• Crucial information on pollination at high temperatures

  August 10, 2020

  climates, it is assumed that proper management of pollinators is sufficient to ensure good pollination . The single biggest problem is that if there is not enough [...] Crucial information on pollination at high temperatures We all know that proper pollination of a flower is the most critical process related to fruit set [...] setting may be poor. Growing in warm climates opens up a whole set of problems that can affect yield and quality. Management of temperature, humidity, and radiation

• Our new branding: inspired by nature

  January 17, 2022

  with strong core values. Our new branding reflects that mission and values. This will ensure that what we stand for is reflected consistently in how we [...] founded. Therefore, after 30 years it was time for an update, a branding that matches our ambition and reflects our connection to nature. ‘Our mission [...] evolves as well: ‘To make our world more sustainable, we need ways of growing that are both safe and healthy. Our goal is 100% sustainable agriculture. We work

• Effective Wireworm Control In Potato Crops With Beneficial Nematodes

  July 19, 2024

  underground plant parts, including potato tubers, causing tunnels and lesions that compromise the quality and marketability of the crop. Wireworm infestations [...] losses for potato growers. Recognising A Wireworm Infestation Common signs that indicate the presence of wireworms include irregular or shallow holes in [...] c nematodes or beneficial nematodes , are a group of parasitic nematodes that have a unique relationship with insects. They play an important role in the

• Personal message to our customers

  April 8, 2020

  distribute our products all over the World. So that you can continue to rely on our natural solutions. And that we can continue to work together on growing [...] is increasingly important to stay healthy, we want to make sure you know that we are here for you. No matter where you are in the World, or which crop

• Sustainable cultivation goes much further than pests and natural enemies

  December 18, 2018

  of their cultivation processes. That has been changing over the last twenty years and it is now becoming clear that conventional, non-sustainable cultivation [...] industry which relies on mineral oil. ‘And we all know that mineral oil is a finite natural resource and that there are already restraints on its use due partly [...] The role of technology in biological control is set to grow even further; that's the prediction of Peter Maes, Koppert's director of Corporate Marketing

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

  April 6, 2020

  elements in quantities 80 to 100 times higher than leaf tissue! It is essential that these elements are available and utilised at this stage, as they play an [...] when the flowers are freshly opening and cross pollinated. So, make sure that there are sufficient pollinators in the crop. When Natupol bumblebees are [...] This is in addition to natural occurring pollinators, and/or honey-bees that may or may not be in sufficient numbers to support this flower flush. After

• Natutec Drive – On the road to precision biological control

  March 10, 2021

  announced that there are currently three versions of Natutec Drive to accommodate 4 to 8 row systems. 'There is the towed version of Natutec Drive that can be [...] Koppert Biological Systems now has three different versions of Natutec Drive that take care of distributing predatory mites and insects essential for the [...] drawn behind a moving vehicle, a fully autonomous pipe rail, and a module that can be fixed to existing farming equipment. Even in these tough Covid times

• Fortafol ‘in-favour’ for growing strawberries in re-used coir bags

  January 6, 2021

  for the role that biostimulants play in integrated crop management systems. A campaign last summer highlighted some of the benefits that Fortafol-D provides [...] commented Neil Procter, Koppert’s expert on biostimulants. Neil explained that when the treatment is applied within 4-7 days of planting in a re-used coir [...] enhancer, which stimulates plants to grow, even under stressful conditions that would normally slow or suppress plant growth and development.” You may also

• Long-tailed mealybug

  The range of host plants of Pseudococcus longispinus is less extensive than that of the citrus mealy bug but it nevertheless encompasses many species of

• Vine mealybug

  rods round the edge of the body, and two slightly longer 'tail filaments' that project at the posterior end. There is often a darker longitudinal stripe