• European biocontrol industry proposes new EU regulatory framework

  December 18, 2018

  It proposes a new EU regulatory framework for bioprotection agents. IBMA’s Executive Director, David Carry says bioprotection technologies that provide [...] innovative plant protection for modern agriculture are a vital tool in the EU’s work to support farmers and effectively implement the Sustainable Use of Pesticides [...] high-level scientific expertise in close communication with the applicants. IBMA’s President, Willem Ravensberg, says the new approach will benefit human health

• 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

• 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

• 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

• A Growing Success at Welgro Produce

  January 12, 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

• Municipality Venray: biological control of oak processionary caterpillars

  tree stock in the area, some 11,000 trees, is oak. ‘We’ve been using Koppert’s nematode product Entonem as a curative measure against the oak processionary

• Spidex Vital lives up to its promises

  Sjaak van Dijk’s father was already using the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis and Sjaak himself has always used it. However, Sjaak recently made [...] his initial experiences, Sjaak van Dijk is pleased with Spidex Vital. ‘It’s a good sign if you have a predatory mite that immediately enters the crop to

• 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

• Bumblebee pollination

  more pollination potential when compared to rival products because Koppert’s bumblebee colonies grow faster and last longer. The hive design developed over [...] custom-made solutions. We consider customer feedback essential! Ready for tomorrow’s challenges Pro-active research and collaboration with a number of scientific