• iPM app

  Koppert iPM Pest and disease management has always been a great challenge in agriculture. A healthy crop is paramount, while there is also a growing demand [...] iPM, a unique scouting software application, to assist growers with their in-depth integrated pest management program. Koppert iPM consists of two components [...] intuitive user interface. The Dashboard gives the grower insight into pest issues in almost real-time once uploaded from the field. Koppert iPM scouting software

• Bayer's New 7.5 Acre Corn Breeding Greenhouse

  March 9, 2020

  corn breeding greenhouse in North America, if not the world. Koppert Biological Systems is proud to partner with the best in the business. We are also [...] also confident that the partnership between the two global leaders in their respective industries will continue to grow, as the Bayer organization raises the

• Guarantee a Flying Start to Great Pollination

  May 1, 2018

  open-field crops. Each Quad contains four large bumblebee colonies enclosed in a weather-resistant outer unit. Quad units are designed with the appropriate [...] equipped with “bee-home” doors which allows growers to collect the workers in the unit and safely remove the bees from the field when chemical applications [...] available to answer any questions on general pollination or use of the QUAD units. In which crops can Quad bumblebees be used? Blueberry Apple Blackberry Cucumber

• High-tech Insect Production

  January 12, 2021

  reflected in the large number of departments – twenty of them in total. Each department can be controlled separately and can function autonomously in terms [...] produced various test set-ups, which resulted in a solution that you won’t find anywhere else in the world." In addition, flexible insect cages have been developed [...] efficient energy and water consumption. In line with this goal, the construction of the new "insect factory" in Berkel en Rodenrijs fully supports the company’s

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

  March 7, 2025

  On Demand, the email newsletter discussing technical topics in the horticultural industry. In his companion podcast, he and his expert guest speakers deliver [...] In this week’s episode of Tech on Demand host Bill Calkins discusses spring pest control, integrated pest management , and implementing biocontrol strategies [...] Crop Lead and Technical IPM Consultant for the Midwest Region. She fills Bill in on what she’s seeing and hearing as spring production ramps up across North

• Dibox

  This mainly counts for parasitic wasps and products that are not available in sachets. How to use Dibox Application Fold out the Diboxes Pour the material

• Top Reasons for Using Bumblebees

  April 25, 2018

  amounts of pollen onto the bee. In most situations, “buzz-pollination” will allow a bumblebee to pollinate a flower in a single visit. A honeybee typically [...] than honeybees. Bumblebees work earlier in the morning and later into the evening hours. Bumblebees work better in tunnels, as they have a better sense of [...] rainy days, honeybees are less active at low light levels. Bumblebees will fly in winds of up to 40mph (64km/hr). Bumblebees pollinate flowers through a method

• Very few greenhouse crops are safe from whitefly

  July 19, 2022

  Preferences Although whiteflies are comfortable in various locations, development is faster in some crops than in others. Whiteflies multiply much faster on [...] whitefly can survive in various locations and have a wide range of host plants: the insect targets vegetable and ornamental crops under glass in particular. The [...] inside tend to be higher. This stimulates the development of the infestation. In addition, rain and wind are factors that affect outdoor areas, lowering the

• Next generation to lead family business Koppert

  November 18, 2021

  formed in the near future. This newly formed supervisory board will assist the board in achieving the ambitions of the family business. With offices in thirty [...] management duties but will continue to support the company in strategic matters and special projects. In cooperation with former board member Peter Koppert and [...] market leader in biological crop protection. The succession within the family business has been carefully prepared. New members joined the board in 2018, bringing

• Swirskii Predatory Mite Not All That Demanding

  May 3, 2019

  found elsewhere in the crop. The combination of all these characteristics means that the mite truly thrives in greenhouse crops. However, in warmer regions [...] Helps You Stay in Control Swirski-Mite: First Aid for Problems with Thrips and Whitefly The predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii can be used in a wide range [...] regions and during the summer in temperate regions, release in outdoor crops can also be effective. The swirskii predatory mite is anything but shy and is therefore