• Natural Enemies, Now a Division of Koppert Biological Systems, Inc.

  June 27, 2019

  cannabis market and the need to help educate cultivators on the effective use of BCA's (Biological Control Agents). Over the last four years the company [...] there was a natural merger as the two companies both strongly believe in using biocontrol products to reduce chemicals. The two companies also share the

• IPM: The Path to a Successful Approach

  April 23, 2019

  Pest Management A system for sustainable cultivation, in which you minimize use of chemicals; that is integrated pest management (IPM) in a nutshell. You [...] for preventing diseases and pests, strengthening and protecting your crop, using natural enemies, and the combination with chemical products. It also covers

• Flowering and Pollination – One of the Most Critical Blueberry Growth Stages

  April 16, 2019

  elements can be supplied using standard fertilisers, this is not always sufficient. To support the plant’s extra mineral demand: Use the root enhancer Vidi [...] Calcium is easily absorbed by the plant due to its unique composition - using a foliar application ensures it is directly available to the plant. These

• A life-long passion for predatory mites

  September 30, 2024

  recognize us as experts in the rearing and mass production of predatory mites and use our mites for their experiments and trials in the field. The benefits are [...] innovation Besides the continuous innovation in end-products, the raw materials used for rearing mites and their mass production are constantly monitored and [...] solutions to growers as a sustainable and reliable alternative and so limit the use of chemical agents for a safer and healthier planet. I have found my passion

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  February 9, 2024

  considerably reduce their productivity and profitability. To optimize the use of Trianum-P in industrial crops, Koppert Portugal has carried out trials [...] residues. Trianum has proven to be a good solution that eliminates the need to use pesticides to control diseases at the soil level in industrial crops. For

• Poinsettia Cultivation Has To Apply IPM

  June 27, 2019

  obtained in Canada here in the Netherlands and other countries in Europe. The use of the flower in Christmas floral displays makes it a sustainable market, [...] that something has to change,’ says Richard. ‘German retailers are already using lists that contain products over and above the statutory minimum, and it

• Koppert is Investing in Smarter Scouting

  May 29, 2019

  accurate as time progresses. Act Quickly Thanks to this, growers only need to use a smartphone to scan the Horiver sticky traps in their greenhouses. The scout-app [...] growers good insight into the system for integrated crop protection that they use for their crops,’ explains Tom Vroegop, a Product Manager for Monitoring &

• Aphids—Go Time Appears in GrowerTalks Magazine

  February 25, 2025

  He’s shipped a wide range of perennials, shrubs, annuals, and edibles, using both traditional pest treatments and innovative biocontrols, championing

• Certainty in the quality of every sachet and bottle of our predatory mites

  April 16, 2025

  plants with her commitment to ecological management that reduces pesticide use. Since 2014, she has been dedicated to ensuring the quality of the predatory [...] breeding and distribution. Jan Koppert, a visionary Dutch grower, pioneered the use of natural solutions for pest control when he introduced predatory mites as

• Mite vs. Mite: Controlling Hop Pests Sustainably

  May 11, 2018

  effective than chemicals in controlling them. A 2017 trial in Independence used beneficial arachnids to control two aggressive hop pests: the hop aphid and