• Increase in Thrips Infestation Demands More R&D

  December 4, 2019

  continents and countries, but thrips march on nevertheless – and not only in ornamentals cultivation, where they cause cosmetic damage and lower ornamental [...] increasing volumes of starting material and semi-finished products being moved back and forth between continents and countries. This makes it much easier [...] emphasizes the importance of Horiver yellow and how its use can help growers to see whether or not a pest is there and how it is evolving.

• Protect Poinsettias From Whiteflies

  April 15, 2025

  Isarid™ mycoinsecticide , Swirski-Mite predatory mites , and Enermix wasps overwhelms whiteflies and keeps them pinned down from the very first week the crop [...] Seward IPM consultant for AZ and CA Desert Region jseward@koppert.com Bill Rietkerk IPM consultant for Southern CA (Salinas and South) brietkerk@koppert.com [...] includes the beneficial organism, its scientific name and uses, how it works, directions for use, and product handling. ENERMIX Product page Info page for

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

  December 19, 2019

  re and agriculture, environmental biodiversity and food production are invited to raise global awareness on how plant health can help to secure and improve [...] International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) and both Koppert Biological Systems and CABI , have joined forces to initiate and organize an international event to [...] global conversation on plant health and the future of sustainable horticulture and agriculture. Creating awareness and support While CABI represents much

• Keeping thrips under control: plenty of options!

  July 24, 2022

  traps and Rollertraps are important tools in ascertaining whether thrips are present, and – in the case of the Rollertraps – also to capturing and removing [...] , your preference, and statutory requirements. A third predatory mite option is Limonicus . This mite deals with both whitefly and thrips. Other beneficial [...] feltiae . Or a product like Isarid ; when the spores of the fungus Isaria fumosoroseus come into contact with the insect. They attach to the body and begin

• Swirskii Predatory Mite Not All That Demanding

  August 18, 2021

  which make no distinction between beneficial and harmful insects. Swirskii and most other mites, both useful and harmful, get stuck in them. The crop's glandular [...] anything and quickly feel at home in a crop. This is why this predatory mite is perfect for use with most fruiting vegetables, strawberries and other soft [...] soft fruits, cut flowers (such as roses and chrysanthemums ), and potted plants. Yet, it does have a few preferences. To begin with, swirskii does not like

• Biofungicide that gives soil-borne diseases no chance!

  January 21, 2021

  of water and nutrients. The result is a stronger and more uniform crop, particularly where plants are grown under sub-optimal conditions, or where fungicides [...] use in many field and glasshouse crops, such as vegetable and salad crops, herbs, soft fruit, pot plants, cut flowers, bulbs, trees and shrubs. It can also [...] water dispersible granule (WDG) formulation for spray application and for use in overhead and drip irrigation systems. There is also a granular formulation

• A life-long commitment to help growers thrive with sustainable growing practice

  January 14, 2025

  Rianne from an early age. "I believe I inherited his conviction," she shares. "Working at Koppert allows me to carry on his legacy. I’m passionate about educating [...] both locally and abroad. This is very important when growers start out and our consultants play a vital role during the introduction and rollout.’ Making [...] vegetables and ornamentals . Our consultants are at hand to let individual growers and companies know when to introduce our beneficial organisms and in what

• How a little predatory mite laid the foundation for biocontrol today

  June 11, 2024

  peppers and a range of flowers. ‘We had a great location and hundreds of growers to serve on our doorstep. As our IPM programmes became more and more successful [...] Paul Koppert, former CEO and son of Jan Koppert recalls. ‘His journey of exploration took him to research stations in the UK and eventually Switzerland where [...] persistent when it came to the experiments in his cucumber crop and soon neighbour growers and others became curious about what he was doing in his greenhouse

• Koppert Biological Systems present at GreenTech 2018

  May 15, 2018

  professionals from in- and outside the horticulture industry will give their realistic and clear vision on how we will feed and green the world by 2028 [...] exhibition that plays an informative and inspiring role in the horticulture industry. Join us at GreenTech 2018 and visit our stand 240 in hall 8. Register [...] essential questions when it comes to technology and innovation for the production of vegetables, fruit and flowers. TOFF Besides the leading companies in

• Initial Experiences: Spidex Vital Lives Up to its Promises

  May 24, 2021

  always cleared away, I start from scratch each time and have to build up the necessary populations three times. This is always a critical and tense moment on [...] has always been a reliable beneficial. "I use it to combat spider mite in combination with Cucumeris, Feltiella, and Swirskii. Together, they create an effective [...] released and they get right down to doing their job." A tense moment Sjaak van Dijk switched over to Spidex Vital at the start of February. "I have three