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

  March 7, 2025

  relationships in this regard, and gives her thoughts on Thrips parvispinus—the pepper thrips hitchhiking their way North on tropical plants. It’s a riveting [...] National Ornamental Crop Lead and Technical IPM Consultant for the Midwest Region. She fills Bill in on what she’s seeing and hearing as spring production ramps [...] Heidi discuss her role as a “greenhouse CSI” when walking into a facility and meeting with owners and growers. They touch on common spring pests and potential

• The Swirski-Mite Revolution: A Game-Changer in Pest Control

  November 8, 2024

  introduced in a variety of circumstances. Think of factors such as humidity, day length and temperature range that play a role in determining whether a biocontrol [...] market: as a natural enemy that does its work reliably in all kinds of situations. For growers on their farms, this is one less thing to worry about.’ A bullseye [...] glutton, it can also be used in many crops and under a great variety of circumstances. In the first instance, it can be used in large fruiting vegetable crops

• The Swirski-Mite Revolution: A Game-Changer in Pest Control

  September 30, 2024

  introduced in a variety of circumstances. Think of factors such as humidity, day length and temperature range that play a role in determining whether a biocontrol [...] market: as a natural enemy that does its work reliably in all kinds of situations. For growers on their farms, this is one less thing to worry about.’ A bullseye [...] glutton, it can also be used in many crops and under a great variety of circumstances. In the first instance, it can be used in large fruiting vegetable crops

• Spidex Vital Plus – Effective spider mite control in a sachet

  make sure that the predatory mites are present in the crop over a longer period of time making it difficult for spider mites to escape the predatory mites [...] applied where it is needed most. The increased efficacy and prolonged effectiveness of Spidex Vital Plus provides you with more time to focus on other areas of [...] is more time efficient, which offers potential savings on labour. Easy application Spidex Vital Plus is easy to use. Introduce the sachets in and around

• Caterpillars: a growth explosion in the life of butterflies and moths

  June 30, 2023

  cause huge damage to crops. Of some species, a few dozen caterpillars can launch such a vicious attack on a plant within twenty-four hours that it’s no [...] When a caterpillar is fully grown, it stops eating and looks for a suitable place to pupate, the process by which it uses its silk glands to make a cocoon [...] cocoon out of threads. The cocoon may be in a corner where leaves overlap or in other places. The leaf rollers use a leaf to conceal themselves and pupate

• Swirski-Mite: the do’s and don'ts in a nutshell

  February 2, 2023

  arrives at your company, preferably on the same day. If you can't, store the product in a cool (10-15 °C), dry place for no more than one to two days. Use [...] fast action is needed or predatory mites in breeding bags for prevention and a long-term approach. Keep track of the effects, and learn as you go. Learn about [...] Swirski-Mite Helps You Stay in Control Swirski-Mite: First Aid for Problems with Thrips and Whitefly Swirski-Mite Plus, Now in Even Better Shape Everything

• A turning point in Almeria: how predatory mites helped transform agriculture

  April 16, 2025

  could act quickly—test, reproduce, and deliver a solution in time .” Staying ahead in a globalized world In today’s interconnected world, pests travel faster [...] Spain at that time. “ Chemicals, people said that biological control was only for the high-tech greenhouses in the north of Europe. Not for us. ” But things [...] Back in the late 1990s, the idea of growing vegetables without chemicals in southern Spain seemed almost impossible. “ At that time, there was only one

• Biodiversity: Research into our positive impact on nature

  May 23, 2022

  Koppert for the past year. Our resent research conducted resulted in a strategy and a definition. The definitions that reflect our positive impact on biodiversity: [...] aimed at a reduction of nitrogen and pesticides by 50% and working towards 25% organic farming by 2030. This policy is in potential very beneficial for the [...] already making a positive impact, we observe a trend where at one hand the transition to sustainable agriculture is being embraced by policy, on the other hand

• Infestation Levels in Tomato Crops: A Look at the Top Four

  June 6, 2019

  ( Bemisia tabaci ) is a problem all over the world. In greenhouses, greenhouse whitefly( Trialeurodes vaporariorum ) also forms a significant challenge [...] help tackle this pest. Rollertraps are also a useful tool in the battle against whitefly: they can help in the capture and removal of adult whitefly. Aphids [...] – the larvae of moths. In greenhouse-grown and outdoor tomato crops, Tuta absoluta represents a particularly tricky problem. In subtropical regions, species

• Great Results in Combating Grubs in Blueberries

  March 19, 2019

  working with Koppert for many years. This constant cooperation has resulted in a joint search for solutions to problems that appeared on the farm. ‘Together [...] bacteriophora For several decades the Wilczewscy Horticultural Farm in Białousy in the far east of Poland produced various plants and cut flowers. But in de mi [...] regained a dark 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