• New Strain Of Green Peach Aphid, Myzus Persicae, Requires More Aggressive Beneficial Insects

  September 1, 2023

  solutions against the Myzus strain: ‘For the long-term solution we are not only looking at products from our portfolio but also at new candidates for the target [...] crop, but can be good addition to the system. At the same time, we are looking at the side-effects of pesticides and how they fit into the protocol. Faced [...] Faced with the Green Peach Aphid, growers have been experimenting with a number of new pesticides for corrective control, but the interaction with biocontrol

• Moskisan

  to detect, count and identify. Trapping males also aids in reducing the number of eggs laid by famles as they fail to mate. Presentation One trap with [...] yellow bucket Fix the transparent top to the funnel with a twist action lining up the slots Attach the hanging hook to the transparent top Application Place

• Natutec Drive – On the road to precision biological control

  March 10, 2021

  for Thripex up to 95%, and this can only get better.' Brian Duggen, responsible for IPM at Keeling commented: 'Great to have Natutec Drive up and running [...] in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands. Demo trials are currently being set up in Germany, France and the US. Koppert Biological Systems now has three different [...] tough Covid times, Koppert's Technical Department has produced several numbers of these three versions together with third parties to upscale Natutec Drive

• Limonica: breakthrough in large-scale production of a complex predatory mite

  October 6, 2025

  The challenge was not only in the rearing itself, but especially in scaling up to commercial volumes during peak periods. "We have been working on this since [...] apart is its deep-rooted expertise in the production of natural enemies, built up since its foundation in 1967. “Those years of experience form the basis of [...] upscaling, and offers growers the certainty of an exclusive, reliable product.” Looking ahead: Limonica as the standard in integrated crop protection Marjon is

• Horse-chestnut leaf miner

  July on, when the second and third generations develop. Trees with a low number of attacked leaves are not greatly affected, but when the entire surface [...] (occasionally five instars) and their size varies form 0.5 mm in the firsts instar up to 3.5 mm in the fourth instar. The pupa is brown and is 2.9-4.5 mm long. [...] and May, depending on climatic conditions. After mating, each female may lay up to 180 eggs singly on the upper part of the leaflets. Females of the second

• Natutec Drive

  it work? The user puts beneficial insects inside the drum, which can carry up to 30 liters of material. The Natutec Drive will rotate the drum to keep the [...] is patented.This technology devides the beneficial insects equally over a number of rows. By using air, the beneficial insects are then transported through

• Shallot aphid

  hardy and overwinters in sheltered places and greenhouses. Numbers of this aphid can build up even in winter and early spring when temperatures are still

• Buckthorn-potato aphid

  pest of potatoes, where it also transmits viruses. It also attacks a large number of other crops, for instance sweet pepper, tomato, aubergine, strawberries [...] caused by sucking of sap is rarely seen. Sometimes, large populations build up on potatoes or other hosts, which can cause growth retardation. Buckthorn-

• Aphelinus abdominalis

  typically range from 0.25-4 per m 2 /release. Releases should be repeated a number of times. Consult a Koppert advisor or a recognized distributor of Koppert [...] it briefly with the tips of the antennae. She turns herself around, curls up the wing tips, and will try to pierce the aphid in the abdomen with her long [...] for egg deposition. Host feeding plays an important role in reducing pest numbers, with the adult wasp piercing the aphid with her ovipositor, and sucking

• Leaf miners

  natural enemies, allowing the leaf miner population to erupt into serious numbers. In addition, the pesticides used to control leaf miners disrupt the biological [...] feeding spots. Life cycle of leaf miners Leaf miner control videos Take a look at the video or go to our Youtube channel to see our leaf miner control products