• Cottony soft rot

  cottony soft root, is a plant pathogenic fungus. It has a very wide range of host plants. Damage symptoms The first symptoms of a cottony soft root ( S [...] mycelium occurs with new dark sclerotia. The fungus also infects seeds and tubers, thereby creating a source of infection for the next crop. The dispersal to [...] produced by the germinating sclerotia. The fungus grows quite rapidly inside the plant and kills the host cells. On the infected plant tissue white, fluffy

• Spidex

  ml bottle with dosage-plug; 500 ml bottle. Carrier Wood chips. Application Turn and shake the bottle gently before use Push the centre of the cap to open [...] open the dosage hole Sprinkle material on leaves or pour into Diboxes Make sure the material remains on the introduction site for at least a few hours after [...] twice at weekly intervals. Consult a Koppert advisor or a recognised distributor of Koppert products for advice on the best strategy for your situation.

• Box tree moth

  Damage symptoms The larvae of the box tree moth ( Cydalima perspectalis ) feed on the leaves of box trees, but can also attack the bark of the trees, causing [...] lines at the beginning of pupation and then turn light brown with a dark pattern towards the end of pupation. There are two variants of adults. The most common [...] white with a dark brown band at the outer margin and a characteristic white spot on the forewing, while the other is mostly light brown with a white spot

• Phytophthora blight

  water-soaked lesions with vague borders and white fluffy fungal growth on the leaves. The centre is grey-brown with a light-green edge. On the stem, elongated [...] zoospores. The pathogen grows into the stem and on the plant surface and new sporangiophores (structures containing sporangia, a type of spores) with sporangia [...] usually circling the stem. On potato tubers, blueish lesions appear, that can be seen through the skin. The Great Famine was a period of mass starvation

• Cabbage moth

  black forewings, with a kidney-shaped white-rimmed marking in the middle. The hindwings are light brown with a rather inconspicuous spot in the middle. Head [...] larval instars, with the youngest a transparent yellow to grey-green with a characteristic brown-black head capsule. After the third moult, the caterpillar [...] accumulates in the heart of cabbage, thereby lowering the commercial value of infested crops. Life cycle and appearance of Cabbage moth The adult cabbage

• Silver-Y moth

  shades of brown to grey, but the most distinctive feature is the irregular white mark. The hindwings are brown with a broad, dark band along the margin [...] flower, often resting with their wings folded roof-like above the body. The female lays up to 2,000 eggs on the underside of the leaves of their host plant [...] sometimes with a black lateral line. The body has stiff hairs and is usually greenish with a light lateral line. Below the lateral line there is a dark dot

• Pherodis

  of trap depends on the species to be monitored. The species-specific sex pheromone lures males of the target pest into the trap. Trapping males also aids [...] installation of a new capsule higher numbers may be caught due to a temporarily higher release of the pheromone from the new capsule Pheromone dispensers remain [...] Aluminium sachet with pheromone/lure dispenser. Preparation Collect the sachets containing the pheromone dispensers from the cold store and open the sachets Do

• Cerall

  high concentration of P. chlororaphis strain MA342 After the application of Cerall, a biofilm is created around the seed. Cerall has a direct inhibitory [...] apply on the seed. Dosage Apply preventively at a rate of 1 litre/100 kg of seed Always check the product label for more information Consult a Koppert advisor [...] Mode of action Cerall offers both an immediate and long-lasting control on a wide variety of seed-borne diseases. How does it work? Cerall contains a high

• Lyprauta

  Just above the damaged area, the roots produce large numbers of new branches. This ultimately results in a reduced number of flower stems and a longer vegetative [...] distinguished by the wing pattern of adults. Adults of P. trinidadensis have a variation of dark-coloured markings spread over their wings. Adults of L. cambria [...] head with short antennae. The thorax is brownish-yellow and the abdomen brown with yellow stripes. The wings are transparent light brown with clearly visible

• Thripex-Plus

  larvae of various thrips species. Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action Predatory mites multiply in the sachet and disperse into the crop over a period [...] after 4 weeks if the pest is not controlled. Consult a Koppert advisor or a recognised distributor of Koppert products for advice on the best strategy for [...] period of several weeks. They pierce the prey with their sucking mouthparts and suck out the contents. Pack size 500 sachets. Each sachet contains 1,000 predatory