• Biological solution against green shield bug

  June 23, 2021

  Koppert Biological Systems is developing a biological method to combat the southern green shield bug ( Nezara viridula) . Koppert is working hard to make this [...] change, has resulted in an increase in the level of infestations in greenhouses. Controlling the green shield bug is a significant challenge, which, until [...] product available in 2022 for their commercial partners. Over the course of the previous decade, the southern green shield bug has ravaged unheated pepper, aubergine

• Municipality Doetinchem: Entonem nematodes managing oak processionary caterpillar

  Koppert’s nematode product Entonem . A major advantage is that the bycatch of other caterpillars is much lower, which is a great benefit to biodiversity. In [...] 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 [...] oak trees in the forests and plantations around Doetinchem. Marc van Rijswijk is the spokesman for Buha, the implementing organization for the Municipality

• Mycotal in Salad Crops

  July 8, 2019

  Make the most of Mycotal in your salad crop IPM strategy Mycotal is a spore formulation of the insect pathogenic fungus Lecanicillium muscarium and is used [...] used for the control of the glasshouse whitefly , Trialeurodes vaporariorum , and tobacco whitefly , Bemisia tabaci . Mycotal is a novel pest control solution [...] hyphae that penetrate the insect’s epicuticle before entering the inner tissues, where it rapidly proliferates, causing death of the target pest. Salad crop

• Trial results onion fly and bean seed fly

  Facing the bean seed fly challenge This year, Frank encountered a significant challenge due to the cold and wet conditions at the beginning of the crop cycle [...] openings. The nematodes then release pathogenic bacteria they carry with them. These actions kill and liquify the insect from the inside. The nematodes [...] nematodes feed on the digested tissues of the dead insect and reproduce in large numbers. The pest insect stops feeding soon after being infested, and dies within

• New Generation Mycotal

  June 2, 2023

  rapidly after spraying, with the hyphae penetrating the pest’s body cavity. Once inside, they proliferate and destroy the tissue. It is safe and easy to use, [...] Improvement The task of optimising Mycotal involved checking the quality of Mycotal spores all along the production process, finding the ideal settings [...] are now in the process of getting these new targets and improved shelf life on the label.’ Comparative field trials have validated that the new generation

• Personal message to our customers

  April 8, 2020

  you. Because, without you the World wouldn’t have fresh and healthy vegetables, fruit and flowers. Especially in a time when it is increasingly important [...] you. No matter where you are in the World, or which crop you grow. Thanks to the effort of all our colleagues across the World, we are still able to produce [...] products all over the World. So that you can continue to rely on our natural solutions. And that we can continue to work together on growing sustainable

• Legume Pest Monitoring Systems

  April 12, 2023

  years. Pea midge is a pest that affects mainly vining peas, although combining peas are occasionally attacked. The larvae feed in the flower buds during [...] Agri technical lead, says "the pea midge system is a valuable addition to Koppert's growing pea pest monitoring tool portfolio. The new system will enable [...] effectively and help pea growers time the application of control solutions more accurately". The Pherodis trap contains a pheromone lure which attracts male

• 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 [...] "We walk the fields with our local Koppert representative from Burkes Agri and develop a plan to ensure that the whole area gets covered by a hive. We [...] throughout the island of Ireland. We caught up with Richard Gilpin, head of farm operations at Gilfresh, who explained the relationship Gilfresh is presently

• Cut flowers

  Argentina to Mexico and the Caribbean. Is grown from a bulb as a cut flower or sold as a pot plant. Freesia : The freesia is a herbaceous perennial flowering [...] are: Rose: The rose belongs to the genus Rosa from the Rosaceae family. The flowers of the plant are also called rose. There are more than a hundred species [...] from Central and South America. It is a bulb plant from the large family of the Amaryllidaceae, the narcissus family. The Hippeastrum comes from America,

• Brown soft scale

  of the scale darkens as the female ages. The size, shape and characteristics of the female also vary with different host plants. The middle of the scale [...] General The brown soft scale Coccus hesperidum is very common in tropical and sub-tropical regions and is also a common pest in greenhouses throughout [...] Damage symptoms The scales produce enormous quantities of honeydew. This is usually the first visible symptom. Because of this, C. hesperidum is often attended