• Bacterial soft rot, bacterial stem rot

  leg in potato is a different subspecies. How to prevent Bacterial soft rot, bacterial stem rot Prevent high humidity Use sanitation to prevent spread within [...] lesions first are small and sunken, water-soaked and light to dark brown. They are adjacent to wounds and natural openings at the stem end. Later the fruit [...] been found in the gut of insects, possibly spreading from decaying vegetation to the growing crop that way. Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora or Pectobacterium

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

  August 22, 2024

  getting rid of the larvae, growers will continue to experience problems. This is why there is a need for a biological approach. Larvanem was developed over [...] Larvanem is. 'You get a much better result than using a chemical pesticide against adult vine weevils. And, what's more, Larvanem is a wholly natural product [...] harm other beneficials. The vine weevil is also unable to become resistant to Larvanem. You'll see how much you benefit.'

• Koppert’s Mirical Wins Prestigious Innovation Award

  February 13, 2024

  from a plastic bottle to specially designed corrugated cardboard strips that form a natural habitat for the Mirical beneficial bugs , has created a highly [...] that is much easier to use. The cardboard strips are fully compostable resulting in 99% less plastic. The cardboard corrugations provide a shelter for the [...] the predatory bugs , enabling them to ‘hide’ and better distribute themselves during transportation. As a result, the predatory bugs are protected during

• Mirical

  season and provide Entofood and/or Artefeed as a food source, as the predatory bug population needs time to establish and develop. Mirical can also survive [...] clean, dry rock wool slabs, in Diboxes or on leaves. Make sure the material is not disturbed for at least a few hours Introduce in clusters of at least 50 predatory [...] points per bottle Spread material thinly (maximum 1 cm thick) to enable the predatory bugs to get out of the carrier material Dosage The dosage of Mirical

• Koppert Launches Renewed Side Effects App

  October 11, 2024

  We are excited to announce that we have rebranded and added new features and improvements to our Side Effects app to help growers optimise their integrated [...] potential to contribute to advancing sustainable agriculture. Now, the Digital Assistant is ready for its first commercial use, enabling growers to access [...] Koppert One Side Effects App Offers: Comprehensive data: Access a detailed database to make informed decisions about integrating chemical pesticides with

• Verticillium wilt

  around 25-27 °C. How to prevent Verticillium wilt Start with clean soil or substrate by heating it at a temperature if at least 65 o C for a minimum of 30 [...] beginning the plant seems to recover at night. The symptoms may occur only in parts of the plant. Cutting the stalk horizontally reveals a slight discolouration [...] stream. As a defence mechanism, the plant produces gum in the vessels. The presence of both the fungus and the gum causes the xylem vessels to get blocked

• Wheat bunt

  the whole kernel becomes a bunt ball full of teliospores. These balls break during harvest allowing the teliospores to fall to the ground. Additionaly, [...] e of around 6 to 7 °C during that period. Soil moisture between field capacity and permanent wilting point is best for infection. How to prevent Wheat [...] healthy kernels, which in turn become a source of disease in the next season. Infection is strongly correlated to temperature and precipitation in the first

• Dwarf bunt

  General Tilletia controversa is a plant pathogen. It is a fungus known to cause the smut disease TCK smut in soft white and hard red winter wheats, as [...] the whole kernel becomes a bunt ball full of teliospores. These balls break during harvest allowing the teliospores to fall to the ground. Additionally [...] which in turn become a source of disease in the next season. The optimum temperature for germination is 3-8 °C and it takes three to ten weeks for germination

• Vidi Fortum

  by drench/drip to prevent leaching Make sure Vidi Fortum does not remain in the irrigation system overnight Use disinfectants regularly to keep the irrigation [...] from 3-5 litres/ha Applications should be repeated a number of times Consult a Koppert advisor or a recognised distributor of Koppert products for advice [...] Fortum contains seaweed extract with a guaranteed content of 1% betaine. Seaweed extract reduces water stress thus leading to better photosynthetic performance

• Legume Pest Monitoring Systems

  April 12, 2023

  monitoring system has been shown to work well, accurately predicting early summer emergence of midges, and allowing growers to make well-informed decisions about [...] compared to just a few days as we would normally expect. Dr Richard Binks, Koppert UK's Agri technical lead, says "the pea midge system is a valuable addition [...] pheromones and trapping systems that have become unavailable to growers in recent years. Pea midge is a pest that affects mainly vining peas, although combining