• Wireless Beehome

  winter time, bumblebees have difficulties with their orientation. This has a negative effect on pollination . Mode of action Each Wireless Beehome receiver can [...] hive entrance of the Natupol hives can be opened and closed automatically on set times. When assimilation lights dominate the natural (UV) light in the [...] can open or close the hive entrance of a Natupol hive on set times. One central transmitter can manage several receivers in the greenhouse and a distance

• HyFood takes habanero to another level with biological control

  they help ecosystems and offer a qualified product to consumers. To achieve this, the implementation of an integrated pest management system supported by [...] philosophy, HyFood needed to minimize its agrochemical applications. To achieve this, the implementation of an integrated pest management program was necessary [...] Ramirez, pest monitoring supervisor, the willingness of Koppert consultants in this process was vital. "It has been a very good experience because we have acquired

• Cannabis

  offers an additional layer of defense by feeding on the larvae present in the growing medium. Adding to this arsenal is Isaria fumosorosea (Isarid), a biological [...] important when it comes to keeping cannabis plants healthy and productive. This is because cannabis can attract a lot of different pests and diseases that [...] organisms to manage pest populations. Some of the common pests that you might find on cannabis plants are aphids , whitefly , thrips , spider mites , and leaf miners

• Pepper

  pepper plant (genus Capsicum ) belongs to the nightshade family Solanaceae. This plant genus includes all varieties of peppers, including the mild bell pepper [...] ng seedlings in a greenhouse environment. Plant height can vary depending on species and variety. Tall varieties grown in commercial greenhouses are supported

• Carnation tortrix

  damage it inflicts on carnations and strawberries. Damage symptoms The larvae of the carnation tortrix ( Cacoecimorpha pronubana ) feed on the upper surface [...] laying up to 700 eggs, deposited in batches of 10 to 200 on the upper surface of leaves or on other greenhouse materials. At first, the eggs are a light [...] Balearic and Channel Islands as well as Madeira. It is polyphagous, observed on 160 cultivated and wild plant species – trees as well as herbaceous forms

• Ulti-Mite: Revolutionising biocontrol with innovative predatory mite sachets

  market debut in 2006, this beneficial has been a resounding success and has become one of our most frequently produced beneficials. This predatory mite has [...] biological pest control across a wide range of crops. In 2016, we introduced this groundbreaking product variant to our product line, which previously consisted [...] systems. Since 2016, the Ulti-Mite version of Amblyseius swirskii has been on the market. Nowadays the Ulti-Mite sachet is also available for our predatory

• Southern European marshland pyralid

  decaying organic material on the ground or substrate. They feed on detritus as well as life materials. Young larvae feed on the leaves and flowers before [...] eggs, overlapping in a tile-like fashion on both the upper and lower surface of leaves close to the veins, or low on the stem or stalk close to the ground [...] European pepper moth (Duponchelia fovealis) is a polyphagous species feeding on a wide range of hosts from 38 plant families. They include ornamental crop

• Control spidermite with Phytoseiulus in soft fruit

  May 8, 2019

  have become increasingly less effective against this pest due to resistance, hence growers largely rely on biological control of spider mites in their crops [...] Spidex ). This product is supplied in bottle sizes of 2,000 and 10,000. The mite is a specialist predator of spider mites and does not feed on anything [...] Applications of Spidex should continue on a weekly basis until a good balance between predator and prey is achieved. This can be seen by the new growth of the

• Spidex Vital Plus – Effective spider mite control in a sachet

  eradicated. Spidex Vital Plus works well on all life stages of the two-spotted spider mite but prefers to feed on younger stages. Tim Bossinga, Product Manager: [...] with more time to focus on other areas of work. The sachet application is more time efficient, which offers potential savings on labour. Easy application [...] making it difficult for spider mites to escape the predatory mites easily. This strategy can be applied where it is needed most. The increased efficacy and

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  excellent results in pepper crops for processing in Portugal, a country where this biological fungicide has been registered since 2018 in its two formulations [...] we decided to introduce new means that help protect the roots. It was in this way that we first learned about Trianum-P, a biological solution with which [...] product, authorised for organic farming and that it does not leave residues on fruit. Trianum is aligned with the positioning of the company which is very