited number of copies available. If you would like to read this article in Spanish click here . To learn more about CEICKOR University click here .

• Tree specialist Wolterinck: Control of oak processionary caterpillar with Entonem

  Wolterinck BV sprays the nematodes when the caterpillar egg casings begin to emerge. A second spraying may be needed, either of nematodes or of nematodes