essential to try everything possible to prevent infection in the first place. Use resistant varieties, ensure good hygiene, and disinfect everything that comes
early in the season (April/May) Beneficials are much more effective when used proactively. By the time your field crew finds bleeding bark, mealybug p
company, East West Seed, encouraged small-scale farmers in South East Asia to use quality seed to grow vegetables to combat hunger and poverty. He is now focusing
this ongoing growth by ensuring extra breeding capacity and making better use of the available capacity by increasing our efficiency per square metre. With [...] cage having its own tap group (sometimes several groups). The water that is used to clean the cages is collected separately and recycled. Koppert is also [...] on the production site. A few examples are multilayer cultivation systems using energy-efficient LED fixtures, sealing caps for emergency power supplies
Management (IPM) is the most effective approach. Natural enemies that can be used against the spider mite are predatory mites , like Spidex and Spical , gall
indoors; from biological control agents such as macro- and microbiologicals, to using the crop’s own DNA to control harmful plant species. Opening the conference
(CSO), Peter Maes. With offices in thirty countries, our solutions are being used in 100 countries all over the world. Over the years, our family company has
Martin Koppert. ‘Not only are these crops more nutritional and safe, the use of biocontrol and biostimulants means that the immediate environment does
therefore not only difficult to detect in time but are also difficult to reach using (chemical) pesticides. Moreover, resistance to chemical agents can build
