• Beneficial nematodes; the natural move towards biological crop protection

  April 5, 2023

  pests in stone fruits, soft fruits such as cranberries and strawberries, potatoes, and outdoor vegetables such as cabbage, baby leaves, and lettuce. Click [...] is the diminishing role and performance of chemical crop protection products. Either they have been removed by international and local authorities, or pests [...] regarding temperature windows, tolerating both cold and hot temperatures, with a special adaptation for heat and drought resistance since they can be applied

• IPM: The Answer to the Challenges of the Future

  April 18, 2019

  switch from chemicals to integrated pest management. Many chemical products are not good for nature and the environment and are therefore far from sustainable [...] often go beyond the legal regulations. This started with fruit and vegetables, but cut flowers and potted plants are also subject to ever tougher demands [...] gaining ground. And we're not surprised. After all, IPM helps keep diseases and pests under control, with minimal impact on people and the environment

• Ten facts about Spical

  August 3, 2022

  webs, both in greenhouses and outdoors. The product can be used in vegetable crops (except tomatoes), cut flowers, and fruit. The predatory mite in Spical [...] Mediterranean Sea and in North and South America. Neoseiulus californicus mainly eats spider mites but can also survive on other mites, insects, and pollen. As [...] in different versions: in a bottle and in slow-release sachets made of paper or foil . You can scatter the mites from the bottle or disperse them using

• Cyclamen mite

  become brittle, turn brown or silvery and die. Flowers and young fruits become brown near the base. Life cycle and appearance of Cyclamen mite The life [...] within the flower buds, growing tips and young folded leaves, where the humidity is highest and they are protected from direct sunlight. In such spots, they [...] enormous damage, and with heavier infestations plant growth is arrested and the flower buds are so badly affected that they shrivel and die. Damaged strawberry

• Windset Farms® Partners with Koppert to Showcase Sustainable Pest Management Practices

  September 4, 2025

  educational and approachable videos shared on social media platforms. “Our customers want to know more than ever about sustainability and how their food [...] p with Koppert shares how science and nature work together to produce delicious, high-quality greenhouse vegetables” The series aired in late August, currently [...] parasitic wasp with a unique and effective way of controlling aphids . By blending storytelling with scientific insight, Windset Farms and Koppert invite consumers

• Everything Still Begins with Swirski

  May 14, 2020

  extremely effective and resistant to high temperatures. It makes short work of thrips and whitefly , and also tackles spider mites and tarsonemid mite . [...] courgette and melon. Swirkii also proves its effectivity in soft fruit crops such as strawberry , raspberry and blackberry , as well as cutflowers and potted [...] in the Netherlands and other countries, Amblyseius swirskii was, and continues to be number 1 in terms of effectiveness. Versatile and reliable Amblyseius

• Biocontrol for Spider Mites

  April 24, 2020

  spider mite , fruit tree red spider mites , citrus red mite, begonia mite, and broad mite Packaging: each sachet contains 100 predatory and storage mites [...] Plant Damage Larvae, nymphs and adults of two-spotted spider mites cause damage to the host plant by feeding on plant tissue and plant sap, primarily on the [...] they pierce the cells and suck out the contents. These dead cells become yellow. As damage increases, whole leaves turn yellow and as the chlorophyll is

• 4 key benefits of biological crop protection

  March 19, 2024

  optimizing efficiency and reducing bottlenecks in the supply chain. Enhancing profitability Market demand for fruit and vegetables can fluctuate throughout [...] managing pest and disease pressure while maintaining productivity and considering the strict regulations regarding chemical pesticide usage and maximum residue [...] to increased yields, improved crop quality, and, ultimately, higher prices and turnover. Efficient labor and logistics Labor availability is an increasing

• Natupol

  bigger than 2000 m² and with approximately 25-35 flowers per m² per week. Crops Round, beef and plum tomatoes and other vegetable or fruit crops. Mode of action [...] maximum size and starts declining in size and pollination activity. Colony development depends on environmental conditions and the amount and quality of [...] visible (entrance and exit). Do not remove the small grey door under the lid Pollination performance and duration varies per crop and depends on environmental

• HyFood takes habanero to another level with biological control

  of agrochemicals and has allowed them to comply with the legal framework for entry into the U.S. market, one of the most important and demanding at a global [...] we have acquired knowledge and skills to be able to identify pests such as whitefly , red spider mite and thrips in time and release in a timely manner [...] consumption. In the last 10 years, exports of this fruit have had an average annual increase of 1.8% in volume and 11.4% in economic value, with the main