• A Year Of Impact For The Koppert Foundation

  August 19, 2024

  dependent on the Food Bank, and initiatives to support people in the earthquake area in Syria/Turkey. New Organisational Structure In 2022, the Foundation [...] agroforestry projects in Kenya and Uganda and sustainable disease control in tomato in India. The Koppert Foundation was also active in education projects [...] improved the quality of young plants. Another example is the development of a programme for the biological control of bacterial wilt in tomato in India together

• Trianum effectively controls Pythium in cucumber

  putting out the new plants in ‘duo’ pots (two plants in one rockwool cube). He decided to do this in response to his crop’s susceptibility to Pythium. ‘My [...] (190 micromol). He sells his cucumbers to some major retailers in the Netherlands and occasionally to customers in Germany. Thrips, spider mites, and whitefly [...] of production at the end of cultivation. Whole mats and whole rows had to be rejected, and the fungus would spread through the gutters to adjacent mats.

• Natutec Drive – ‘In a class of its own!’

  June 4, 2021

  On the road to precision biological control Angel Angelov, Glasshouse Manager – Dyson Farming, UK Half a year ago, Dyson Farming in the UK took the decision [...] tool unfold over the crop to blow the live products accurately and uniformly over the strawberry plant foliage without harming the insects. We are really satisfied [...] years. ‘In the past, application was done manually and proved to be labour-intensive, time consuming, and not always accurate. We battled to get the product

• La Hacienda Fresh increases crop profitability thanks to biological control

  go hand in hand with the consultant to be able to release in a timely manner... we have seen the impact reflected in a safe environment for the worker and [...] fruits and the time in which they can be produced and harvested, the price of the fruit in the market and the production costs. For this reason, the increased [...] with longer shelf life, but also in the number of productive weeks and, therefore, in the profitability of the business. The implementation of a biological

• HyFood takes habanero to another level with biological control

  One of the key factors for the successful implementation of the biological control program was the training of personnel in pest monitoring and the release [...] being the United States, a country to which around 99% of the total volume exported is destined. "One of the main challenges we face in exporting to the [...] Koppert... at the beginning of the establishment of the biological control tools, their consultants showed us the range of possibilities they had to establish

• Koppert To Showcase Digital Assistant Prototype At Fruit Logistica 2024

  February 2, 2024

  therefore this digital tool will be set to make its debut at the Fruit Logistica fair in Berlin this February. To experience this innovation firsthand, visit [...] with 24/7 access to a wealth of knowledge and support from Koppert experts. The digital assistant is designed to offer instant answers to questions about [...] been at the forefront of the IPM industry, accumulating a wealth of knowledge and insights. Now, we're channeling this rich knowledge base into the development

• Enhancing the efficiency of biocontrol applications with Natutec Airobreez

  “The Airobreez has transformed our approach to biological crop protection ," says Tim from Labeau in the Netherlands. "Our greenhouse layout and equipment [...] was essential. With the Airobreez, we’ve accomplished that and more." Located in the Netherlands' Westland region, Labeau specialises in breeding and propagating [...] labor savings in dispersing beneficial organisms – used for biological crop protection . "The device is lightweight, easy to handle, and quick to refill, making

• A Future Vision of IPM in Agriculture

  July 22, 2022

  strategies to control insect pests in open field cropping systems. One of the main drivers has been the continued demise of approved agrochemicals, in particular [...] by the Demise of Agrochemicals Over recent years there have been new industry drivers which have led to growers and farmers wanting to explore the use [...] particular insecticides in Europe. In addition, the development of insect resistance has also become a serious issue in pests such as aphids , thrips and L

• Thrip control in Strawberry with Orius laevagatus

  May 8, 2019

  borne in mind that capsids often start to occur in strawberry crops from late July, requiring the application of insecticides to prevent damage to the crop [...] stages of the pest, including the adults. The presence of pollen enhances the rate of development of Orius, hence they are frequently found in the flowers [...] impossible to control using insecticides, due to their inherent ability to develop resistance, and generally secretive nature, particularly so in the case of

• Natutec Drive – ‘In a class of its own!’

  June 4, 2021

  Drive – On the road to precision biological control Natutec Drive takes centre stage Half a year ago, Dyson Farming in the UK took the decision to acquire [...] tool unfold over the crop to blow the live products accurately and uniformly over the strawberry plant foliage without harming the insects. We are really satisfied [...] years. ‘In the past, application was done manually and proved to be labour-intensive, time consuming, and not always accurate. We battled to get the product