• Navigating Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Lighting & Pollination Success

  December 1, 2023

  the energy crisis and escalating costs for heating and lighting greenhouses have led to a number of issues for pollinating bees and bumblebees: ‘Of course [...] environmental conditions and bumblebee behaviour.’ The current situation has led to new challenges such as higher humidities and less light in greenhouses, as well [...] at least two to four hours of daylight and open flowers in favourable pollination conditions to become active and complete their daily pollination tasks

• Bedding plants

  perennial plants used in gardens and parks. There is a wide range of plants especially produced to demonstrate coloured flowers in spring and summer. They are [...] are easily divided in four different categories: Hardy annual plants which are planted directly into the soil already early in the season: sunflower, poppy [...] eschscholzia Tender annual or perennial plants are planted in a protected environment in late winter: begonia, chrysanthemum, arguranthemum, lobelia,

• Zucchini

  species grows in tropical regions of all continents, especially in Africa and South America. In addition, the courgette is very easy to grow in areas with [...] referred to as marrow or summer squash and it is eaten as a vegetable. Together with a number of other varieties of squash and pumpkin, it belongs to the species [...] with a temperate climate. In the Netherlands, courgettes are produced in greenhouses.

• Chili pepper

  millimetres (0.12–0.28 in) in diameter) and acrid, their shape is ellipsoid-conical to lanceolate. The fruit (the peppers) usually develop from a pale yellow [...] are white and have a greenish white or greenish yellow corolla. The plant’s berries are very small (10–20 millimetres (0.39–0.79 inch) long and 3–7 millimetres [...] yellow to a bright red when ripe. Varieties can come in other colours as well. Recommended for you Ornamental Breeder at Floranova Relies on Biological Control

• Municipality Doetinchem: Entonem nematodes managing oak processionary caterpillar

  biodiversity in the centre, and public opinion is quite sensitive to spraying here. We worked in consultation with distributor Mertens and decided that in spring [...] There are many oak trees in the forests and plantations around Doetinchem. Marc van Rijswijk is the spokesman for Buha, the implementing organisation for [...] infestation. ‘By using Entonem and extracting the nests as a curative measure, we can keep the situation manageable for now. In the longer term, improving

• Blackberry

  Rosaceae , but also from hybrids within the Rubus subgenus, and hybrids between the Rubus and Idaeobatus subgenera. The blackberry is actually not a berry

• Onion

  mostly handled as an annual and harvested at the end of its first production season. Onions are popular and therefore cultivated and used for cooking all around

• Leek

  seedling and planted in a greenhouse. Later on, as weather permits, the leek is planted outside in the soil. Once outside, the plant is rather hardy and many [...] Protection in Leek: Thrips Control & Healthy Roots About The vegetable leek is a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum , the broadleaf wild leek. In the past, [...] many varieties can be left in the soil during winter and harvested when there is a need for them.

• Premium Quality, Around The World

  March 6, 2023

  specialised packaging and attention to handling, storage and shipping conditions. It takes a great deal of knowledge and technology, and strict adherence to [...] beneficials, bumblebees, and microbials – all natural products – delivered to customers alive and kicking is not exactly the easiest task in the world. That task [...] complex if a product in the Netherlands needs to arrive in, say, Mexico or Kenya within one or two days. Koppert puts much effort and dedication into controlling

• Open field pollination

  role in the formation of fruits and seeds. In the context of open field crop cultivation, effective pollination is key to bountiful harvests and sustainable [...] both fruit set and quality. They are robust and carry out their valuable work even in unfavorable weather conditions, low temperatures and low light intensities [...] pollen proves instrumental in promoting robust pollination and contributes to the development of more uniform and larger fruits and vegetables, ultimately