• Visit Koppert's Tropical Experts at TPIE 2025, Booth #836

  January 6, 2025

  provided to Koppert customers free of charge. They’re the best way to get to know each client and the staff who implement the tropical bioprogram. Visits are [...] that remain. Located in the heartland of tropical producers for North America, TPIE is the principal trade event showcasing the latest trends in foliage [...] Come visit Koppert’s booth at The Tropical Plant International Expo (TPIE) at the Broward County Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, January 22–24

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  February 8, 2024

  out with the company Sociedade Agrícola Militão, in the town of Ribatejo, in a pepper crop for the processing industry. Pedro Militão is one of the two owners [...] reach the end of their cycle with a high level of plant health and vigor so that the harvesting machine can work well. 'With the introduction of mechanical [...] product presents the physical and organoleptic characteristics of the variety, free of pests and diseases and free of pesticides, guaranteeing the final consumer

• Mealybug control: Which beneficial should I use in my vineyard?

  April 22, 2024

  mealybugs Avoid applying in the hottest part of the summer Where to apply: Attach bottles directly to vines or wires, out of direct sunlight Preventatively: [...] detection of the pest (bleeding bark) If treating a chronic mealybug hotspot, start applications after the last chance of frost Avoid heatwaves Where to apply: [...] chance of frost Can be applied throughout the season Avoid heatwaves Where to apply: Towards the middle of vineyard blocks Open perforated boxes and leave

• New Sachet Improves Spider Mite Control

  November 1, 2018

  creates a better environment for the predatory mite to build up its population. The superior quality of the foil ensures the breeding system is better protected [...] crop. Fully compostable The new Spical Ulti-Mite sachets can be disposed of together with the crop waste. The sachet is made of a newly-developed foil that [...] conditions that may affect the mites emerging from it. The sachet is narrower and slightly longer and gives the mites the very best conditions to develop

• Swirski-Mite Helps You Stay in Control

  August 18, 2021

  climate regions. The combination of all these characteristics makes swirskii the benchmark of predatory mites . The effectiveness of other predatory mites [...] reproduce in the bag and move from there into the crop. Ultimately, three to four times as many predatory mites come out of the sachet as it originally held [...] LD , and Swirski Ulti-Mite . The second has a slightly different composition, as there are two types of food in the bag. The Swirski-Mite Plus and Swirski-Mite

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

  March 6, 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 [...] Bill Calkins is widely known as the editor of Tech On Demand, the email newsletter discussing technical topics in the horticultural industry. In his companion [...] biological IPM. Heidi also explores the importance of relationships in this regard, and gives her thoughts on Thrips parvispinus—the pepper thrips hitchhiking their

• Predatory Mites Whitepaper

  has the highest numerical response to whiteflies and is the best option when the pest pressure is high. • In laboratory trials the oviposition of A. andersoni [...] because they avoid the webbing. At low spider mite densities these predators can slow down the development of spider mites. Effects of temperature and humidity [...] swirskii and A. andersoni predate about the same number of thrips per day. If sufficient food is available, the population of A. swirskii grows much faster than

• Help, whitefly! Now what?

  June 2, 2022

  spread throughout the crop? To choose an effective control method, you first need to know the scope of the attack. Don’t underestimate the problem – whitefly [...] start? And what is the most effective method of control? The following tips will help you when whitefly makes your life, and that of your crop, difficult [...] What are the options? When should I do what? Determine the strategy that you intend to follow and stick to it. Scout the crop thoroughly. Is the infestation

• Biodiversity: Research into our positive impact on nature

  May 22, 2022

  due to the loss of habitats, the use of pesticides in agriculture, acidification of our soil, and climate change. Biodiversity is the foundation of all life [...] ‘Explaining the positive impact Koppert has on biodiversity is of vital importance to secure the market position of biological solutions within the industry [...] and at European level. The European Green Deal including the Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork, are aimed at a reduction of nitrogen and pesticides

• Once Again Koppert and CABI Collaborate

  October 8, 2018

  promoting the benefits of Plantwise plant doctors and the use of biological controls as part of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Supporting the establishment [...] local farmers. Other key areas of intended collaboration between CABI and Koppert as part of the MoU are: The creation of new biological control products [...] International ) and the Koppert Foundation stepped up their efforts to combat pests which threaten the food security and livelihoods of thousands of farmers and