• Sugar beet

  stored in the root. Sugar beets are the second only major source of the world’s sugar production. Sugar beets grow exclusively in temperate zones, in contrast

• 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 [...] event designed to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Koppert’s own contribution to sustainability is clear: In everything we do, we make sure [...] in nature itself. That is why we believe that in order to solve the world’s biggest challenges, we need to take the interests of people as well as nature

• Cherry

  Himalaya. The sweet cherry is regarded as the most important ancestor of today’s cultivated cherry and it is one of two cherry varieties most of the current

• Apple

  (often named Malus domestica by mistake) is best known for the apple, the tree’s usually sweet and pomaceous fruit. Apples originate from Asia and Europe and

• Crazy roots, hairy roots, crown gall

  established inside root nodules of legumes. Additionally, pathogenic Agrobacterium s pecies have recently been assigned to the genus Rhizobium . These pathogenic

• Hemispherical scale

  prematurely. Life cycle and appearance of Hemispherical scale An adult female of S. coffeae has a hemispherical form with a smooth surface. The colour is usually

• Two-spotted spider mite control in hardy nursery stock grown in polytunnels

  July 20, 2021

  Spidex Boost ® sachets, which can be attached from the plant’s petiole using the sachet’s hook. Once in position, a small incision to the sachet allows [...] below population thresholds at which crop damage occurs. Steve Usher, Koppert’s highly experienced Technical Consultant for the North West, provides advice

• A Growing Success at Welgro Produce

  January 13, 2022

  Collins and Jim Carty, who have grown cucumbers on the nursery since the 1970’s. “It is good to have so much encouragement and support from the local community [...] community and especially from Tom and Jim,” commented Shane. Their first year’s experience has taught them that growing cucumbers is not without its challenges [...] providing pest control advice to the nursery for almost nine years. David’s knowledge ensures that various natural pest predators and parasites, which

• Boisduval scale

  General These three species of Diaspi s are very similar in their appearance and damage symptoms. Here, the Boisduval scale is described in more detail

• Brown soft scale

  but in fact the first instar nymph emerges from the egg under the mother’s scale. The pink crawlers are active for two or three days and disperse locally