• Precautionary measures for product allergies

  January 1, 1970

  an allergy. On this page, we advise you on the precautionary measures you can take to prevent or reduce any allergic reactions caused by the type of products [...] concerns the predatory mites , feeder mites, and supplementary feeding products sold by Koppert. Icons on the product packaging show you the precautionary [...] plastic bag. Moistening the clothes in the bag prevents allergens and other particles from dispersing in the air when you open the bag. Possible allergic

• Top Reasons for Using Bumblebees

  August 18, 2021

  pollinated. Bumblebees lack the sophisticated communication system of honeybees, and are less likely to leave your crop for more attractive flowers. Unlike [...] can easily forage on with their long tongues. Bumblebees are much more efficient pollinators than honeybees, they mainly forage for pollen rather than [...] blooms per minute than honeybees. Bumblebees work earlier in the morning and later into the evening hours. Bumblebees work better in tunnels, as they have

• The Benefits of Integrated Pest Management

  August 18, 2021

  chemical plant protection for you as a grower, for your employees, and for the sales chain. There’s a whole array of benefits! Benefits for you as a grower: IPM [...] chemicals. The working environment is safer. Unlike chemicals, there is no danger of products penetrating the skin. Benefits for the sales chain: The products [...] Benefits for employees: Every employee is able to apply natural enemies in the crop. After application, employees can go back to work in the crop straight

• The Spread of Whitefly

  August 14, 2020

  inside the plant, the tobacco whitefly spreads out over the plant in its entirety. The females lay their eggs on the underside of the leaves, just the same [...] spread by flying or simply on the wind. While the greenhouse whitefly prefers temperatures to be on the more moderate side, the tobacco whitefly is in its [...] insect. The greenhouse whitefly tends to spread over the plant vertically, considering that the larvae can only move in the first stage. The adult insects

• The advantages of Trianum

  December 16, 2021

  very simple: the space that Trichoderma takes up on the roots is no longer available for pathogens and neither are the exudates around the roots, which [...] develop. When the Trichoderma harzianum T-22 fungi grow on the roots, they trigger the plant to activate its defense mechanism against pathogens. The plant goes [...] become more easily available for the crop. A symbiotic balance is created between Trichoderma harzianum T-22 and the plant. The plant roots provide nutrients

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

  March 6, 2025

  explores the importance of relationships in this regard, and gives her thoughts on Thrips parvispinus—the pepper thrips hitchhiking their way North on tropical [...] listen. Be sure to stay tuned until the very end! Heidi has worked with Koppert for the past decade and is one of the most well-informed plant experts regarding [...] Bill Calkins is widely known as the editor of Tech On Demand, the email newsletter discussing technical topics in the horticultural industry. In his companion

• Prevention: the most powerful weapon in the fight against Fusarium

  December 13, 2022

  Growers worldwide have to deal with the soil-borne fungal disease Fusarium wilt . As the name suggests, wilting is the most common symptom, but this soil-borne [...] soil-borne fungus can manifest itself in other ways depending on the crop. The best tip we can give growers is that prevention is better than cure. Fusarium [...] Fusarium wilt is also responsible for causing rot in fruit and in the stems and base of plants, spoiling after harvest, spots on leaves, and dried-out grains

• Perfect Potted Hydrangeas for Super-Strict Customers

  December 6, 2019

  astonished by the result." For Pieter, the greatest threat is not in the shrinking number of pest control products or more stringent rules, but in the lack of [...] there." A strong army in the crop With their key customers placing extremely stringent requirements on crop protection , the company needs to resort to [...] ps scimitus products are also used at the start. An astonishing result The approach is virtually the same in the propagation phase, except that no Entonem

• Using Capirel for healthy fruit orchards

  November 6, 2023

  fully diluted, we add the mix into the tank. The sprayer is filled halfway and the bucket with the nematodes is injected into the preparation. And finally [...] that the benefit of using Capirel nematodes is that it can also be used as a preventive treatment in the autumn to reduce the pest pressure for the following [...] In the dryer season we rely on irrigation.’ The French fruit grower has been using Capirel for 3 years. ‘The results are good. There is only a little damage

• International series ‘Plants for Life, Plants to Survive’

  January 22, 2021

  2 nd session will focus on soil health. When we walk on the ground, we are really walking on the roof top of another world. The amount of living organisms [...] New session on February 2 puts the spotlight on soil health To mark the Year of Plant Health , Koppert Biological Systems initiated the webinar series [...] a passion for plants and people. Soil health The kickoff session, ‘A healthy plant feeds healthy people’ took place on December 22, and the upcoming 2