• Koppert’s Mirical Wins Prestigious Innovation Award

  February 13, 2024

  cardboard strips that form a natural habitat for the Mirical beneficial bugs , has created a highly efficient and sustainable release system that is much easier [...] Accepting the award on behalf of Koppert, product manager Tim Bossinga said that innovation lay at the core of Koppert’s DNA and is a result of its continuous

• Expanded board to strengthen development at Koppert Biological Systems

  December 18, 2018

  allows for more focus on specific areas of operation. The original board that includes CEOs Paul Koppert and Henri Oosthoek, and CFO Robert Pathuis, has [...] need for specific divisions like Horti, Agri and live stock, made us realize that it was time for change within the top tier of the company’, says CEO Paul [...] the board each have their areas of expertise and we have every confidence that they will perform well in their new roles.’ Photo caption from left to right:

• Modified formulation for Macro-Mite

  December 18, 2018

  From 17 September, the predatory mite is supplied with a carrier material that includes added peat. The improved formulation boosts the vitality of the [...] manager Tim Bossinga explains, 'the improved vitality is a result of the fact that the predatory mite can behave in a more natural way in the new carrier material [...] carried out by the Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture department shows that Macro-Mite kills thrips pupae better than Hypoaspis species.

• Natupol Fly

  a smaller scale, such as seed crops with just a few flowers or for crops that produce very little pollen. Crops Members of the cruciferae, compositae,

• Pea leaf miner

  surface but more commonly on the underside. The late third instar larva, that emerges from its tunnel just prior to pupating, is known as a prepupa. This

• Southern European marshland pyralid

  upward almost vertically, with the abdomen of males often being longer than that of females. Another distinctive feature is the triangle formed by the head

• Black vine weevil

  laid from the beginning of July until around the end of October. The larvae that hatch have a white, translucent to pinkish body and a reddish brown head

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

  February 8, 2023

  Product Manager, Tim Bossinga. ‘Using breeding sachets with predatory mites that can be introduced early in the season, is the solution.’ Going The Extra [...] sachet with not one, but two feeder mites to the breeding sachet. Trials show that the sachet is active over a period of at least 4 weeks. ‘It works like a [...] an alternative ‘fuel’ for the predatory mites . We have also established that Amblyseius andersoni is fairly cold tolerant, so it emerges from hibernation

• Praon volucre

  control with the parasitic wasp Praon volucre Praon volucre is a parasitic wasp that belongs to the family Braconidae and to the subfamily Aphidiinae . Praon

• Legume Pest Monitoring Systems

  April 12, 2023

  midge pheromones and trapping systems that have become unavailable to growers in recent years. Pea midge is a pest that affects mainly vining peas, although [...] decisions about whether and when to apply insecticides. Work in 2021 showed that the activity period of midges was longer than normally expected, midges flying