• Gilfresh Pumpkin Pollination Providing Excellent Yields

  May 5, 2023

  believes the local demographic had a big impact in inspiring Gilfesh to increase pollination efforts through the use of Koppert Hives: "County Armagh is known [...] Koppert Hives At The Heart Of Pumpkin Produce Success At Gilfresh Gilfresh Produce, based in County Armagh in Northern Ireland, are a family run company [...] throughout the island of Ireland. We caught up with Richard Gilpin, head of farm operations at Gilfresh, who explained the relationship Gilfresh is presently

• Nothing beats original

  . Choosing the right predatory mite solution to control a pest infestation is contingent upon various factors such as the type of crop, the specific pest [...] all items Unleash the Original: Get in touch Take the first step towards maximising your yields and minimising pest damage by getting in touch with us today [...] strategy. Each product in our portfolio is developed to meet these unique needs, supporting growers to safeguard both quality and yield. The Original Predatory

• Legume Pest Monitoring Systems

  April 12, 2023

  growers in recent years. Pea midge is a pest that affects mainly vining peas, although combining peas are occasionally attacked. The larvae feed in the flower [...] leading to flower failure and significantly reduced yields in the more determinate vining peas. "The New System Will Enable Growers To Manage This Pest More [...] More Effectively" Following evaluation at several sites in Yorkshire in 2021, the monitoring system has been shown to work well, accurately predicting early

• Our new branding: inspired by nature

  January 17, 2022

  that we can be part of the solution, in which we offer our knowledge, expertise, and products to produce healthy food in the most sustainable manner.’ Our [...] says Maes. The Koppert ‘K’ is designed to aim forward: always looking ahead for new sustainable solutions. In addition, the symmetry symbolises the equal [...] d. The natural shapes and colours of the new Koppert brand express the connectivity with nature, and the unlimited solutions which can be found in it.

• Koppert and CABI collaborate on making more biological controls available

  December 18, 2018

  This follows the success of earlier collaboration in Kenya in March this year in which CABI and the Koppert Foundation stepped up their efforts to combat [...] security in parts of the world where it was needed most. ‘CABI has a strong presence in Africa and Koppert Kenya and CABI are collaborating in a number [...] which threaten the food security and livelihoods of thousands of farmers and their families. Under the new agreement, more training is also envisaged for

• Spidend

  n Open the bottle and position it straight in the crop (on the slab or directly on the ground). Make sure the bottle does not fall so that the pupae are [...] are not dispersed. Leave the cap next to the bottle so that the wasps can feed on the sugar water in the felt inside it. The wasps will emerge and scout [...] should always be adjusted to the particular situation. Start introduction as soon as the first spider mites are detected in the crop. Introduction rates typically

• Wireless Beehome

  system. Download manual Dosage The range of the transmitter is 100-150 metres. Storage time after receipt The battery of the Wireless Beehome receiver can [...] construction. The moment of opening and closing the hive entrance can be controlled by a signal from the climate computer or a timer connected to the central [...] With the Wireless Beehome system, the hive entrance of the Natupol hives can be opened and closed automatically on set times. When assimilation lights

• European red mite

  generations in one year. The European red mite overwinters in the egg stage; the “winter eggs” are laid in the wooden parts of the host plants in autumn. European [...] Europe (as can be seen from the common name, European red mite) but is now distributed in all important apple growing areas of the world. Damage symptoms Feeding [...] initially brown spots on the leaves and when these coalesce the leaves loose colour; this is often referred to as bronzing. When infestation is heavy, leaves can

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

  December 18, 2018

  ‘Continuous improvement is only possible if the relationship between the producer and the buyer is clearly defined.’ Leon Mol is the director of product safety [...] that improving the sustainability of the entire ornamentals chain is essential. Albert Heijn is the only retail chain that participates in the Floriculture [...] with the product is essential according to Mol. ‘After all, the products from the ornamental plant sector are sold under our labels and brands in the shops

• Municipality Doetinchem: Entonem nematodes managing oak processionary caterpillar

  oak trees in the forests and plantations around Doetinchem. Marc van Rijswijk is the spokesman for Buha, the implementing organisation for the Municipality [...] ‘We think it is important to maintain the biodiversity in the centre, and public opinion is quite sensitive to spraying here. We worked in consultation [...] breaching the monocultures of the oak and stimulating the natural enemies of the oak processionary caterpillar. As already stated, the use of nematodes is an