• Effective Biological Control: Keep a Close Eye on Everything

  August 18, 2021

  to focus on the top 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 [...] a lot of knowledge about pests! Sticky traps and pheromone traps Scouting in the crop is sometimes the only way to determine the development of a pest [...] thrips and whitefly are often first seen on the sticky trap. By counting regularly and keeping track of the results, you can maintain a good picture of whether

• Event to Raise Global Plant Health Awareness

  December 16, 2019

  promoting the event worldwide and finding key speakers and panels for the presentations and discussions to raise awareness on the vital topic of plant health [...] nal event under the banner of ‘Plant Health, Agriculture & Bioscience’ at the World Forum in The Hague, from 9-11 September 2020. The three-day event will [...] relevant NGOs and a variety of motivators from around the world. The event is expected to draw between 800 and 900 international participants to the World Forum

• Pollination Under Artificial Lights

  August 10, 2021

  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 [...] manager. ‘We have looked at all the features on the hive and give advice on how to enhance the work of our bumblebees in poor (day)light conditions. We

• Eggjuvant

  avoid “shocking” the eggs. Premix 5 gallons of concentrate in a bucket, which then can be mixed with the final volume of water. After the final volume is [...] gently mix the desired amount of beneficial eggs into the solution. Continued agitation, such as an airlift, will help maintain eggs in suspension. The eggs [...] surfaces and allows emerging larvae to hatch closer to their food source. Availability Eggjuvant is registered for sale in the following U.S. states and territories:

• Trianum-P SDS

  Identification of the substance/mixture and of the company/undertaking 1.1. Product identifier Product form : Mixture Trade name : TRIANUM-P Type of product [...] regarding its correctness. The conditions or methods of handling, storage, use or disposal of the product are beyond our control and may be beyond our knowledge [...] connected with the handling, storage, use or disposal of the product. This SDS was prepared and is to be used only for this product. If the product is used

• 253504 Koppert Bacilirid 5lb 81173541 BK.indd

  between the outlet end of the fill pipe and the top or overflow rim of the reservoir tank of at least twice the inside diameter of the fill pipe. The pesticide [...] RESULTING FROM THE USE OR HANDLING OF THE PRODUCT. Koppert and the Seller offer this product, and the Buyer and User accept it, subject to the foregoing Conditions [...] requirements in this box only apply to uses of this product that are covered by the Worker Protection Standard. In Case of Emergency In case of large-scale

• Help! How Does Thrips get Into My Crop?

  December 21, 2021

  experts at hide-and-seek - especially hiding. In winter, the insect hides away in sheltered spots, in crevices, on plant waste, or in the ground. Their pupae [...] invisible. The existence of this route into a greenhouse sometimes leads to discussions or arguments between the grower and the supplier of the plant material [...] upper levels of the crop and in the flowers. Onion thrips ( Thrips tabaci ) is found everywhere, through it prefers the underside of young leaves. Echinothrips

• Ten facts about Spical

  August 1, 2022

  conditions than the predatory mite in Spidex . Spical is available in different versions: in a bottle and in slow-release sachets made of paper or foil [...] scatter the mites from the bottle or disperse them using a blower. You can hang the slow-release sachets in the crop. For a number of weeks, the mites from [...] The predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus in Spical is one of the old hands at Koppert, having been used for 35 years to control spider mite. And the

• Raspberry

  or horticultural derivatives of hybrids of R. idaeus and R. strigosus. The fruit of the raspberry plant is red, tasty and sweet but tart-flavoured. Raspberries [...] species of Rubus. This particular plant species has its origins in Europe and northern Asia, but nowadays the fruit is being extensively produced in other [...] a seasonal fruit and produced in summer or early autumn. Botanically speaking, the raspberry is not a berry, but an aggregate fruit of numerous drupelets

• Swirskii Predatory Mite Not All That Demanding

  August 18, 2021

  combination of all these characteristics means that the mite truly thrives in greenhouse crops. However, in warmer regions and during the summer in temperate [...] where the insects live, which is directly around the leaf. The microclimate there is often very different from that found elsewhere in the crop. The combination [...] distinction between beneficial and harmful insects. Swirskii and most other mites, both useful and harmful, get stuck in them. The crop's glandular hairs form