• Finish Clean with an IPM Based Program

  August 10, 2021

  believe that a perfect Poinsettia starts when the plant is barely sticking out of the soil. The soil blankets the roots which are used as a highway for [...] promote strength and growth of the plant. To make a prize winning Poinsettia, Koppert Biological System has a variety of tools to help ensure the perfect poinsettia [...] consultant so versatile, interesting and sometimes complicated. The importance of a well balanced IPM program has become increasingly more importnat over the years

• New Sachet Improves Spider Mite Control

  November 1, 2018

  Following the success of a newly patented packaging concept by Koppert Biological Systems, Spical Ulti-Mite will soon be available in a high-tech foil sachet [...] available as of 7 November. Extensive research has resulted in a sachet that creates a better environment for the predatory mite to build up its population [...] strongly. Spical Ulti-Mite, which is widely used to control spider mite in a variety of greenhouse crops, can now also be applied to outdoor crops such

• Global awareness of food loss and waste reduction

  September 27, 2021

  growers, and on top of that, promote total plant health and a holistic approach. NatuGro is a perfect example of this. We also improve efficiency and help [...] even less input. Growers get top quality produce that will last longer, with a better shelf life, thus reducing food loss even before it gets to the consumer [...] We keep improving and adjusting to what the market needs and wants. ‘From a Koppert company point of view, reducing waste in general through using recyclable

• Enjoy multiple benefits against spider mite with Spical

  December 12, 2021

  part of a system known as Integrated Pest Management (IPM), an approach that allows you to significantly scale back use of pesticides. This has a range of [...] use any chemical correcting agents – benefits all round. Spider mites are a very annoying pest, and that’s putting it mildly. The mites reproduce exponentially [...] the crop like an oil slick. The result is yellow leaves that fall off after a while, reduced photosynthesis, and unsightly webs. This inhibits production

• Sustainable Cultivation Goes Much Further than Pests and Natural Enemies

  August 18, 2021

  the genome, for example. Around ten to fifteen years ago, performing a read-out of a genome was extremely expensive. These days, it is more affordable. If [...] limits. The chemical products are becoming less effective, their residues are a threat to food safety, and both chemicals and artificial fertilizers are products [...] industry which relies on mineral oil. ‘And we all know that mineral oil is a finite natural resource and that there are already restraints on its use due

• Optimum Conditions for Bumblebees

  August 18, 2021

  required an adaptation of the Natupol system. Assimilation lamps emit a lot of red light; a color that bumblebees cannot see. If there is little natural light [...] in order to find their way around. That is not easy: finding the hive takes a lot of time and the bumblebees are almost literally in the dark. This means [...] favorable light conditions. You can therefore prevent them losing their way as a result of the assimilation lighting in the greenhouse, and thus optimize the

• Mite vs. Mite: Controlling Hop Pests Sustainably

  August 18, 2021

  to bring a healthy hop crop to market, but a Netherlands-based firm believes bugs can be more effective than chemicals in controlling them. A 2017 trial [...] found in hops, as well as the expertise consulting that can help in creating a sustainable, integrated pest management system. More Info on Hops

• Rhyzobug Brochure

  January 1, 1970

  environment • Safe for user • Admitted in organic agriculture • Contributes to a healthier end product • Environmentally friendly • Helps biodiversity • Natural [...] effect of Rhyzobius lophanthae on Aspidiotis nerii in lemon in Spain 400 A. nerii / 10 cm2 300 Introduction rate 1:250, avg T: 27,8°C 200 100 Untreated [...] Untreated 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 R. lophanthae Weeks after predator release A. nerii / 10 cm2 150 The effect of Rhyzobius lophanthae on Aspidiotis nerii

• Manual Growing lights

  January 1, 1970

  figure 1.3 & 1.4). This hive is equipped with a blue hive door (in the visible spectrum for bumblebees) and has a special, flower shaped, UV pattern around [...] hives if they are behind a sidewall screen (see figure 2.1). Figure 2.1 Take into account the angle of the sun and the presence of a sidewall screen for placement [...] enough daylight is available (28 Watt/m2 PAR light), a Wireless BeeHome system can be used. Even better is a combination of the best placement advice and automatic

• Koppert Collaborates with Valto to Control Harmful Tomato Virus

  October 10, 2018

  ‘Yes, at first some growers may be a bit hesitant, since a vaccination is a weak form of the disease so plants feel a small shock initially, but plants [...] operates globally through a network of 27 subsidiaries and distributors in more than 100 countries, family-owned Valto has a specialized range of products [...] is expected in a few weeks or months’ time. We expect that tomato growers all over Europe will soon accept the ‘Pep’ virus vaccination as a standard practice