Grower Koen - Embracing biological crop protection in agriculture

opportunity to grow alongside Koppert in the development and application of biological crop protection.| The future Koen's vision of the future of agriculture [...] the future of agriculture, where traditional and organic practices complement each other, and how organic and traditional farming are getting closer together [...] abandon traditional methods. He decided to find a balance between both approaches. This way of working allows him to gain experience in using biological crop

Artificially lit crops pollination advice

provide valuable advice on how to overcome potential obstacles. From understanding the role of various pollination methods to implementing smart strategies [...] WBH-system, growers can enable bumblebees to fly during periods of adequate daylight. On average, bumblebees are allowed to fly between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m [...] week 6-10, switch back to normal bumblebee hive allocation based on latitude. Hive placement advice Snow during pollination How to pollinate during snow

Cranberry

Pacific Coast of North America and parts of Europe. This species of cranberry belongs to the subgenus Oxycoccus and genus Vaccinium . This species of cranberry [...] species of cranberry is also referred to as large cranberry, American cranberry or bearberry. The cranberry is indigenous to specific parts of North America [...] America, namely the central and eastern part of Canada and the northeastern and north-central areas of the United States. This cranberry is also found in

Natutec Drone Leaflet - Koppert

beneficials evenly, hundreds of empty food trays on the ground, to see if the regardless of the carrier material, it also had to be efficient: beneficials [...] Initially, Koppert didn’t want to invent the wheel. Instead, it to disperse beneficials. Drones can do anything, so why wanted to capitalize on existing technology [...] other things) to work. First, it had to be possible from a technical perspective: while In Koppert’s workshop, the technique was proven to work. you can

Using Capirel for healthy fruit orchards

the volume of water to correspond with the quantity of nematodes,’ Michel explains. ‘It’s easy to dilute in this way.’ Michel says it is easy to apply if [...] when he switched to organic methods. ‘I had some difficulties with codling moths and leafrollers at the time and switched to biocontrol to save my production [...] would recommend it to anyone who has problems with codling moths and leafrollers. It really helps to reduce the pest pressure. I’m proud to spray a solution

Beneficial Nematodes against Horticultural Pests

selectively applied to combat a significant variety of pests in a wide range of temperatures, such as the pupae and larvae of thrips, the larvae of vine weevils [...] together to either partly substitute, and sometimes replace the use of conventional pesticides, to manage pests that are extremely difficult to control [...] depends largely on a number of factors; temperature, time of application, larval stage of pest, humidity, application equipment etc. If you have any questions

RedStar places trust in Natutec Scout

level of infestation is developing.’ A lot of time saved This trend in level of infestation pressure is now visible in easy-to-understand graphs. ‘It's about [...] show how the level of infestation is developing. This function has also been made faster and better.’ Lower chance of errors Lastly, the ease of use has [...] this amounts to a 28-hectare area. Jan has used the Natutec Scout app since its market launch. Last year, Koppert asked him to test a number of improvements

Bugs

insects. Their life cycle consists of an egg, usually five nymphal instars and the adult insect. Several species of especially the families Miridae and [...] obvious damage is the deformation of growing points. They also cause tissue damage and deformed growth as a result of toxic substances that they inject [...] Heteropteran bugs form a group in the order Hemiptera , a highly diverse group of insects, containing both harmful and beneficial species. Heteropteran bugs

Rhizoctonia solani

time of infection. In general, the fungus causes symptoms on all plant parts that are in or close to the soil. Early infection of the growing tips of the [...] causes death of seedlings (‘damping-off’), both before and after emergence. A typical symptom of root infection is that the taproot is reduced to a thread [...] white collar of fungal mycelium occurs at the base of the stem. This crown rot may result from root infection or from direct infection of the foot. The

Aphidoletes aphidimyza

high relative humidity (> 70%) to get the best results. Feeding behaviour of Aphidoletes aphidimyza The searching behaviour of adult female gall midges is [...] aphidimyza is used for the control of the following pests: Aphids Aphidoletes aphidimyza is available at Koppert as Aphidend . How to use Aphidoletes aphidimyza [...] The time required to consume an aphid can vary from a few minutes to several hours, depending on the age and nutritional condition of the predator, as well