• How to protect bumblebees from heat

  pollination may stop due to damage to the hive. Bumblebees therefore need to keep cool in hot summer conditions to be able to function optimally and carry [...] crucial to ensure effective pollination to support crop production and maintain high yields for growers. To ensure a positive result, it is crucial to protect [...] their ability to transfer pollen effectively. These challenges can lead to reduced pollination rates and lower crop yields. Bumblebees try to maintain a

• Spidex Vital lives up to its promises

  mite has always been a reliable beneficial. ‘I use it to combat spider mite in combination with Cucumeris, Feltiella, and Swirskii. Together, they create [...] have been released and they get right down to doing their job.’ A tense moment Sjaak van Dijk switched over to Spidex Vital at the start of February. ‘I [...] many Phytoseiulus eggs.’ This corresponds with the explanation Sjaak received from consultant Ron Delissen and with what Koppert promised in the leaflet, he

• Effective spider mite control with predatory mites

  starting with biological control or looking to optimize your current IPM strategy, our global team of crop protection specialists is ready to help. Get [...] without harm to other natural enemies or pollinators. No resistance development: unlike chemical pesticides, pests do not develop resistance to natural predators [...] residue: supporting growers to meet residue requirements or organic certification standards. Compatibility: easily combined with other biological and soft

• Air Blowers to distribute and apply beneficials

  natural enemies; no damage and proven low mortality due to the unique design 3 full-automatic blowers to distribute natural enemies Differences between air [...] even distribution of this material up to a distance of 2-3 metres from the Mini-Airbug. More information? Subscribe to our newsletter Airbug Airobug Mini-Airbug [...] Air Blowers to distribute and apply beneficials Blowing systems Koppert's blowing systems are especially developed for effective and efficient distribution

• Collaboration With Valto Against Pepino Mosaic Virus

  August 9, 2024

  Since 2019, we have partnered with Valto to exclusively distribute their product V10 . Thanks to our extensive global sales network in greenhouse horticulture [...] when working with tomato plants, and by exposure of the plants to infected materials such as clothing and tools. ‘You can compare V10 to a flu vaccination’ [...] n’ explains Guido Roozemond. ‘V10 is used preventatively and needs to be applied to young plants. In a lot of countries, multiple strains of Pepino mosaic

• Thrip control in Strawberry with Orius laevagatus

  May 8, 2019

  strawberry grower. They are often impossible to control using insecticides, due to their inherent ability to develop resistance, and generally secretive [...] that capsids often start to occur in strawberry crops from late July, requiring the application of insecticides to prevent damage to the crop, but which can [...] can also prove harmful to Orius . The period when Orius can help control thrips can therefore be limited to 6-8 weeks if capsid occurs. However, such is

• Hunting season starts early with Anso-Mite

  February 16, 2021

  s and Spain. “We are able to exploit our high-performance predator strain, in the most optimal way, by targeting thrips with Anso-Mite” says Product Manager [...] Manager Tim Bossinga. Anso-Mite will be available to all subsidiaries, but will initially be introduced to the UK soft fruit market in mid-February. Koppert [...] year, we were only allowed to use Thripex (the predatory mite N. cucumeris ) and were restricted in the types of different mites to control pests like thrips

• Plugging the plant propagation gap with Trianum

  July 5, 2019

  g Pythium , Rhizoctonia and Fusarium Trianum-P is mixed with water and applied as a drench to propagation trays at a rate of 1.5 g/m 2 Trianum-G is in [...] growing medium, and the second is a powdered formulation which is applied to ornamental plants as a drench, through trickle tape, or via drip lines. Provides [...] a wide temperature and pH range (10-34 o C and pH 4-8.5) Gives protection to cuttings, seedlings and plug plants in propagation; can be used for all ornamental

• Control spidermite with Phytoseiulus in soft fruit

  May 8, 2019

  due to resistance, hence growers largely rely on biological control of spider mites in their crops. Control of spider mite control is achieved with the [...] spidermite. Due to the wide variety of growing systems in UK soft fruit crops, the introduction rates for Phytoseiulus differ according to the particular [...] and does not feed on anything else. As a result it is not usually possible to use this predator in a preventative fashion; instead it is normally introduced

• The Trianum and Vidi Parva Foundation

  February 27, 2019

  tips and exudate formation with Vidi Parva Maximise the benefits of Trianum, with strong colonisation Stimulate the crop with biostimulant Fortafol The [...] This relationship is developed further with the introduction of Fortafol-D, which strengthens the crop to deal with abiotic stress. The combination of these [...] The Triangle The objective is to generate and maintain a healthy and active root zone, in which the crop is stimulated to produce new roots, which in turn