• Premium Quality, Around The World

  March 6, 2023

  customers with the best possible solutions. It’s a commitment that goes beyond product quality. After all, no matter where in the world the products are headed [...] alive and kicking is not exactly the easiest task in the world. That task becomes even more complex if a product in the Netherlands needs to arrive in, [...] ly tailored to the needs of every individual beneficial, bumblebee, or microbial product.’ In The Best Possible Condition Stacking the boxes on pallets

• Plugging the plant propagation gap with Trianum

  July 8, 2019

  marketed Trichoderma harzianum T-22 in the UK for over a decade, under the brand name Trianum. Two product formulations are available, one is a granular product [...] product which is incorporated into the growing medium, and the second is a powdered formulation which is applied to ornamental plants as a drench, through [...] of 1.5 g/m 2 Trianum-G is incorporated in the compost at a rate of 0.75 kg/m 3 Trichoderma harzianum T-22 is the most researched Trichoderma-based disease

• Amazone Plants continues the path of organic cultivation

  complex. The plants in the propagation phase enter the processing hall every nine weeks. During the nine week period that the plants are in the greenhouse [...] become noticeable once the plants are in the hall. Fantastic results with Swirski-LD The main pests are the Western flower thrips , aphids (predominantly [...] established in 2010. During the initial few years, the anthurium company owned by Lex Scheffers and Fred van Zijl did not immediately have the wind at its back

• Transforming crop protection: the rise of predatory mites

  September 8, 2025

  - without the downsides of chemicals. The influence of the Spanish research department in Almería and Águilas, now extends beyond Spain. What started as [...] beyond From greenhouses to open fields, the success of Swirski-Mite opened the door to other applications. The team developed protocols for controlling [...] mites now form the backbone of protocols tackling invasive pests like Thrips parvispinus and Scirtothrips in peppers. The power of mites and the role of research

• Getting a head start - The importance of scouting in winter

  January 31, 2025

  under cool and wet conditions during the winter months. The symptoms are apparent in winter and early spring. Early symptoms are yellowing and browning of [...] brown patches across the field at the end of the winter. Many insects can also potentially threaten seedlings and small crops during the winter and early growing [...] clip plants at the soil surface; some insects may be nocturnal and burrow into the soil during the day, making it difficult to identify the culprit. Leaf-feeding

• A good fruit set is the start of a good production!

  April 6, 2020

  supports the fruit set of the plant. Veni Calcium supplies the plant with readily available calcium that is needed for the cell wall formation during the cell [...] quality and healthy yield. The flower buds, formed in fall, are swelling and ready to open. During the short flowering period the crop experiences a tremendous [...] nut development. When the flowers are opening, active pollination is needed. Most fruits get the best pollination when the flowers are freshly opening and

• Natutec Drive – On the road to precision biological control

  March 10, 2021

  popular in the UK 'Currently we are preparing for the spring season with the production of 20 Natutec Drive machines for key customers in the UK - mainly [...] with success by growers in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands. Demo trials are currently being set up in Germany, France and the US. Koppert Biological Systems [...] applications. And demo trials are underway in France, US, Germany and Spain' Tom Vroegop explains. 'We are continuously assessing the performance of Natutec Drive

• How a little predatory mite laid the foundation for biocontrol today

  June 11, 2024

  location to start Operating from the largest vegetable and flower cultivation area in the Netherlands, the Westland offered the company a ready market – almost [...] exploration took him to research stations in the UK and eventually Switzerland where he found what he was looking for - the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis [...] after repeated introductions of the predatory mite, my father began to show some success. Jan Koppert led the way ‘The company was set up by my father

• Larvanem Has Been The Number One Product Against Vine Weevil For Over 25 years

  August 22, 2024

  is the basis of Larvanem . The product is also completely natural and does not interfere with other beneficials. For many growers, Larvanem is the most [...] others. Our nematodes receive well-balanced nutrition during the production process, so they are larger than other nematodes. This means that they have [...] how we kept on improving the growing and nutrition. Thanks to the strict checks we use in our production process, our nematodes are free of any diseases.'

• Certainty in the quality of every sachet and bottle of our predatory mites

  May 19, 2025

  distribution, every step of the process is carried out with rigorous standards. Bertha highlights the importance of the cold chain during transportation, a critical [...] buckets, are designed to maintain the viability of these beneficial organisms until their release in the field. Science and experience as the keys to success [...] been dedicated to ensuring the quality of the predatory mites that Koppert produces and imports. Her work involves verifying the quantity, activity, and