• Ten tips to effectively tackle whitefly

  March 6, 2023

  present on one plant in a corner, or have they spread throughout the crop? If they’re localized to one plant, you can apply control measures in that spot or remove [...] is infamous for being able to transmit more than 25 viruses to the plants it feeds off. With some crops, including pepper and tomato, it’s a safe bet that [...] Having whitefly in your crop is rightly a major concern, and it’s important to combat this pest as quickly as possible. However, effective biological control

• Creating a Cleaner Safer Berry

  August 18, 2021

  pushed the Berry industry to find safer, more cost-effective methods to care for their crops. Koppert Biological Systems offers a wide range of beneficial [...] integral part of IPM programs in strawberries and raspberries. In addition to Spidex, Amblyseius californicus ( Spical ) can provide a useful back-up as it is [...] Koppert provide growers the ability to produce a crop that has been treated with limited amounts of pesticides and is safe for both employees and prospective

• Podcast with Tech On Demand: A Biological Approach to Spring IPM, featuring Koppert’s Heidi Doering

  March 6, 2025

  plants. It’s a riveting discussion that’s well worth a listen. Be sure to stay tuned until the very end! Heidi has worked with Koppert for the past decade [...] National Ornamental Crop Lead and Technical IPM Consultant for the Midwest Region. She fills Bill in on what she’s seeing and hearing as spring production ramps [...] across North America. Bill and Heidi discuss her role as a “greenhouse CSI” when walking into a facility and meeting with owners and growers. They touch

• Beneficial nematodes for bean seed fly control

  Frank encountered a significant challenge due to the cold and wet conditions at the beginning of the crop cycle. Ideal conditions for bean seed seed fly [...] of using beneficial nematodes for pest control, emphasizing that it's a cost-effective solution that prevents the need for costly reseeding and saves growers [...] plant parasitic nematodes are a common soil pest that affect plants, entomopathogenic nematodes play an important role in the biological control of many

• Koppert is Investing in Smarter Scouting

  May 29, 2019

  time progresses. Act Quickly Thanks to this, growers only need to use a smartphone to scan the Horiver sticky traps in their greenhouses. The scout-app can [...] insight into the system for integrated crop protection that they use for their crops,’ explains Tom Vroegop, a Product Manager for Monitoring & Application [...] tenuis. It is also possible to manually enter sticky trap and crop data in the app. The generated data will then be displayed in an online dashboard. This

• Using Capirel for healthy fruit orchards

  helped a lot to control and reduce the pest pressure,’ Michel states. ‘It had a positive effect in the spring and there was less need for trapping to reduce [...] growers in France are increasingly turning to sustainable nematode solutions to protect their orchards against pests – a living, natural solution for their [...] be used as a preventive treatment in the autumn to reduce the pest pressure for the following spring. Easy application and good results ‘For the preparation

• Event to Raise Global Plant Health Awareness

  December 16, 2019

  want to move forward when it comes to plant health as this forms the basis for holistic and sustainable food production systems for the future. In order [...] ‘Our aim for the event is to inform and influence all these diverse sectors and create the necessary public awareness on how plant health can help to secure [...] World Forum in The Hague, from 9-11 September 2020. The three-day event will address a number of horticultural and agricultural themes on a global scale;

• Trianum is a true all-rounder

  December 13, 2022

  soil-borne diseases in a targeted way but has also proven to be an effective plant growth promotor. As a result, Trianum promotes a stronger and more resilient [...] help to the crop, as the mycelium competes with harmful fungi for space and nutrients, giving them little to no chance of developing further. In addition [...] more easily available for the crop. As a result, the roots and the parts of the plant above ground develop better, resulting in a stronger and more vital

• Keep a Close Eye on Thrips

  May 21, 2020

  you know where to find the larvae. In some crops, you will find them mainly in the heads of the plants, while in others they tend to be in the flowers or [...] Koppert consultant for crop-specific advice. Not only the detection of larvae is reason for a 'thrips alarm'; you also need to be alert to deformities, damaged [...] excrement in the crop. Time to sound the alarm? Or not... How many adult thrips or larvae you can tolerate in your crop depends on the type of crop. For example

• Koppert’s microbial solutions for sustainable food production

  October 15, 2020

  other finite resources? In the search for answers, Koppert Biological Systems, a world leader when it comes to innovative solutions for agriculture and horticulture [...] 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