International series ‘Plants for Life, Plants to Survive’

New session on February 2 puts the spotlight on soil health To mark the Year of Plant Health , Koppert Biological Systems initiated the webinar series [...] for Life, Plants to Survive’ in December to highlight the importance of plant health and how it is linked to human health. Inspiring In this series, keynote [...] speakers shine their light on various aspects of plant and human health, and discuss their viewpoints with an online audience of young professionals, scientists

Biofungicide that gives soil-borne diseases no chance!

A healthy plant starts with a healthy root system Trianum is a biological fungicide product that protects crops from soil-borne diseases such as Fusarium [...] crops to grow healthily, resulting in increased uniformity and reduced wastage from sub-standard plants. The unique mode of action means there is no chance [...] chance of pathogens developing resistance to Trianum . It has been used in many countries for many years, and continues to give excellent results. Growers

High-tech Insect Production

Peter Jansen (AAB.nl), Herjan Bak en Peter Couwels Koppert aims to make a significant contribution to sustainability, reducing CO 2 emissions and ensuring [...] n. In line with this goal, the construction of the new "insect factory" in Berkel en Rodenrijs fully supports the company’s mission and vision. "We want [...] want to rear sustainable products in a sustainable environment," says Peter Maes, Corporate Marketing Director. "We’re part of the environment and food cycle

Koppert introduces Natutec Drive

The latest in the series of Natutec associated technologies for agriculture and horticulture – Natutec Drive – now offers growers a dispersal system that [...] that makes the release of beneficial insects even more accurate, evenly spread and labor-saving. While Koppert’s Natutec Scout and the airborne biocontrol [...] release system, Natutec Drone , are steadily helping an increasing number of growers to professionalize the biological control of their crops, Natutec Drive

More Sustainable Nematode Formulation

Beneficial Nematode Products with Excellent Dissolvability A new formulation will gradually become available for our Steinernema feltiae and Steinernema [...] including Entonem , Capsanem and Scia-Rid . The composition of the carrier material has been entirely changed with a new formulation based on 100% biodegradable [...] n has the advantage of being much easier to dissolve making it fully compatible with the available spraying/irrigation systems in the market, including

Earth Day 2022: Koppert’s ongoing investment in the planet

‘Invest in your planet’, is this year’s international Earth Day theme and we can confirm that this is exactly what we have been doing at Koppert for the [...] the past 55 years. Established in 1970, Earth Day is an international day devoted to the planet. It draws attention to the environment, and promotes co [...] sustainability. On April 22, more than a billion people from more than 190 countries will join demonstrations, projects and initiatives in efforts to help the

World Soil Day

World Soil Day 2020 and its campaign, "Keep soil alive, Protect soil biodiversity", aims to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems [...] ecosystems and human well-being by addressing the growing challenges in soil management, fighting soil biodiversity loss, increasing soil awareness and [...] individuals around the world to commit to proactively improving soil health. Soil life is very complex. “Our soils consist of a myriad of organisms not visible

The 3 full-automatic blowers to distribute natural enemies from Koppert BIological Systems

New edition Insect Pest Management

written in 1991 and updated in 2000, the third edition of this valuable reference book will soon be released. Published by CABI and showing a Koppert [...] photograph on its cover , Insect Pest Management , will be available towards the end of November. Prominent entomologists David Dent and Richard Binks of Koppert [...] Koppert UK fortuitously met at Koppert's 50 th anniversary celebrations in the Netherlands three years ago and have since updated and edited the third edition

Koppert’s microbial solutions for sustainable food production

Under the cloud of a global pandemic and changing climate, crop resilience has become a vital factor in our struggle to produce food with shrinking resources [...] question we face is: How to achieve food security for an increasing world population while changing food production systems to ease the pressure on our natural [...] environment and other finite resources? In the search for answers, Koppert Biological Systems, a world leader when it comes to innovative solutions for agriculture