• New Facilities for Koppert Canada

  December 20, 2018

  biocontrol and pollination products, sound technical advice and localized customer service. This new building is a great accomplishment and we anticipate [...] customers and employees,’ said Sherry. ‘Our new building will be home to our local sales and technical team and allow us to better serve our customers and offering [...] Shaw, welcomed Koppert Board Members and Directors Henri Oosthoek and Rene Ruiter who spoke on the history of Koppert and the endless possibilities for the

• Ten Facts About Thrips

  April 26, 2019

  Thrips is a big enemy for many crops and is a problem that can quickly take on big proportions. As a grower, your approach to handling this insect is something [...] Ornamentals Swirski-Mite: First Aid for Problems with Thrips and Whitefly Tackling Thrips is Always a Puzzle Help! How Does Thrips get Into My Crop? Increase [...] lla occidentalis on a leaf 1. How can you recognize thrips ? These flying insects are slender and extremely small (between 0.5 and 2.5 mm long). 2. The

• Bayer's New 7.5 Acre Corn Breeding Greenhouse

  March 9, 2020

  5 acre Marana greenhouse is ready for operations. On March 4 th , 2020, Bayer hosted their official ribbon-cutting ceremony and Koppert was invited to [...] live predatory insects under microscopes to offer a “hands-on” demonstration for the employees of Bayer and the local public. Furthermore, the event was live [...] participate. Our Technical Sales Representatives, Pete Miller and Jordan Marcellus, members of the Hydroponic Crop Team, attended the event. Additionally

• Flowering potted plants

  Poinsettia is well known and popular for its large red, white and green leaves, especially around Christmas. Begonia is a perennial flowering plants and belongs [...] grown indoors and are used as ornamental houseplants in countries with colder climates. Kalanchoe is a tropical, succulent flowering plant and a genus that [...] orange, peach, yellow and purple. Phalaenopsis is also known as the moth orchid. Its genus consists of some 60 species. The Phalaenopsis is an extremely popular

• More Sustainable Nematode Formulation

  December 28, 2020

  Cyrille. "Formulation is paramount for a healthy and successful nematode product range. This certainly gives Koppert a big advantage in this field when [...] which have a different colour now, namely green": says Product Manager Cyrille Verdun. The formulation still: … looks the same, is paste-like, and becomes [...] Products with Excellent Dissolvability A new formulation will gradually become available for our Steinernema feltiae and Steinernema carpocapsae based nematode

• Eggplant

  melongena ) is a specific species of nightshade and is widely produced for its tasty fruit. In North America and Australia the fruit is called eggplant and in South [...] South Africa and Southeast Asia it is known as brinjal. The eggplant is a member of the genus Solanum and is thus related to the tomato and potato. Botanically [...] Botanically speaking however, the eggplant is classified as a berry. The fruit contains many small and soft seeds. These seeds taste rather bitter, because

• Phil Gerry at CAES Symposium at UCONN

  September 4, 2025

  England and New York. He was a lead grower for large nurseries and greenhouses in the Northeast and Northwest before joining Koppert in 2021, and brings [...] New Haven, CT. Advance registration is required. More information is available on the event web page . Phil Gerry is a Technical Sales Consultant for Koppert’s [...] Airobreez , for blended BCAs and carrier material. This blower delivers an even layer of predators right where it counts and handles like a video game. Koppert’s

• The Importance of Quality at Koppert

  December 3, 2019

  conducted once a week and each batch is checked. “While the standard average egg-laying performance for Phytoseiulus persimilis is 10 eggs per female every [...] persimilis Creating a Cleaner Safer Berry Spidex – quality matters It may be our oldest product, but we continue to spend a great deal of time and effort to ensure [...] to be a prime product to keep improving and controlling relentlessly." Above average quality At Koppert, the general quality control of Spidex is conducted

• Properly scouting for spider mite helps to avoid surprises

  July 5, 2022

  spider mite, often drier and warmer spots. Spotting a spider mite attack is not complicated. The webs are particularly obvious, and when you spot those, the [...] Mites A spider mite outbreak requires rapid action, and the earlier you deal with it, the better. This requires you to be constantly alert, and proper [...] proper scouting is crucial. Using sticky traps for spider mite is of little use, as the mites are not attracted to them. Even if there’s a contamination hotspot

• Spinach

  oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant of the Amarantha family that originates in Asia. It is consumed as vegetable and is rich in iron. It is grown as a vegetable [...] vegetable worldwide and growths to a height of about 30 cm. It is eaten fresh, steamed or boiled and has a high nutritional value.