Grower Koen - Embracing biological crop protection in agriculture

environmentally friendly and responsible. And that the vegetables consumers eat are safe. Future of biological crop protection Koen advocates for a cautious

Encarsia formosa

develops freely within the host pupa. When the parasitic wasp is fully grown, it eats a round hole in the pupal cuticle. It takes several hours before the wasp

Entonem keeps young orchids free from fungus gnats

costs, he says. ‘If fungus gnats are given the chance to develop, they start eating the young roots. This can considerably slow down plant growth. It adds another

Feltiella acarisuga

first immobilise their prey and then suck out the contents. The larvae also eat spider mites that are in diapause and can consume 15 adult spider mites or

Phytoseiulus persimilis

earlier development stages only feed on smaller prey stages. The larvae do not eat. They develop quickly to protonymph and then start to feed on spider mites