• Podcast with Tech On Demand: A Biological Approach to Spring IPM, featuring Koppert’s Heidi Doering

  March 6, 2025

  hitchhiking their way North on tropical plants. It’s a riveting discussion that’s well worth a listen. Be sure to stay tuned until the very end! Heidi has worked [...] across North America. Bill and Heidi discuss her role as a “greenhouse CSI” when walking into a facility and meeting with owners and growers. They touch [...] potential prevention/management strategies, as well as education and planning as they relate to biological IPM. Heidi also explores the importance of relationships

• Ten tips to effectively tackle whitefly

  March 6, 2023

  able to transmit more than 25 viruses to the plants it feeds off. With some crops, including pepper and tomato, it’s a safe bet that you’ll receive a visit [...] pest you have to deal with and the control strategy. Here’s what you need to know. Whitefly can spread extremely quickly. It’s important to scout your crop [...] one nil up if your uninvited guest does show up. Keep your finger on the pulse when it comes to controlling. Look at how the infestation is developing and

• Time For A Tune Up

  March 2, 2026

  but all the pesticides as well—and how those parts fit together to make a program work. They’re like a pit crew for a Formula One race car. Koppert’s p [...] vital as it is, this regular IPM consultation is always free to Koppert customers, and that’s the way it should be. You trust us to create a custom Koppert [...] If you’re unhappy with your IPM program and looking for solutions, it’s a good time to call in the experts. Koppert’s Technical Consultant team knows the

• Tackling Thrips is Always a Puzzle

  August 18, 2021

  doing all you can to prevent thrips from hibernating are the keys to success! Some growers only get thrips under control with the use of a lot of chemicals [...] well-considered plan of action for the entire season. Our consultants will be happy to help you develop such a system approach. Learn more about beneficial [...] Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis damage on a gerbera flower In the top ten of infestations that lead to sleepless nights, thrips is near the top. Western

• Keep a Close Eye on Thrips

  May 21, 2020

  is on a leaf Thrips can cause major damage - that's nothing new. This does mean that you need to detect thrips in good time. Sticky traps are a useful [...] s, a week and a half passes between the hatching of an egg and the adult insect flying around. At low temperatures, however, this takes more than a month [...] reached a fairly advanced stage! Search in the right places It's therefore important to spot the thrips infestation as early as possible, and to detect

• Spidex: dos and don’ts in a nutshell

  November 28, 2021

  possible, make sure to store it in a cool and dark place. Do not store the product for longer than three days! Do you know how to use Spidex in your crop [...] you need to intensify the population over time, it will cost more money in the long run. Don’t store the product for too long after receiving it, and don’t [...] Spidex is a powerful natural enemy of the spider mite. At least, it can be. The result that you get largely depends on how you use Spidex . Take the following

• Next generation to lead family business Koppert

  November 18, 2021

  continue to create the company’s future together, to safeguard our core values and – above all – to continue to work towards our vision and make a positive [...] ‘The Executive Board is proud to be taking over the leadership of the company. As a family business, we are focused on the long term and think in terms of [...] in 2018, bringing the total number to eight members, in order to transfer responsibilities in a natural way and to safeguard the valuable experience,

• Creating a Cleaner Safer Berry

  August 18, 2021

  In addition to Spidex, Amblyseius californicus ( Spical ) can provide a useful back-up as it is less sensitive to chemicals, tolerates a lower humidity [...] release of a range of biological organisms in record time over large agricultural expanses. It is a unique dispersal mechanism that can carry a wide range [...] Koppert has used its specific know-how about the mechanics needed to disperse different carrier materials, in combination with its knowledge of predatory

• Event to Raise Global Plant Health Awareness

  December 16, 2019

  The three-day event will address a number of horticultural and agricultural themes on a global scale; including threats to plant health, plant health practices [...] on these themes are expected to attract experts in the field of science, agriculture, related businesses, relevant NGOs and a variety of motivators from [...] collaborating on many fronts for some time, and it makes perfect sense to combine our forces and common goals to organize this international event,’ says Marketing

• Poinsettia Cultivation Has To Apply IPM

  June 27, 2019

  regardless of the sales market. Now is the time to make the transition. ‘Those who wait too long to make a change will be sidelined in the future.’, says [...] cultivation consultant Richard Saarloos. ‘I'm trying to get DEFRA to be more nuanced in its approach to this by consulting with various stakeholders in the [...] growers are well aware that they need to respond quickly to this development. We are therefore making a concerted effort to implement integrated pest management