• Phil Gerry Featured On Fall IPM Podcast

  July 7, 2025

  Gerry is the featured guest on the Tech On Demand Podcast episode: A Biological Approach to Fall IPM . Phil is a Technical Sales Consultant for the Northeast [...] greenhouses in the Northeast and Northwest before joining Koppert in 2021, and brings a wealth of practical knowledge and creative strategies to the topic of [...] managing some of the most troubling pests in garden mum and poinsettia production. In the episode, host Bill Calkins and Phil discuss the spring production

• Botrytis: ten must-knows

  November 15, 2021

  withstand the cold like no other and is even active at very low temperatures (up to 0°C). The fungus survives on plant parts, bulbs, or in the ground. The spores [...] enough for the mold spores to germinate. That's why it's important to work cleanly and neatly. Prevention is the way to fight this fungus. How? By ensuring [...] hand. To avoid this, it's important to know the following 'Botrytis facts'. Botrytis is also called 'grey mold'. This name indicates exactly what the fungus

• Protect Young Plants Now with Bacilirid™ and Isarid™

  January 17, 2025

  a pest, they attach and begin to grow almost immediately. Once the cuticle is penetrated, the Isarid™ microbe disrupts the host’s internal organs and initiates [...] As wettable powders, the two mix together well in the same tank. Bacilirid™ contains beneficial foliar and soil-dwelling bacteria to prevent and control [...] Technical Advisor for the specifics. This is a service Koppert offers free of charge to regular customers, so please don’t hesitate to ask! Click Here for

• Quality is Key at Koppert!

  October 14, 2019

  Once the batch is approved, they are moved from the climate rooms to the packaging department. As of this moment special care is taken to keep the mites [...] Logistics Next, the mites are packed into different size bottles or sachets; ensuring enough oxygen for the journey to the growers. The packaging machines [...] checks are carried out according to strict procedures. The orders are then stored in climate control rooms or transported to the end-user in climate-controlled

• Whitefly – small pest, big problem

  February 2, 2023

  fruit, and ornamental crops. To minimize the impact, it’s important to be able to recognize damage as quickly as possible. The larvae of greenhouse whitefly [...] is one of the most serious. The larvae and mature insects can pick up the virus before transmitting it in the adult stage. Even more misery The tobacco whitefly [...] cases, sooty mold will form on the honeydew, which growers want to avoid. It makes fruit unsaleable, and the sooty mold on the leaves will trigger reduced

• Visit Koppert' Ornamental Experts at MANTS 2025, Booth #2149

  December 18, 2024

  visits are provided to Koppert customers free of charge. They’re the best way to get to know each client and the staff who implement the bioprogram. Visits [...] health to maintain their retail value. Traditional treatments attacking the adults rarely give relief to the problem, but Koppert has solutions to catch [...] 8–10, 2025 in Baltimore, MD Be sure to stop by the Koppert booth at the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS) at The Baltimore Convention Center, January

• High-tech Insect Production

  January 12, 2021

  preparations, the construction of the production site began in 2018. "The preparation phase was a key opportunity to lay down all the requirements of the Koppert [...] studies were performed to assess the design’s sustainability, Jansen explains. On the basis of analyses, the decision was made to install heat pumps centrally [...] rearing units. The resulting low-grade heat is transferred to the greenhouses and halls, and will soon also be transferred to the office building.’ This same

• Koppert Involved in New Project Aiming for Sustainable Control of Poultry Red Mite

  June 4, 2019

  on farms. This includes the development of a communication strategy for the entire egg sector to raise awareness, which aims to have long-lasting effects [...] Koppert is involved in the North-West Europe Interreg project, aiming to stimulate technology and knowledge exchange to jointly develop, test, demonstrate [...] welfare. The problem of poultry red mite is very complex as early stage infestations are difficult to discover and very few products are available on the market

• World Soil Day

  December 3, 2020

  needed to support the adoption of sustainable land use and soil management practices.” The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve [...] know what knowledge needs to be applied to protect the soil. “Today’s youth is educated about sustainable solutions next to the conventional practices. That [...] degradation is crucial to our well-being. Fertile soils are invaluable for our future and health. Adding organic matter to the soil nourishes the beneficial fungi

• Effective Biological Control: Keep a Close Eye on Everything

  April 9, 2019

  or on the older leaves or flowers. In some cases, it is useful to concentrate on the top of the leaves, and in others the bottom. Good monitoring requires [...] example, are easy to identify. In the case of crop wilting, it is more difficult to determine the culprit, as there can be various causes. And to diagnose a bacterial [...] order to recognize and ‘identify’ them. Where should you look to find insects? This varies by crop and by pest. Sometimes you need to focus on the top or