• A Year Of Impact For The Koppert Foundation

  August 19, 2024

  methods, leveraging Koppert products in smallholder settings. Additionally, it continued with established projects. ‘What we aim for is not merely financial support [...] value, which is our knowledge on solutions for sustainable farming. An example is our project with Heifer to improve cardamom production by smallholder [...] years. These projects included sustainable cardamom production in Guatemala, improved maize production in Malawi, a school gardening programme in Uganda

• En-Strip

  distributor of Koppert products for advice on the best strategy for your situation. Environmental conditions The parasitic wasp is most effective at temperatures [...] wrapped in plastic, in a cardboard box, each card holds 60 (30 for 7,500 product) parasitised whitefly pupae. Carrier None. Application Open package carefully [...] strips opposite to the mounting hole Make sure not to touch the pupae during handling Suspend the cards in the crop, if possible approximately 75 cm under the

• Beetles

  reduced growth and yield loss. Effective beetle control is essential to maintain healthy and productive crops. Biological control of beetles combines preventive [...] protect crop quality and support sustainable production. Solutions for beetle control Learn more about What are beetles? Beetles belong to the order Coleoptera [...] hard wing covers (elytra). With more than 350,000 known species, Coleoptera is the largest of all insect orders and displays an enormous variety of form

• Ahold Delhaize: ‘We can't sell anything without substantiated information’

  December 18, 2018

  improvement is only possible if the relationship between the producer and the buyer is clearly defined.’ Leon Mol is the director of product safety and [...] factor to us.’ Information included with the product is essential according to Mol. ‘After all, the products from the ornamental plant sector are sold under [...] about the product and show how they are produced. We are not able to do this if we do not have that information. If there is no information, there is no product

• Experience Centre

  through the fascinating world of sustainable cultivation. Follow our R&D and production process and discover the importance of miniscule organisms such as predatory [...] e. Take a look inside a bumblebee hive and see these tireless workers do what they do best. Did you know that the vision of bumblebees differs vastly to [...] Berkel en Rodenrijs, the Netherlands. Practical info Our Experience Centre is aimed at target groups linked to agriculture and horticulture. Opening hours:

• How a little predatory mite laid the foundation for biocontrol today

  June 5, 2024

  up and production systems professionalised. A growing demand for our products soon meant that we needed to establish subsidiaries and production units around [...] to research stations in the UK and eventually Switzerland where he found what he was looking for - the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis .’ Back home [...] cucumber crop and soon neighbour growers and others became curious about what he was doing in his greenhouse. At first they were sceptical, but after repeated

• La Hacienda Fresh increases crop profitability thanks to biological control

  In the crop production process, harvest is where the results of agronomic management can be seen. Good management not only results in quality fruit with [...] the number of productive weeks and, therefore, in the profitability of the business. The implementation of a biological control program is one of the key [...] benchmark in know-how in the production of peppers. The harvest cycle for peppers varies according to region and production conditions. At La Hacienda Fresh

• A life-long passion for predatory mites

  September 30, 2024

  than half a century and is a global leader in this field. There have been multiple innovations in the rearing, mass production, packaging and transportation [...] different locations.’ Collaboration is key Staying ahead of the game by listening to growers and anticipating their problems is a daily routine at Koppert. It [...] Besides the continuous innovation in end-products, the raw materials used for rearing mites and their mass production are constantly monitored and reviewed

• Encarsia formosa

  wasp is approximately 0.6 mm long, with a head that is dark brown to black in colour, a dark brown to black thorax, and a yellow abdomen. The male is entirely [...] tabaci ) The parasitic wasp Encarsia formosa is available at Koppert as En-Strip . Encarsia formosa products En-Strip Enermix Expand all items How to use [...] Koppert products for advice on the best strategy for your situation. Best conditions for Encarsia formosa The parasitic wasp Encarsia formosa is most effective

• Enermix

  distributor of Koppert products for advice on the best strategy for your situation. Environmental conditions Encarsia formosa is most effective at temperatures [...] at least 20°C/68°F. Eretmocerus eremicus is still active at temperatures above 30°C/86°F. Combined use Enermix is best to be used in combination with generalist [...] strips opposite to the mounting hole Make sure not to touch the pupae during handling Suspend the cards in the crop, if possible approximately 75 cm under the