• Koppert Launches Renewed Side Effects App

  October 11, 2024

  potential to contribute to advancing sustainable agriculture. Now, the Digital Assistant is ready for its first commercial use, enabling growers to access [...] 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 [...] tools to feature this cutting-edge AI tool. The new Digital Assistant feature on the app won the international GreenTech concept award in June for its potential

• Beneficial Nematodes For Biological Pest Control

  July 28, 2023

  research and field experience show that it is possible to use them on leaves as well. This development opens up a world of new possibilities for biological control [...] Control While plant parasitic nematodes are a common soil pest that affect plants, entomopathogenic or beneficial nematodes play an important role in the biological [...] of beneficial nematodes to support the transition to sustainable agriculture is enormous. And because of Koppert’s dedication to research, the opportunities

• Wheat bunt

  kernels, which in turn become a source of disease in the next season. Infection is strongly correlated to temperature and precipitation in the first 11 days [...] tritici and Tilletia laevis are hard to distinguish from infected plants before head emergence, although affected plants may be slightly stunted. Infected [...] and Tilletia laevis survive as teliospores in the soil or on seed. These teliospores germinate in response to moisture and form basidiospores, also called

• Geranium aphid

  General Acyrthosiphon malvae rogersii is a pest of strawberry that is widely distributed in northern and western Europe. Damage symptoms Wingless aphids [...] malvae rogersii Aphids have a complex life cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults and a great variety in colour. In greenhouses, reproduction [...] betraying their presence in the crop. Acyrthosiphon malvae rogersii is holocyclic (i.e. they mate in autumn and produce eggs to overwinter) and monoecious

• Phytophthora blight

  required. Dispersal is by wind and rain causes the pathogen to be returned to the soil from infected plants. Dispersal in the soil happens via water, since [...] higher water content than is optimal for crop growth. Phytophthora overwinters in roots, infected tubers and bulbs or in the soil in different stages: as oospores [...] infection is either by germinating sporangia or by zoospores produced in the sporangia. For germination on above-ground plant parts, leaf wetness is required

• Whitefly

  reduce the plant's ability to photosynthesize and grow. Wilting or death of plant: In severe cases, whitefly infestations can cause plants to wilt and die [...] If the plant is shaken, the adults fly up, and then return to the undersides of leaves. How to prevent whitefly To prevent whitefly infestations in crops [...] on the sap of plants, which can cause damage to the leaves and stunting of growth. They can also transmit plant viruses from one plant to another. Recognize

• Isonet T for Tuta absoluta

  May 8, 2019

  (MAPP 17929) is a controlled release dispenser for the mating disruption of the tomato leaf mining moth, Tuta absoluta Isonet T (MAPP 17929) is a controlled [...] polymer tubes Isonet T is composed of two parallel polymer tubes, one of which contains an aluminium wire to enable its positioning in the greenhouse, and [...] should be applied at the start of the tomato crop, or even a few days in advance of planting ( e.g. in December or January for long season crops). The dispensers

• Mirical

  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 [...] and/or Artefeed as a food source, as the predatory bug population needs time to establish and develop. Mirical can also survive on plant sap, however absence [...] larvae ( Liriomyza spp . ). Crops Especially tomato (can cause damage to other plants). Mode of action The predatory bugs actively search for prey. With their

• Biological seed treatment

  and bacteria, as well as plant extracts and algae extracts. Biological substances are applied to the seed in a powder form or as a liquid. An even layer covers [...] acts as a biostimulant: a treated crop becomes stronger and grows better; The treatment enhances crop yields while helping plants to fight off plant pathogens [...] results in a lower exposure of growers to chemicals and lessens their impact on the environment. The potential exposure of the soil to agrochemicals is also

• Common asparagus beetle

  black to greenish brown and laid singly or in rows of 3 to 10 eggs, standing perpendicularly on the branches and leaves of the asparagus plants. Larvae [...] General The common asparagus beetle ( Crioceris asparagi ) is a major, host-specific pest of asparagus in most asparagus producing regions of the world. Damage [...] instars, a pupal instar and the adult beetle. Adult common asparagus beetles ( Crioceris asparagi ) have a shiny blue head, black antennae and a red thorax