• Effective Spider Mite Control on Ornamentals

  April 10, 2019

  persimilis is highly specific and is only effective against spider mites . The damage and the webbing produced by spider mites helps the predator locates [...] citri ) The Spical Ulti-Mite sachet is highly resistant to drought and moisture in glasshouse crops. This patented biocontrol system is the perfect e [...] Apply Spidex onto and around spider mite infested leaves. The predatory mites pierce the prey with their mouthparts and suck out the contents. Phytoseiulus

• Comprehensive Control Combination for Carrot Fly

  May 13, 2022

  . Traps should be positioned in the field from April, and again in June, to monitor for the emergence of the first and second adult fly generations. Psila [...] septicaemia and death. The summer treatment, against second generation larvae, is pivotal in the management of this pest. In relation to the development [...] larvae can feed externally and internally on young tap roots, but the majority of mining activity inside taproots is attributed to the creamy white third instar

• Biological solution against green shield bug

  June 23, 2021

  commercial partners. Over the course of the previous decade, the southern green shield bug has ravaged unheated pepper, aubergine and cucumber greenhouses in [...] aphids and whiteflies. It is possible to remove green shield bugs manually from crops, but this is only an option at low levels of infestation. That is why [...] Koppert Biological Systems is developing a biological method to combat the southern green shield bug ( Nezara viridula) . Koppert is working hard to make this

• Control spidermite with Phytoseiulus in soft fruit

  May 8, 2019

  balance between predator and prey is achieved. This can be seen by the new growth of the plant being free of damage, and the presence of predatory mites [...] bottle sizes of 2,000 and 10,000. The mite is a specialist predator of spider mites and does not feed on anything else. As a result it is not usually possible [...] spider mite control is achieved with the use of predatory mites , the most effective being Phytoseiulus persimilis ( Spidex ). This product is supplied in bottle

• Cyclamen main pest pressures

  May 17, 2019

  pallidus , is a very tiny mite, only just visible to the naked eye, and is must commonly found in glasshouses. The mites may be concentrated around the buds [...] strategy is not implemented, both larvae and adult thrips will cause plant damage, by piercing cells on the leaf surface, and sucking out the contents [...] numbers of prey, by piercing and sucking out the contents. Swirski-Mite is also available in the new Ulti-Mite sachet. The application of loose mites to

• World Soil Day 2022

  December 2, 2022

  fertilisers is the only way to protect our future, and help plants to become stronger and healthier, effectively benefitting human health and ensuring food [...] Every year, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations holds a ‘World Soil Day’ during which it aims to raise awareness of the importance [...] year’s theme is: ‘Soils: Where Food Begins’. Throughout the world, soil nutrient loss is a major degradation process threatening nutrition. It is recognised

• Beneficial Nematodes For Biological Pest Control

  July 28, 2023

  skin. The nematodes then release the pathogenic bacteria they carry with them. These bacteria kill the insect and digest it from the inside. The nematodes [...] such as the pupae and larvae of thrips , the larvae of black vine weevil and several beetles , caterpillars , the larvae of sciarid flies and many others [...] nematodes feed on the tissues of the dead insect and reproduce in large numbers. The pest insect dies within a few days. The nematodes that emerge then start

• Mycotal in Salad Crops

  July 5, 2019

  should occur in the late afternoon and evening, as the ambient temperature falls. Do not spray in direct sunlight, and always add the adjuvant Addit (1 [...] 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

• Fit Roots for Plant Health

  March 30, 2021

  health is crucial to achieving the best possible yield and quality with the lowest possible dependence of pesticides. Although the plant root system is poorly [...] Roots are the physical foundation of the plant in the soil or substrate, and they take up water, minerals and metabolites to be transported to the leaves [...] elaborates on the micro life in the root zone which is often underestimated in the current practice but plays a key role in plant health and resilience.

• Enhance Your Aphid Control With Hoverfly Allies Rophoria & Syrphidend

  March 13, 2024

  warmer and drier conditions, Rophoria stands out as a versatile and resilient solution. The product must be used preventatively or as soon as the first [...] Syrphidend is supplied in a cardboard box containing 50 hoverfly pupae of Episyrphus balteatus. The dosage depends on climate, crop and aphid density and should [...] species, and each hoverfly larva efficiently consumes numerous aphids before pupation. Rophoria Rophoria , the hoverfly Sphaerophoria rueppellii , is able