• New Anso-Mite Plus Sachet Beats Thrips Early In The Season

  February 8, 2023

  Koppert’s predatory mite Amblyseius andersoni , available in a 6-litre bucket until now, will soon be on the market in a slow release sachet, to make this [...] andersoni products in sachets, Koppert’s R&D department decided to take the extra step to come to the market with a high performance slow release sachet [...] breeding sachet. Trials show that the sachet is active over a period of at least 4 weeks. ‘It works like a hybrid engine,’ Tim explains. ‘When the number of one

• Flowering and Pollination in Blueberry

  April 2, 2019

  blueberry bush will pollinate and set fruit in a 2-3-week window, during which the plant experiences a tremendous hormonal shift to support this reproductive [...] of trace elements and calcium, with concentrations in a flower bud at 60-80 times higher than in a leaf. Although calcium and trace elements can be supplied [...] extracts, in a plant-based form for rapid assimilation, and Veni Calcium is easily absorbed by the plant due to its unique composition - using a foliar application

• At Koppert, every day is Earth Day

  April 26, 2021

  Restore Our Earth This year’s Earth Day theme is ‘Restore Our Earth’, which focuses not only on the need to reduce people’s impact on the planet as we recover [...] plant resilience to the point that pests and diseases hardly stand a chance. Using a holistic approach, solutions are developed for all the relevant elements [...] become an integral part of a global knowledge base that it shares with growers, retailers, consumers and legislators to have a positive impact on sustainable

• World Food Day 2020

  October 16, 2020

  With a global pandemic that controls our lives and the changing climate, the resilience of crops has become a crucial factor in our struggle to produce [...] We have a number of microbiological solutions for diseases such as Pythium, Fusarium and Rhizoctonia, and pests such as white fly. Trianum is a product [...] future food production, a food production where microbiological solutions can contribute to soil health and plant resilience to stress, a new world to explore

• Optimising disease biocontrol in propagation

  April 26, 2021

  often be avoided. A hygiene programme is a significant part of the disease control strategy. The use of peroxyacetic acid, e.g. Jet 5, at a 1% v/v dilution [...] Trichoderma harzianum (strain T22). A second application of Vidi Parva and Trianum-P should be applied 10-14 days later. In 2020, a development study demonstrated [...] disease biocontrol in nursery stock propagation The nursery stock propagator’s productivity plan is based on three propagation productivity principles: ‘

• Larvanem Has Been The Number One Product Against Vine Weevil For Over 25 years

  August 22, 2024

  Larvanem is. 'You get a much better result than using a chemical pesticide against adult vine weevils. And, what's more, Larvanem is a wholly natural product [...] larvae, growers will continue to experience problems. This is why there is a need for a biological approach. Larvanem was developed over 25 years ago by Koppert

• World Soil Day 2022

  December 2, 2022

  on the 5th of December, this year’s theme is: ‘Soils: Where Food Begins’. Throughout the world, soil nutrient loss is a major degradation process threatening [...] soil health and a resilient root system. We also provide biological alternatives for chemical agents to combat pests and diseases in a way that does not [...] not impact on soil life. In this we are a partner of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Key strategies to promote healthy soil: - Adopting long term

• Modified formulation for Macro-Mite

  December 18, 2018

  Bossinga explains, 'the improved vitality is a result of the fact that the predatory mite can behave in a more natural way in the new carrier material [...] els rise and rapidly multiplies. Macrocheles robustulus has a huge appetite and feeds on a variety of pests. Not only can this predatory mite be used to [...] Macro-Mite Macrocheles robustulus Koppert Biological Systems has developed a new formulation for Macro-Mite , which boosts the vitality of the Macrocheles

• Natutec Drive – On the road to precision biological control

  March 10, 2021

  version of Natutec Drive that can be drawn behind a moving vehicle, a fully autonomous pipe rail, and a module that can be fixed to existing farming equipment [...] alternatives. 'I think a tool like Natutec Drive answers perfectly to these demands and current trends. Natutec Drive is essentially a tool to apply predatory [...] control of pests and diseases in the cultivation of fruit and vegetables in a variety of situations. Three versions of Natutec Drive The patented technology

• Sustainable cultivation goes much further than pests and natural enemies

  December 18, 2018

  the genome, for example. Around ten to fifteen years ago, performing a read-out of a genome was extremely expensive. These days, it is more affordable. If [...] limits. The chemical products are becoming less effective, their residues are a threat to food safety, and both chemicals and artificial fertilizers are products [...] industry which relies on mineral oil. ‘And we all know that mineral oil is a finite natural resource and that there are already restraints on its use due