When it comes to whitefly, misfortune never comes alone

A pest like whitefly has a direct impact on the resilience of a crop. It's not just the pest's feeding on the crop that is harmful; whitefly also poses [...] poses a risk of virus transmission. Worse still is the likelihood that other diseases and pests will strike – as a grower, you certainly want to avoid that [...] that! A healthy plant is a basis for good growth and production, so it should be no surprise that an attack by a pest like whitefly will undermine the crop

Prevention: the most powerful weapon in the fight against Fusarium

Growers worldwide have to deal with the soil-borne fungal disease Fusarium wilt . As the name suggests, wilting is the most common symptom, but this soil-borne [...] manifest itself in other ways depending on the crop. The best tip we can give growers is that prevention is better than cure. Fusarium wilt is an incredibly [...] difficult disease to treat. The fungus that causes this disease, Fusarium , is found worldwide and can infect many plants. In addition to causing wilting

Prevent internal spider mite contamination

mites ? Contamination can come from outside but also from within your organization. One department contaminates another, an older crop contaminates a new [...] and so on. Not to worry – there are several ways to minimize the internal contamination risks. Spider mite occurs in hotspots, and it’s important to uncover [...] uncover its hiding places as promptly as possible. If you take the right measures in these hotspots, you can prevent the infestation from spreading to the

Life cycle of whitefly

World Soil Day – Soils, where food begins

Agriculture Organization of the United Nations holds a ‘World Soil Day’ during which it aims to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems [...] wellbeing by addressing growing challenges in soil management and encouraging societies to improve soil health. Held on 5 December, this year’s theme is: ‘Soils: [...] soil nutrient loss is a major degradation process threatening nutrition. It is recognized as being among the most critical problems at a global level for

Harness the added value of nature's helpers

solutions in the field of integrated pest management for over 55 years, mainly for protected crops. Natural enemies are used on a large scale to combat pests [...] protection products are used only in emergencies and are always selective. That means they won't harm natural enemies or do so to a limited extent, leaving the [...] increasingly shifted to outdoor crops. If you produce outdoor crops, you're at a huge advantage: the open air is home to an abundance of tiny natural enemies

Natutec Drone – Airborne technology for biological control of harmful pests

How to use Horiver Dry from Koppert

Valto - V10 instruction video - English

V10 | The solution against PepMV