A Year Of Impact For The Koppert Foundation

years. These projects included sustainable cardamom production in Guatemala, improved maize production in Malawi, a school gardening programme in Uganda [...] Zimbabwe, agroforestry projects in Kenya and Uganda and sustainable disease control in tomato in India. The Koppert Foundation was also active in education [...] to transfer knowledge on sustainable farming methods, leveraging Koppert products in smallholder settings. Additionally, it continued with established projects

Turnip

About The turnip ( Brassica rapa subsp. rapa ) or white turnip can be categorized as a root vegetable. Turnips are usually produced for its white and bulbous taproot in temperate climates around the w

SWD

the build-up of the pest to damaging levels later in the year. Early detection of SWD also ensures that there is ample time for control measures to be put [...] strawberry, blackcurrant and blueberry crops are particularly at risk, but the pest can also be problematic in grapes, plums and even tomatoes. Early detection [...] inspection and re-filling. Their red colouring makes them very attractive to the pest and the mesh openings are large enough for the fruit fly but will keep out

Optimising disease biocontrol in propagation

stock propagation The nursery stock propagator’s productivity plan is based on three propagation productivity principles: ‘maintaining cleanliness’, ‘optimising [...] often be avoided. A hygiene programme is a significant part of the disease control strategy. The use of peroxyacetic acid, e.g. Jet 5, at a 1% v/v dilution [...] that Vidi Parva has a useful secondary benefit of increasing biomass production in T. harzianum (T22). The increase was significant at the commercial

Application

Leek

Crop Protection in Leek: Thrips Control & Healthy Roots About The vegetable leek is a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum , the broadleaf wild leek. In the

Mushroom

bisporus , is considered safe for most people to eat because it is grown in controlled, sterilized environments. Several varieties of A. bisporus are grown

Garden chafer

General The garden chafer ( Phyllopertha horticola ) is a beetle from the Scarabaeidae family. It does most of its damage in the larval stage when it feeds on roots of grasses and clover. The adults f

Natutec Drive

crops. Mode of action The Natutec Drive has a rotating drum to keep the product homogeneously mixed. The natural enemies are blown through tubes onto the [...] Natutec Drive distributes the beneficials uniformly over a number of rows. Product components Complete system, adjusted to the particular needs of the grower [...] device. Downloads Natutec Portfolio Application Fill the drum with the product to be released Place the drum inside the Natutec Drive Choose the speed

Herbs

or aromatic characteristics and are used for flavouring dishes or food products. In the culinary world, there is a strict difference between herbs and