• Enhancing the efficiency of biocontrol applications with Natutec Airobreez

  Phalaenopsis orchids as its flagship product. As one of the first adopters of the Airobreez, the company has benefited from this advanced application device [...] was essential. With the Airobreez, we’ve accomplished that and more." Located in the Netherlands' Westland region, Labeau specializes in breeding and propagating [...] across the greenhouse is exceptional, ensuring optimal distribution of the biocontrol products." Thanks to its innovative double duct system, the Airobreez

• The Trianum and Vidi Parva Foundation

  February 27, 2019

  inputs in the management of pests, diseases and nutrients. The Triangle The objective is to generate and maintain a healthy and active root zone, in which [...] best out of the crop. NatuGro optimises the synergistic relationship between the plant and its environment, both above and below the ground. As crops become [...] release exudates into the rhizosphere (substrate around the roots) as part of a proactive defence. Vidi Parva promotes the development of disease-suppressing

• Limonica: breakthrough in large-scale production of a complex predatory mite

  October 6, 2025

  reviewed the entire process, from the type and quantity of feed to the composition of the rearing medium and the design of new production lines. After [...] deep-rooted expertise in the production of natural enemies, built up since its foundation in 1967. “Those years of experience form the basis of everything we do [...] investing in improvement and upscaling, and offers growers the certainty of an exclusive, reliable product.” Looking ahead: Limonica as the standard in integrated

• Natutec Drive – ‘In a class of its own!’

  June 4, 2021

  about innovation.’ Dyson Farming is the biggest private landowner in the United Kingdom and grows a variety of crops. The family-owned agricultural company [...] use and takes care of all these problems. We now spend less than a quarter of the time we used to spend on dispersal and the accuracy of application has improved [...] Half a year ago, Dyson Farming in the UK took the decision to acquire the Natutec Drive tool to disperse its biological pest control products. ‘It was

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

  April 6, 2020

  flush. After pollination, when the pollen is brought to the stigma, the pollen tubes start to grow down the pistil and reach the ovule where fertilization then [...] contains a special mix of amino acids and seaweed extracts which supports the fruit set of the plant. Veni Calcium supplies the plant with readily available [...] 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

• The Swirski-Mite Revolution: A Game-Changer in Pest Control

  October 21, 2024

  glutton, it can also be used in many crops and under a great variety of circumstances. In the first instance, it can be used in large fruiting vegetable crops [...] Since then, hundreds of billions of predatory mites have been reared and the product has continued to evolve. The bottle is still in use today, especially [...] and drought in outdoor cultivation (although equally effective in greenhouses and tunnels), and which once again boosted the popularity of the predatory

• New Anso-Mite Plus Sachet Beats Thrips Early In The Season

  February 8, 2023

  duration of the product, hanging them at regular intervals in the plants themselves, instead of blowing them over the crop, saves time over the extended [...] earlier in the season, to establish itself in the crop before Thrips can become a problem. Sachet Benefits Not only do the sachets prolong the effective [...] that can be introduced early in the season, is the solution.’ Going The Extra Mile Unlike other Amblyseius andersoni products in sachets, Koppert’s R&D department

• Black root rot of cucurbits

  black stripes. The disease is usually restricted to a few of the roots but in severe cases all roots may be infected. At the final stage of the disease, only [...] colour. Severe infection in this stage may kill the plants. In case of a less severe infection, the vines may wilt at a late stage of the crop, but when water [...] are mostly formed around the point of attachment of lateral roots and root hairs. The lesions may grow and encircle the root. The roots become yellow-brown

• Plugging the plant propagation gap with Trianum

  July 8, 2019

  propagation trays at a rate 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 Tr [...] many of which display successful antagonism against a wide range of fungal plant pathogens. Koppert have marketed Trichoderma harzianum T-22 in the UK for [...] under the brand name Trianum. Two product formulations are available, one is a granular product which is incorporated into the growing medium, and the second

• Bacterial canker of tomato

  with a brown centre. In potato, the disease usually only occurs in the second half of the season. The first symptoms are wilting of the lower leaves and [...] to eradicate the infection. In tomato, growers must either destroy the infected crop entirely or, if the crop is old, only the plants in the infected area [...] subsequent expansion of the wilt upwards. Cutting the stem at the foot shows whitish ooze with bacteria in the case of C lavibacter infection, but other