• A Hybrid Approach to IPM by Jeremy Webber in GrowerTalks Biosolutions Guide 2025

  May 15, 2025

  biosolutions space to discuss what’s new and, more importantly, what growers need to know to achieve success with products and approaches rising to the forefront [...] products becoming available at an equal pace, GrowerTalks implemented the Biosolutions Guide to shine a light on what they consider to be one of the most dynamic [...] challenging the industry to consider new ways to implement bio-based strategies with the end goal of sending amazing quality to market. GrowerTalks has

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

  March 7, 2025

  riveting discussion that’s well worth a listen. Be sure to stay tuned until the very end! Heidi has worked with Koppert for the past decade and is one of the [...] about building an effective bioprogram, contact Heidi at hdoering@koppert.com You can listen to the podcast from the following sources: SPOTIFY https://spoti [...] integrated pest management , and implementing biocontrol strategies that work with Koppert’s Heidi Doering. Heidi is our National Ornamental Crop Lead

• CEICKOR Celebrates its 15th Anniversary

  March 5, 2020

  with our colleagues around the world enable us to build global networks of knowledge, as we work together to find solutions that can create a more sustainable [...] Agricultural Institute. In 2010, the Mexican subsidiary of the Dutch company Koppert Biological Systems and Rapel partnered to create the institution that is [...] shareholders will honor the most prominent contributors to the success story of this institution. Over this period, CEICKOR has successfully positioned

• Sustainable Development Goals

  order to get closer to realizing our mission and vision and contribute to the Global Goals, we need to work together. That is why we are open to building [...] actively improve plant health , the health of people working in horticulture and agriculture, and the health of consumers who have access to residue-free produce [...] role we play in contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Through our commitment to sustainability, we strive to make a positive impact on the

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

  June 4, 2019

  in the North-West Europe Interreg project, aiming to stimulate technology and knowledge exchange to jointly develop, test, demonstrate and implement innovative [...] problem for animal health and welfare. The problem of poultry red mite is very complex as early stage infestations are difficult to discover and very few [...] for an IPM approach as found in horticulture. The aim of this project is to work together towards an Integrated Pest Management approach by developing an

• Bumblebee pollination

  greenhouses, tunnels or netted orchards compared to honeybees. Bumblebees tend to visit all crops close to the hive, which can be a benefit when less attractive [...] leading to better harvests and improved crop quality. Unlike other pollinators, bumblebees have unique characteristics that make them exceptional at this [...] benefit growers economically but also contribute to the preservation of biodiversity and the overall health of ecosystems Why are bumblebees good pollinators

• Lesser house fly

  remain in flight as they wait to be visited by an unmated female. Female flies are less active and tend to remain close to breeding sites, where they deposit [...] development. In extreme cases, large fly populations can even represent a public health concern for the communities surrounding a farm. Damage symptoms While [...] cause any direct damage to animals or buildings, they are considered a serious pest because: The males form swarms above the ground at head height inside barns

• A life-long passion for predatory mites

  September 30, 2024

  listening to growers and anticipating their problems is a daily routine at Koppert. It means that a number of factors need to work together. ‘Thanks to our [...] spiders at work. At one stage I even kept snakes and poison dart frogs in my bedroom. Predatory mites happened on my path when I studied biology at the University [...] continuous consultation services, we have managed to stay close to growers for generations. We also stay close to our markets by keeping daily contact with our

• House fly

  colour from yellow to red, to brown, to black as the pupa ages. New adult flies will emerge as early as two days after pupation (at temperatures above [...] larval instars until fully grown (7–12 mm), at which point they crawl to a cool, dry place near the breeding site to pupate. Flies in the pupal stage are o [...] and home. Believed to have originated in central Asia, the insect expanded its range worldwide long ago as a commensal organism to human populations; the

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  zero residue. Trianum has proven to be a good solution that eliminates the need to use pesticides to control diseases at the soil level in industrial crops [...] plant health and vigour so that the harvesting machine can do its work well. ‘With the introduction of mechanical harvesting, we were forced to change [...] challenge facing the production of crops for the processing industry is to work at a low price in which the fruit and vegetable product present the physical