• False spider mites

  the family Tenuipalpidae have a worldwide distribution and can be found on many cultivated plants. Several species have been reported, especially by growers [...] Brevipalpus californicus which have an almost worldwide distribution and many host plants. Damage symptoms False spider mites ( Tenuipalpidae ) are usually

• Bacterial wilt, brown rot

  for disease development, the plants may show signs of stunting and produce many adventitious roots on the stem. The vascular stem tissue is coloured brown [...] it more dangerous in temperate regions. It survives well in water and in many different soil types and on alternative hosts like weeds. It invades the

• Oat

  food. In human consumption is chiefly eaten as porridge but also used in many baked goods. It is often present in cold breakfast cereals, muesli and granola

• About Koppert

  Biocontrol is our Nature The answers to many of today’s agricultural and environmental challenges are already out there: in nature itself. At Koppert,

• Eggplant

  speaking however, the eggplant is classified as a berry. The fruit contains many small and soft seeds. These seeds taste rather bitter, because they contain

• Green peach aphid

  persicae ) is an important insect pest in sweet pepper, tomato, cucumber and many other greenhouse crops. The aphid may originate from Asia, where its winter-hardy [...] transmit at least 100 different viruses and is thus rightfully feared by many growers. Nymphs and adults extract nutrients from the plant and disturb the

• Aphidius colemani

  aphids to drop from the leaf and fall to the ground. Although many aphids die as a result, many will survive and migrate to other plants to begin new colonies [...] mummy do not, however, provide a reliable key to the species of wasp within: many braconid wasps that parasitize aphids produce a mummy similar to that of

• Cabbage leafroller

  to field grown cabbage, apple, pear as well as maple, popular, spruce and many herbaceous wild plants. Because fewer broad-spectrum pesticides are used [...] inside fruit or flowers. It is these webs that cause the leaves to curl. Many of these webs are empty, and it is thought that the caterpillars probably

• Tomato leaf miner

  General The tomato leaf miner (Liriomyza bryoniae) has many host plants and has caused crop damage in many parts of the world, including North Africa, Europe

• Powdery mildew

  General Powdery mildew is a fungal disease that is caused by many different species of fungi such as Erysiphe, Podosphaera, Oïdium, Leveillula. Damage [...] epidemic, the fluffy colonies also appear on the upper side of the leaves. Many sweet pepper cultivars react to powdery mildew infection by dropping leaves