• Mushroom

  crimini, and portobello. Many other mushroom varieties are also commercially available as growers and breeders search for new and unique tastes for the market [...] toadstool, is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. Edible mushrooms are the fleshy [...] effects on humans and desirable taste and aroma. Most mushrooms sold in supermarkets have been commercially grown on mushroom farms. The most popular of

• Expanded board to strengthen development at Koppert Biological Systems

  December 18, 2018

  specific in nature and, together, cover all areas in which the company operates. In addition to the expansion, there is also a shift within the management. Founder [...] growth and the need for specific divisions like Horti, Agri and live stock, made us realize that it was time for change within the top tier of the company’ [...] lities, and non-family members who have earned their spurs over the years. The new members of the board each have their areas of expertise and we have

• Maize

  domesticated by the indigenous communities in Mexico and it still plays a main role in the preparation of Mexican food dishes. The leafy stalk of the maize plant [...] cooking practices. Nowadays, maize is extensively cultivated all over the world. When it comes to numbers and volumes; there is more maize produced every year [...] mays subsp. mays ), is a large grain plant that divided in six main types: flint corn, dent corn, popcorn, pod corn, sweet corn and flour corn. Already

• Buxus

  About Some 70 species belong to the genus of Buxus of the family of Buxaceae . The plant is also commonly named box (mostly in English-speaking countries) [...] evergreen and slow-growing shrubs and small trees. They can grow up to 2–12 meters. The tree’s leaves are usually small (some 1.5-5 cm long and 0.3-2.5 cm [...] cm wide) and leathery and their shape is round to lanceolate.

• Radish

  produced by the plant, namely glucosinolate, myrosinase, and isothiocyanate. Radish is now produced and consumed in all parts of the world. The seeds are [...] About The radish ( Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. Sativus ) is an edible root vegetable that belongs to the Brassicaceae family. This plant was already [...] flavour, colour, size and time it takes to mature. The vegetable has a particular sharp or sometimes pungent flavour that derives from the chemical components

• Ulti-Mite: Revolutionising biocontrol with innovative predatory mite sachets

  of bottles and paper bags. The innovative Ulti-Mite sachet, made from 100% industrial compostable foil, allows predatory mites to thrive and build strong [...] Extended release The breeding sachets function like a continuous engine, allowing predatory mites to reproduce within the sachet and gradually emerge over [...] Amblyseius swirskii has been on the market. Nowadays the Ulti-Mite sachet is also available for our predatory mites Amblydromalus limonicus ( Limonica Ulti-Mite

• 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 [...] 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 for spidermite [...] sunlight and water. Leave the bottle in place for at least two weeks. Dosage The dosage of Spidend depends on climate, crop and spider mite density and should

• Pea

  popular vegetable is a round seed in the seed pod of the fruit, Pisum sativum . Pods of this plant develop from the ovary of a pea flower and carry numerous [...] numerous peas. The vegetable is a bright green colour, sometimes yellow or purple and widely grown as a cool season vegetable crop. Immature peas are consumed [...] consumed as a vegetable and often canned or frozen. Dry peas are shelled from matured pods.

• Spidex Vital: Your Vital partner in spider mite control

  when applied in hotspots the adults are followed up by the growing nymphs and also Spidex eggs that are present will hatch amidst the appropriate food source [...] laying eggs after release and don’t needs to get energy from spider mite from the field to develop the eggs. This will increase the population in your crop [...] mite formed the foundation of our spider mite control. Over time it grew to be one of the most important products for our growers. As the result of many

• Chili pepper

  79 inch) long and 3–7 millimetres (0.12–0.28 in) in diameter) and acrid, their shape is ellipsoid-conical to lanceolate. The fruit (the peppers) usually [...] About The particular species of chili pepper, Capsicum frutescens, is at times categorized under the species Capsicum annuum . The pepper cultivars of [...] perennial (short-lived) plants. The plant’s flowers are white and have a greenish white or greenish yellow corolla. The plant’s berries are very small (10–20