• An impressive range of predatory mite solutions thanks to continuous research and innovations

  September 3, 2024

  Phytoseiulus persimilis , to growers in the Netherlands more than 55 years ago, but by far the greatest achievement is that we have managed to improve and escalate [...] listened to their demands and challenges for more than 55 years and responded to their needs with mutual understanding and support. It has resulted in a huge [...] cold chain in place from production unit to distributor that includes road and airfreight, with adequate ventilation and temperature regulation to ensure that

• Swirski-Mite Helps You Stay in Control

  August 18, 2021

  requires a different strategy in every situation. Sometimes responding quickly to a pest is a must, other times you want to slowly build up a standing army [...] regular Swirski-Mite is contained in a bottle with a handy dosing cap, making it very easy to scatter the predatory mites in the crop. Blower dispersion is [...] is gaining more and more terrain in your crop. You can easily introduce many predatory mites in one go. If you want to gradually apply predatory mites

• HyFood takes habanero to another level with biological control

  molecules in the crop. We have complied with these requirements thanks to biological control," said Salazar. In addition to the benefits of access to export [...] of habanero peppers in hydroponic system. Since its founding in 2017, they have been clear about their goal: to produce high-value fruits, where they help [...] Looking for a reliable partner To be consistent with its philosophy, HyFood needed to minimize its agrochemical applications. To achieve this, the implementation

• The journey of sustainable citrus farming in agriculture

  only proven to be successful but also reduced the reliance on chemical pesticides. The path to environmental friendly farming Dedicated to sustainable [...] Get to know Balbino Garre Martínez, a grower with over 35 years of experience in citrus and livestock farming. Balbino, along with his two brothers, operates [...] where agriculture isn't just a profession but a lifelong passion. Adapting to challenges and embracing change Balbino's agricultural journey hasn't been

• Limonica: breakthrough in large-scale production of a complex predatory mite

  October 6, 2025

  species to produce. Thanks to a combination of in-depth knowledge, technical breakthroughs, and strategic collaboration, Koppert has succeeded in making [...] ” From unstable produce to robust upscaling The challenge was not only in the rearing itself, but especially in scaling up to commercial volumes during [...] right, we would not have been able to follow this intensive development route. It enables us to continue investing in improvement and upscaling, and offers

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  residue. Trianum has proven to be a good solution that eliminates the need to use pesticides to control diseases at the soil level in industrial crops. For this [...] excellent results in pepper crops for processing in Portugal, a country where this biological fungicide has been registered since 2018 in its two formulations [...] harvesting, we were forced to change our way of producing and we decided to introduce new means that help protect the roots. It was in this way that we first

• Aphids—Go Time Appears in GrowerTalks Magazine

  March 1, 2025

  article in the March issue of GrowerTalks. In Aphids—Go Time he discusses key points about the main types of aphids growers are most likely to encounter [...] potato aphid , and how to identify them. This information is critical right now because this is the time to get a biocontrol plan in place, so crops are protected [...] voice for ornamental horticulture since 1937. Growers and propagators turn to it to learn about the newest standards and practices, including those for biological

• Jeremy Webber Discusses Limonica In GrowerTalks Magazine

  February 1, 2025

  teams in the field and in the lab and has a tremendous amount of knowledge regarding modern (IPM) strategies to share. His extensive background in the industry [...] covers how active the mite is in much cooler weather, its mean attitude toward other bugs , and its capacity to breed faster to keep up with fast-breeding [...] Consultant Team Manager, Jeremy Webber, has an article in the February, 2025 edition of GrowerTalks magazine. In A Meaner Mite For A Badder Bug he gives an overview

• Entonem for Effective Control of Thrips in Ornamentals

  August 18, 2021

  life by several weeks (up to 16 weeks in some cases). ‘This is because nematodes use less energy during their hibernation in the gel formulation. When [...] and sciarid flies for over 50 years. Therefore , Koppert decided to evolve the product to today's growers needs. Hence, the development of the new gel fomulation [...] research and development, Koppert is replacing the clay matrix (in which the nematodes remain in a dormant state until released) with a gel formulation which

• New Approach Significantly Reduces Aphids in Soft Fruits

  March 21, 2019

  Morocco, and in greenhouses in the Netherlands prompted him to become the first grower of small fruits under artificial lighting in greenhouses in 2016. It [...] increase in production. Particularly in spring, Dutch raspberries have a lovely quality to them that can be marketed in the niche segment. I want to seize [...] but the aphids continued to spread. The gall midge needed just a little too much time to build up its population in order to keep the entire greenhouse