• Licence permits release of Koppert Swirski Mite® in polytunnels in England

  January 6, 2021

  DEFRA licence permits the release of Koppert Swirski Mite® in polythene tunnels in England Koppert can announce the launch of a suite of products aimed at [...] mites . The products will be available from the start of the 2021 season. Central to Koppert’s new product announcements is the acquisition of a new release [...] since launching the product in 2007. “During this time, the use of Swirski Mite® has increased significantly in glasshouse crops, which is testament to its

• Rancho Los Pinos is nature's ally

  competitiveness in international markets. Thanks to the use of Koppert's biological systems, producers around the world have reduced their impact on the environment [...] them to increase the productivity and profitability of their crops. The ongoing collaboration between farmers and Koppert lives up to one of its core values: [...] well-being, they are a benchmark in the industry. Founded in 1950 by Don Luis Rodríguez Aviña, Rancho Los Pinos boasts over 70 years of agricultural expertise.

• Natutec Drive – On the road to precision biological control

  March 10, 2021

  popular in the UK 'Currently we are preparing for the spring season with the production of 20 Natutec Drive machines for key customers in the UK - mainly [...] versions of Natutec Drive that take care of distributing predatory mites and insects essential for the biological control of pests and diseases in the cultivation [...] advantage of using Natutec Drive is the uniformity of application which is very difficult to achieve manually, especially over longer rows,' says the owner

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

  June 11, 2024

  that’s in our genes. The commitment to finding solutions for growers – it was our driving force in the past, still is today, and will be in the future,’ [...] ineffective against the mites in his cucumber crop and set out to find a natural solution. One that would last for a very long time… ‘Back in the 60s, my father [...] and my brother Peter in 1967 when they decided to commercialize the first production of predatory mites for the biological control of spider mite,’ says

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

  October 6, 2025

  production, they reviewed the entire process, from the type and quantity of feed to the composition of the rearing medium and the design of new production lines [...] 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 [...] integrated crop protection Marjon is confident about the future of Limonica . “We have cracked the code. The rearing is good, the volumes are adjustable, and

• Natutec Drive – ‘In a class of its own!’

  June 4, 2021

  about innovation.’ Dyson Farming is the biggest private landowner in the United Kingdom and grows a variety of crops. The family-owned agricultural company [...] accurately,’ Angel explains. ‘The two arms of the tool unfold over the crop to blow the live products accurately and uniformly over the strawberry plant foliage [...] to get the product uniformly dispersed. Natutec Drive is easy to use and takes care of all these problems. We now spend less than a quarter of the time we

• At Koppert, every day is Earth Day

  April 26, 2021

  they contribute to the Restoration of the Earth in the field of agriculture with the help of natural solutions. Visit the platform of Resilience Food Stories [...] smart and many of the solutions for our worldly challenges lie in nature itself. That is why we believe that in order to solve the world’s biggest challenges [...] Day theme is ‘Restore Our Earth’, which focuses not only on the need to reduce people’s impact on the planet as we recover from the effects of the pandemic

• Vidi Fol (Fortafol)

  half the required amount of water Add the correct amount of Vidi Fol to the water Mix thoroughly Fill the tank with the remaining amount of water The pH [...] Vidi Fol in the appropriate amount of water for the device that is used The pH of the solution should be between 5 and 7 Application Can be applied with standard [...] tank/container is recommended for the proper preparation and application of the product Always add Vidi Fol to the irrigation water after the sand filter

• Foot rot of cereals

  above the point of infection around the milky ripe stage (GS 75). Later infections may result in infection of the grain without obvious bleaching of the [...] humidity, the conidia germinate and penetrate the host's tissues. Inside the plant, the fungus colonizes the root and lower stem, leading to the characteristic [...] making it particularly problematic in temperate regions. Damage symptoms M. nivale is the primary pathogen in the group that causes seedling blight. Seedling

• Bacterial canker of tomato

  with a brown centre. In potato, the disease usually only occurs in the second half of the season. The first symptoms are wilting of the lower leaves and [...] subsequent expansion of the wilt upwards. Cutting the stem at the foot shows whitish ooze with bacteria in the case of C lavibacter infection, but other [...] tools. The bacteria infect the new plants by entering through wounds and then growing into the vessels of the plant. Plant growth is inhibited and the plant