• The cost-saving potential of biological crop protection for your IPM strategy

  February 20, 2025

  combination with the banker plant Lobularia. Trials have shown that a preventative approach requires only two to three applications in addition to planting [...] as crop yields, prices, and the costs associated with pesticides or alternative management strategies, to estimate costs and benefits. In some studies, value [...] contributes to long-term economic sustainability by fostering natural pest and disease management systems. By building a healthy ecosystem with natural predators

• Webinar Fit Roots for Plant Health

  March 2, 2020

  Hoogendoorn Growth Management jointly give a webinar about how to facilitate root health and condition to get the best possible plant health . When: Tuesday March [...] and interaction with climate conditions based on water and energy balance. You can register for this webinar until March 12. Click here to register for the [...] between greenhouse climate, root conditions and soil life Practical tips to improve plant health and resilience Speakers are Ed Moerman from Koppert and

• Help! How Does Thrips get Into My Crop?

  May 6, 2019

  simply fly in through the doors. To prevent this, some growers use overpressure in the greenhouse. 3. They come in with plant material Larvae and eggs can [...] plant nursery does not use chemical products with a long-lasting residual effect, it is easier for the grower to build up a population of natural enemies. [...] are also found on weeds in the greenhouse; a good reason to put weed control at the top of your to-do list!

• Experts Needed for International Plant Health, Agriculture & Biosciences Conference in The Netherlands

  December 19, 2019

  organizations are also welcome to submit a proposal for a panel of 3 to 5 speakers. PHAB 2020 is also working with Springer Nature to publish a special conference [...] Koppert has the knowledge and capacity to produce biological solutions. ‘We all want to move forward when it comes to plant health as this forms the basis [...] biodiversity and food production are invited to raise global awareness on how plant health can help to secure and improve food supply, reduce poverty

• Pollination checklist Growing lights

  need max. 2 hours to return to their hive 15:00 Do not keep a hive closed for longer than one day unless additional pollen is fed to the bees. Bumblebee [...] later the lights are turned on, the more time (overlap with daylight) there is for the bumblebees to pollinate. For pollination, bumblebees need at least [...] the transmitter to the climate computer. Heat Do not turn the lights on before midnight Screens and filters Place the Natupol hive with the WBH on a Natupol

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  February 9, 2024

  machine can work well. 'With the introduction of mechanical harvesting, we were forced to change our way of producing, and we decided to introduce new means [...] consumer zero 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 [...] productivity and profitability. To optimize the use of Trianum-P in industrial crops, Koppert Portugal has carried out trials with several growers. One of these

• 50 Years of Experience and a lot of R&D Efforts

  November 14, 2019

  ready to visit and speak with growers in all regions and about any crop. Our consultants work with growers to develop a customized program specific to their [...] Peter decided to dedicate themselves to finding an alternative method to crop protection . Nowadays, we provide our biological solutions to more than 100 [...] important to achieve healthy, vital plants. This also accounts for strawberry growing. You can improve disease suppression in the soil with products from

• Looking Back at NECANN Boston 2025

  April 30, 2025

  allow one to several cycles of eggs to hatch, extending the viability of the packet. It’s a subtle detail but an important one to anyone looking to extend [...] Day Air to ensure safe and timely delivery. Biologicals are perishable so we deliver via the fastest route to maintain the freshest product with the best [...] encouraged. Connect with us to schedule a visit Mechanical traps garnered a lot of interest. This technique is seen as an efficient, low-cost way to monitor and

• Beneficial Nematodes against Horticultural Pests

  together with other beneficial organisms; working together to either partly substitute, and sometimes replace the use of conventional pesticides, to manage [...] Entomopathogenic nematodes measure much less than a millimeter, so cannot be seen with the naked eye. As small as they are, they play an important role in the [...] Each of the entomopathogenic nematodes bred by Koppert has been selected to target specific pest insects and Koppert produces specific strains of Steinernema

• Koppert Attends NECANN Boston 2025

  February 28, 2025

  products like Swirski-Mite and Isarid to keep cannabis pests under control. In addition to providing trusted tech support to growers, Koppert’s experts are pioneers [...] and solutions to help guide success for growers. Stop by and chat with your knowledgable Koppert technical advisors—they’ll be on hand to answer questions [...] questions or to set up an appointment. Representatives from our direct-to-consumer branch, Natural Enemies , will be guests in the booth this year as well. They