• Initial Experiences: Spidex Vital Lives Up to its Promises

  May 24, 2021

  Sjaak van Dijk’s father was already using the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis and Sjaak himself has always used it. However, Sjaak recently made the [...] the switch to Spidex Vital . His initial experiences in using the new product are positive. "I’ve known Phytoseiulus my whole life," the cucumber grower [...] Netherlands, the predatory mite has always been a reliable beneficial. "I use it to combat spider mite in combination with Cucumeris, Feltiella, and Swirskii

• Swirskii Predatory Mite Not All That Demanding

  May 3, 2019

  Problems with Thrips and Whitefly The predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii can be used in a wide range of crops, such as fruiting vegetables, soft fruits , and [...] quickly feel at home in a crop. This is why this predatory mite is perfect for use with most fruiting vegetables, strawberries and other soft fruits, cut flowers [...] between beneficial and harmful insects. Swirskii and most other mites, both useful and harmful, get stuck in them. The crop's glandular hairs form a physical

• Reducing plastic pollution: We celebrate World Environment Day

  June 5, 2023

  issue and highlight our continuous efforts in reduction of our waste, plastic use and fostering sustainable practices in our operations. Plastic pollution poses [...] agriculture is a pressing environmental issue that arises from the excessive use of plastic materials in farming practices. Recognizing the urgency, one of [...] of our sustainability missions is to work towards zero waste while using 100% eco-friendly materials for our products by 2030. This way we reduce waste

• Target pests of beneficial nematodes in top fruits

  chemicals fail or are simply not available anymore. Beneficial nematodes can be used to tackle a broad spectrum of pests in top and stone fruits, like apples [...] part of IPM solution, to either partly substitute, and sometimes replace the use of conventional pesticides. Nematodes are compatible with a lot of insecticides [...] herbicides and even nematicides, meaning they don’t lose their efficacy, when used complementary to chemical solutions. More than 35 years of experience Koppert

• Optimum Conditions for Bumblebees

  April 5, 2019

  Other Useful Resources about Bumblebee Pollination Quad Bombus impatiens or Bombus vosnesenskii Natupol Excel Bombus impatiens or Bombus vosnesenskii [...] Bumblebees are indispensable and highly-valued 'colleagues'. They have been used as pollinators in tomato crops for many years. To ensure that the bumblebees [...] the system is changing with it. Amongst other aspects, the increase in the use of assimilation lighting in tomato crops required an adaptation of the Natupol

• New Approach Significantly Reduces Aphids in Soft Fruits

  March 21, 2019

  René’s farms, spider mites and thrips can effectively be controlled with the use of beneficials. Aphids, however, are a different story. In the cultivation [...] Prevention The approach that has been developed is based on the preventative use of the gall midge Aphidoletes aphidimyza ( Aphidend ). Consultant Guido Roozemond [...] immediately release parasitic wasps as soon as aphids were detected. The wasps used were Aphidius ervi , also known as Ervipar , which were released one per

• What is Thripex Plus?

  August 18, 2021

  pest management (IPM) program that the grower or nursery used to defeat pests. One reason to use an IPM program is to reduce the chemical pesticides sprays [...] cucumeris . It is just one of many biological control solutions many growers use to limit the amount of chemical pesticide applications. The “bad bugs” that [...] danger but it is always best to avoid these encounters. A second reason for using biological control is that pests are building immunity against many of today’s

• Reasons to Scout with Koppert iPM

  August 18, 2021

  accessible from anywhere with any device. Scout data is downloadable for off-line use by the customer. Raw data can be stored and manipulated for further analysis [...] efficacy and greater precision of chemical applications reduces pesticide use. Koppert iPM contributes to optimized timing of biological applications there

• Protect Young Plants Now with Bacilirid™ and Isarid™

  January 17, 2025

  products. Isarid™ is a naturally occurring insecticidal fungus that’s safe to use around most beneficial insects. It targets a wide range of ornamental pests [...] necrosis, leading to inactivity and death. Isarid™ integrates whenever pesticide use is necessary. Fungicides and insecticides can be important components of a

• Target pests of beneficial nematodes in soft fruits

  chemicals fail or are simply not available anymore. Beneficial nematodes can be used to tackle a broad spectrum of pests in top and stone fruits, like apples [...] part of IPM solution, to either partly substitute, and sometimes replace the use of conventional pesticides. Nematodes are compatible with a lot of insecticides [...] herbicides and even nematicides, meaning they don’t lose their efficacy, when used complementary to chemical solutions. More than 35 years of experience Koppert