Experts Needed for International Plant Health, Agriculture & Biosciences Conference in The Netherlands

international Plant Health, Agriculture & Biosciences conference in the Netherlands World experts on the topics of sustainable horticulture and agriculture [...] biodiversity and food production are invited to raise global awareness on how plant health can help to secure and improve food supply, reduce poverty [...] The call for papers comes in the wake of a unique conference that will take place at the World Forum in The Hague from 9 – 11 September 2020. The United

Event to Raise Global Plant Health Awareness

Event to raise global plant health awareness Taking up the challenge presented by the United Nations’ International Year of Plant Health , Koppert Biological [...] will be organizing an international event under the banner of ‘Plant Health, Agriculture & Bioscience’ at the World Forum in The Hague, from 9-11 September [...] The three-day event will address a number of horticultural and agricultural themes on a global scale; including threats to plant health, plant health practices

Perfect Potted Hydrangeas for Super-Strict Customers

A shrinking number of pest control products and more stringent requirements are making crop protection across all crops that bit more complicated. Potted [...] Potted hydrangeas are no exception, and here too, biology is becoming increasingly significant. Dutch plant nursery P. van Geest is extremely satisfied with [...] with the work of the beneficials. "It’s never been so easy to keep our potted hydrangeas looking so good." The Netherlands-based plant nursery grows tomatoes

Increase in Thrips Infestation Demands More R&D

Thrips have long been a major threat to crops, but worryingly, the number of species of thrips around the globe is on the increase, and they are spreading [...] though is the fact that there isn’t yet a biological solution to control every species in every crop. Koppert is, therefore, investing in more R&D in this [...] situation in the Netherlands as an example, where for many years it was assumed that only the Western flower thrips – Frankliniella occidentalis – was present

The Importance of Quality at Koppert

Spidex – quality matters It may be our oldest product, but we continue to spend a great deal of time and effort to ensure that Spidex remains at the top [...] top of growers’ options when it comes to the most effective biological control of spider mite. "The discovery and commercial production of Phytoseiulus [...] more than 50 years ago is the foundation on which our company was built," Total Quality Control Manager, Saskia Inghels reminds us. "Today it is still one

Koppert Registers New Biofungicide

RELEASE BIOFUNGICIDE NOLI Berkel en Rodenrijs, 26 November, 2019 Botrytis bunch/fruit rot/grey mold and Monilia brown rot – fungal diseases which annually [...] wine producers millions of euros in production losses worldwide, can now be controlled in an effective and sustainable way with a non-synthetic fungicide [...] registered by leading biocontrol innovator, Koppert Biological Systems. Registered in France, other European countries and the USA are expected to follow.

50 Years of Experience and a lot of R&D Efforts

The ongoing attempt to discover and utilize natural principles form the backbone of Koppert’s activities. Koppert has been following these principles for [...] last 50 years. It all started when cucumber grower Jan Koppert and his son Peter decided to dedicate themselves to finding an alternative method to crop [...] protection . Nowadays, we provide our biological solutions to more than 100 countries worldwide for a wide range of crops; including strawberries , cannabis

Our challenges - Koppert Biological Systems

The Revolutionary Spical Ulti-Mite Sachet

Greater certainty for the biological control of spider mite – that is what you will achieve with Spical Ulti-Mite . This 100% industrial compostable sachet [...] Three Times as Many Predatory Mites The sachet provides a better environment for the rearing system of predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus . It can therefore [...] therefore build up its population in the sachet more rapidly and effectively. Compared to regular sachets, Spical Ulti-Mite performs up to three times better

No Risks for Employees or for the Environment

Doing the right things in order to build a solid reputation, even if the buyers don't follow the same path yet: that is the philosophy on which Plántulas [...] Plántulas de Tetela bases its investment in biological crop protection . The Mexican producer of propagation materials for the ornamentals sector has reduced [...] reduced its use of chemicals by 80%. Having developed a keen interest in biological crop protection, Plántulas de Tetela started using biological control for