• Heidi Doering Cited As Integrated Plant Health Expert

  May 18, 2026

  industry expert in their article, The Shift from IPM to Integrated Plant Health . Based in the Netherlands, HortiDaily provides up-to-date information [...] Integrated Plant Health (IPH). To highlight the effectiveness of a proactive approach, she recounts her experience managing spider mite resistance in garden [...] , cultivation, and markets to growers and industry professionals worldwide through its online site. The article appears in the May 4th, 2026 issue of the

• Koppert Experts To Appear At Cultivate ’25

  June 25, 2025

  systems, and what it takes to be successful on the ground from year to year. Jeremy rose through several New England production facilities, and was Director [...] Cultivate by AmericanHort is one of the leading horticulture events in North America, providing a wide range of opportunities to explore and network with [...] earned her masters in horticulture at Penn State. Phil is a Technical Sales Consultant for the Northeast Region, covering six states. He was a lead grower for

• From Grower To Biological Pest Control Expert

  May 25, 2026

  e of a simple cucumber plant. He also delves into the role of Swirski-Mite in building the company to what it is today, and Koppert’s strength in nematodes [...] ornamental consultants know how to put all the pieces together to make a program work. Jeremy Webber rose through several New England production facilities [...] nematodes and predatory mites . It’s a global market but Koppert ships beneficials from farms in California and Michigan to meet the demand of their American

• Accelerating Change in Food Production

  June 20, 2018

  food sector, to work together to introduce and speed up the urgent changes needed in food production. More than 60 participants took part in presentations [...] care, and that nutrition played a vital role in this. Koppert CEO, Henri Oosthoek, remarked that a much greater degree of involvement by the medical world [...] and entrepreneurs in the European food sector met at Koppert Biological Systems’ headquarters in the Netherlands last week Thursday to inspire collaboration

• Successful biocontrol in potatoes

  August 3, 2023

  come in a long-storage, biodegradable carrier in a formulation that is easy to dilute and safe to handle. 'Using nematodes against wireworms is a pretty [...] Italy with success, according to Cyrille. 'The wireworm pressure is often high and difficult to detect since it is a soilborne pest. Therefore, damage can [...] pretty new application, but we are confident that it has a positive impact on the potato production,' Cyrille adds. 'We hope to introduce it to potato and

• Time For A Tune Up

  March 2, 2026

  vital as it is, this regular IPM consultation is always free to Koppert customers, and that’s the way it should be. You trust us to create a custom Koppert [...] Spring is when problems present themselves. If you’re unhappy with your IPM program and looking for solutions, it’s a good time to call in the experts [...] pesticides as well—and how those parts fit together to make a program work. They’re like a pit crew for a Formula One race car. Koppert’s professionals and

• Unveiling new packaging designs for Horiver sticky trap portfolio

  January 8, 2024

  adopted products in the Horiver range are sticky cards and Rollertraps. Horiver sticky cards make it possible to detect pests at an early stage, to then tackle [...] conducting counts, it becomes clear when pests enter the greenhouse, how they develop, and when a population will peak. In this way the grower is better prepared [...] pollination products during the first half of 2023, it is now our sticky trap product range that will enjoy a total makeover. The sticky traps are available

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

  March 6, 2025

  hitchhiking their way North on tropical plants. It’s a riveting discussion that’s well worth a listen. Be sure to stay tuned until the very end! Heidi has [...] decade and is one of the most well-informed plant experts regarding ornamental IPM. Her experience in production, sales, and with the plants themselves [...] gives her a unique perspective. Bill Calkins is widely known as the editor of Tech On Demand, the email newsletter discussing technical topics in the hor

• Thrips: a tiny pest with big consequences

  February 2, 2023

  targeting many plant species. However, there is a difference in where the thrips congregate and feed on the plant, as each type of thrips has its own 'favourite [...] These patches are brown on white roses and white on red roses. Early damage to a cucumber fruit causes it to grow curved. On sweet peppers , the western flower [...] comes at the expense of the yield. Compare it to a developing flu virus in your own body: it takes so much energy to control the pathogens that you are usually

• Insight to the Production of Nematodes

  September 12, 2019

  solution of the medium is made in a flask and sterilized in an autoclave to avoid any risk of contamination. Then the nematodes are placed in a nutritious and [...] get to their destinations in good health, ready to carry out their valuable work in so many crops, grown indoor or outdoor. High-tech production It all [...] are placed in a scale-up bioreactor, and finally scaled-up to a production bioreactor. After each and every step, quality control takes places to check purity