• Initial Experiences: Spidex Vital Lives Up to its Promises

  May 24, 2021

  each time and have to build up the necessary populations three times. This is always a critical and tense moment on cucumber farms like mine. And as spider [...] Cucumeris, Feltiella, and Swirskii. Together, they create an effective mix. You can see them soon after they have been released and they get right down to [...] Ron Delissen and with what Koppert promised in the leaflet, he tells us. " Spidex Vital immediately gets to work on tackling spider mites and hot-spots,

• Swirski-Mite LD

  thrips species and eggs and larvae of whitefly . Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action Predatory mites multiply in the sachet and disperse into the [...] mites Dosage The dosage of Swirski-Mite LD depends on climate, crop and pest density and should always be adjusted to the particular situation. Start introduction [...] conditions Amblyseius swirskii is most effective at temperatures between 20 and 32°C (68 and 90°F). It is not effective at temperatures below 18°C/64°F. Amblyseius

• Spidex Vital lives up to its promises

  each time and have to build up the necessary populations three times. This is always a critical and tense moment on cucumber farms like mine. And as spider [...] Cucumeris, Feltiella, and Swirskii. Together, they create an effective mix. You can see them soon after they have been released and they get right down to [...] Ron Delissen and with what Koppert promised in the leaflet, he tells us. ‘Spidex Vital immediately gets to work on tackling spider mites and hot-spots, the

• How a little predatory mite laid the foundation for biocontrol today

  June 11, 2024

  in his cucumber crop and set out to find a natural solution. One that would last for a very long time… ‘Back in the 60s, my father was a cucumber grower [...] very persistent when it came to the experiments in his cucumber crop and soon neighbour growers and others became curious about what he was doing in his [...] specialized in greenhouse grown tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers and a range of flowers. ‘We had a great location and hundreds of growers to serve on our doorstep

• Citrus mealybug

  croton and kalanchoë, but also in roses and gerbera. Additionally, the citrus mealybug ( Planococcus citri ) can also appear in cucumber, melon and aubergine [...] distribution and many and diverse host plants. In temperate regions of the world this mealybug poses a problem in greenhouse horticulture, and in the tropics [...] the crop in various ways: Nymphs and females extract the sap from the plant, stunting growth and causing deformation and / or yellowing of leaves, sometimes

• Very few greenhouse crops are safe from whitefly

  July 18, 2022

  greenhouse whitefly and tobacco whitefly can survive in various locations and have a wide range of host plants: the insect targets vegetable and ornamental crops [...] including tomato, cucumber, aubergine, courgette, bean, and pepper as well as potato. Many ornamental crops, including rose, gerbera, hibiscus, and poinsettia [...] than in others. Whiteflies multiply much faster on cucumber plants than on tomato plants, for example, and can survive much better on gerbera than on roses

• Broad mite

  peppers, but also aubergine, tomato and cucumber. Additionally, many ornamental crops such as azalea, begonia, gerbera and cyclamen are also affected. Outside [...] both males and females is different to the others and not used for walking. The larvae stay in their larval cuticle for one or two days and then emerge [...] but is slightly smaller and has only three pairs of legs. The emerging adult mite is roughly 0.2 mm long, oval and broad, and pale yellow or yellow-green

• A step-by-step guide to whitefly control

  whiteflies by attracting and capturing adults, reducing their population and ability to reproduce. This interrupts the whitefly life cycle and lowers infestation [...] limonicus ) and Swirski-Mite ( Amblyseius swirskii ), are integral to whitefly management, particularly in crops like poinsettia, gerbera, and cucumber. These [...] solutions. These pests favor a variety of crops such as tomatoes, roses, cucumbers, and even cannabis, necessitating a strategic, multi-pronged approach for

• Less use of chemical pesticides due to Natutec Scout

  e, and profitable. Natutec Scout provides more precise information about disease and pest populations, enabling the early detection of hotspots and targeted [...] remain alert for pests such as the Onion thrips ( Thrips tabaci ), Greenhouse whitefly ( Trialeurodes vaporariorum ) and Southern European marshland pyralid [...] previous ones. ''This facilitates the rapid identification of trends and shifts in pest and disease development. Of particular note is the utilization of the

• Koppert introduces nematode solutions for agricultural pests

  November 20, 2022

  bean seed fly in onion, codling moth and other moths in fruits, thrips in outdoor vegetables such as leek, and the beet armyworm and other caterpillars [...] They are a fast and effective biological solution to control a broad range of pests in top fruit, stone fruit, soft fruit, potatoes and several outdoor [...] agriculture with two products – Capirel and Casea . These two products each contain a different nematode species and can be used to control damaging pests