• Koppert collaborates with Valto to control harmful tomato virus

  December 18, 2018

  reduction and cracking. Transmission is often through plant sap when working with tomato plants and by using infected materials like clothing and tools [...] applied to young plants. There are often two strains present in the greenhouse. V10 covers both so mutation is less likely and plants are protected naturally [...] since a vaccination is a weak form of the disease so plants feel a small shock initially, but plants will be so much better prepared for the rest of their

• Koppert and CABI collaborate on making more biological controls available

  December 18, 2018

  agreement, more training is also envisaged for Plantwise* ‘plant doctors’ who give advice on integrated pest management to local farmers. Other key areas [...] being developed by CABI Enhancing and promoting the benefits of Plantwise plant doctors and the use of biological controls as part of Integrated Pest Management

• Amazone Plants continues the path of organic cultivation

  strain on the safety of the employees, on the crops, and on the local environment. It has never been a favourite activity of mine. Biological plant protection [...] Amazone Plants are at the top end of the market. Biological plant protection is an additional pillar that supports this position. ‘This type of plant protection [...] growing plants. In the end, everything more or less turned out fine – the plants in 12 cm pots were sold in 14 cm pots in the summer, and the plants in 14

• How to prevent Fusarium in pepper crops: Protect your plants with Trianum

  November 20, 2024

  the plant’s vascular system can be affected, and in severe cases, the plant may even wilt and die. Fusarium infections can lead to significant plant loss [...] pepper plants. Several species of Fusarium affect pepper crops, including Fusarium oxysporum , Fusarium solani, and Fusarium lactis . Depending on the Fusarium [...] is a biological fungicide based on the fungus Trichoderma harzianum strain T-22. This biological fungicide protects plant roots against a wide range of diseases

• Bacterial wilt, brown rot

  tuber-borne. Spread from plant to plant results from bacteria moving from the roots of infected plants to neighbouring plants. The bacteria can also be [...] slime oozing from the cut. When the bacteria transfers to young plants through infected tubers, the wilting and collapse of plants happens rapidly. Leaves [...] propagation materials (seed, cuttings, tubers) Disinfect cutting knives and tools Control root rot nematodes as the wounds they make on roots help the bacteria

• Grey mould

  of the plants. In cucumber and tomato the fungus causes lesions on pruning wounds. These lesions may encircle the stem, so the part of the plant above the [...] grow into larger grey-brown lesions. The symptoms on fruits, flowers and on various parts of potted plants often only become visible during and after cold [...] cinerea ) affects the fruit. In potted plants, the cuttings die due to carry-over infection from infected parent plants. Life cycle and appearance of Grey

• Verticillium wilt

  from the top and purple brown stripes occur on the stem. In tomato, sometimes V-shaped lesions are formed on the leaf, between the veins. 'Early dying' [...] non-specific plant pathogens. Many species are saprophytes, V erticillium albo-atrum and Verticillium dahlia e are the most important plant pathogens. [...] cause wilting of plants. The wilting starts at the lower leaves. These leaves are pale-green, then orange-yellow. In the beginning the plant seems to recover

• Aphids

  markings or stripes on their bodies. Movement: Aphids are slow-moving and tend to cluster on the undersides of leaves, where they feed on plant sap. They may [...] host plants in the winter, and those species that do not. Species that alternate between host plants reproduce asexually on their summer host plant, migrating [...] feeding heavily on the plant. Curling or twisting of leaves: Some species of aphids can cause leaves to curl or twist as they feed on the plant sap. Biological

• Caterpillars

  Botryotinia fuckeliana on tomato 1 Koppert Beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua Larva 2 Koppert Almond-4.jpg Eggplant-3_01.jpg Watermelon_01.jpg Cut_Chrysanthemum-56 [...] that feed on leaves, stems and fruits, causing serious damage to greenhouse and field crops. Their feeding reduces photosynthesis, weakens plants and directly [...] Most of them feed on nectar. In contrast, the caterpillars have biting and chewing mouthparts and can devour large amounts of plant tissue. Many species

• Apple scab

  infect the plant by direct penetration of the cuticula and then grow between the cuticula and the epidermis of the plant cells. This causes lesions, on which [...] so the lesions remain smaller. Based on the research that has been done on the influence of climatic conditions on release of ascospores and risk of infection [...] disease, which at first presents itself as lesions on blossoms, leaves, petioles and fruits and sometimes on twigs and bud scales. The lesions are olive-green