• Ten Facts About Thrips

  April 26, 2019

  help you determine the identity of the intruders. 4. Thrips sucks plant juices from the upper leaf and/or flower cells, resulting in the characteristic s [...] in its arsenal: the pupae are often in the soil. This stage can be tackled with parasitic nematodes. 9. The thrips don't like the cold and will rest in a [...] temperatures. 10. The good thing is that you're not alone in the fight against thrips, as predatory mites and bugs are natural enemies of the insect. Nematodes

• Written in GrowerTalks: "Cold Chain Management" by Heidi Doering

  December 16, 2024

  biologicals to the grower and the moment before deployment. Temperature awareness and holding the different types of products are covered, as well as preparing [...] spent. Heidi has worked with Koppert for the past decade and is one of the most well-informed plant experts of the day regarding ornamental IPM. Her broad [...] 1937. Growers and propagators turn to it to learn about the newest standards and practices, including those for biological programs and integrated pest

• Natutec Drive – ‘In a class of its own!’

  June 8, 2021

  accurately," Angel explains. "The two arms of the tool unfold over the crop to blow the live products accurately and uniformly over the strawberry plant foliage [...] about innovation." Dyson Farming is the biggest private landowner in the United Kingdom and grows a variety of crops. The family-owned agricultural company [...] es. This is where we have installed Natutec Drive. We have fitted the unit onto our heating pipes and it allows us to distribute Thripex and Chrysopa really

• Investing in thrips control: always a good idea

  March 6, 2023

  viruses. The trouble is that you can't get rid of a viral infection, and the crop can die from it. Investing in safety Investing in prevention and control [...] ornamental plants, the main problem is visual damage. This can seriously affect the product's value or even make it unsaleable. The viruses that thrips [...] transmit in vegetable crops are a major threat. The best known are the tomato spotted wilt virus ( TSWV ) and the impatiens necrotic spot virus ( INSV ), but

• Koppert Collaborates to Launch Free Biocontrol Tool

  February 14, 2020

  reliance on chemical pesticides and produce safer and healthier food. The launch comes as CABI and its partners mark the inaugural International Year of Plant [...] consumer demands for healthier and safer food, and reduce pressures on the environment. Users of the portal enter their country and crop pest problem query to [...] awareness of the importance of plant health in addressing world hunger, poverty, threats to the environment and economic development. The BioProtection

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

  March 7, 2025

  listen. Be sure to stay tuned until the very end! Heidi has worked with Koppert for the past decade and is one of the most well-informed plant experts regarding [...] facility and meeting with owners and growers. They touch on common spring pests and potential prevention/management strategies, as well as education and planning [...] perspective. Bill Calkins is widely known as the editor of Tech On Demand, the email newsletter discussing technical topics in the horticultural industry

• Pollination Under Artificial Lights

  October 4, 2018

  greenhouse fruit and vegetables. The best practices and advice it now shares with growers is based on more than 30 years’ experience in the field and valuable [...] feedback. The eight-page manual on 'Pollination and Growing Lights' gives advice on when to open and close hives, the best placement of hives, the benefits [...] towards the end of the last century for growth at night and prolonged production during the winter, researchers at Koppert Biological Systems and growers

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

  December 18, 2024

  gauging what is working, and addressing any problems that remain. MANTS is the premier winter event for the horticulture industry, especially on the East Coast [...] treatments attacking the adults rarely give relief to the problem, but Koppert has solutions to catch and kill the pest at it's Achilles heel: the larvae. Current [...] They’re the best way to get to know each client and the staff who implement the bioprogram. Visits are also useful tools for maintaining the efficiency

• Great Results in Combating Grubs in Blueberries

  March 19, 2019

  green colour and the quality of the fruit improved and evened out. We expect good yields in the years to come.’ A Major Advantage for the Customers Wilczewscy [...] convinced them at every step in the production process that the quality of our fruit is most important for us. And the natural environment of our farms [...] decades the Wilczewscy Horticultural Farm in Białousy in the far east of Poland produced various plants and cut flowers. But in de mid-nineties the production

• Pollination checklist Growing lights

  sure the hives are not overheated by the lamps and other means, or by the sun in spring and late autumn. The later the lights are turned on, the more [...] connecting 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 [...] pollination. The sun activates the bumblebees 09:00 08:00 Keep the hives closed during one day of snowfall. If possible, remove the snow from the roof. 07:00