• The Swirski-Mite Revolution: A Game-Changer in Pest Control

  September 30, 2024

  major thrips species and greenhouse and tobacco whiteflies everywhere. “It was a huge hit right away,” Tim sais. Since then, hundreds of billions of predatory [...] the predators with air-blowing systems. Not long after, the product range was expanded with a rearing sachet, Swirski-Mite Plus . Then the Long Duration

• Hunting season starts early with Anso-Mite

  February 16, 2021

  thrips infestations this spring. ‘In our trials we have seen that A. andersoni was better at establishing itself in the crop, particularly under colder conditions [...] in the mild Dutch winter. ‘I conducted surveys and found that A. andersoni was the dominant predatory mite in many species of outdoor crops. Since then,

• European biocontrol industry proposes new EU regulatory framework

  December 18, 2018

  been picked up and used. Koppert will actively support it and refer it.’ How was it welcomed at the recent ABIM meeting? ‘Positively. Instead of pointing out

• Licence permits release of Koppert Swirski Mite® in polytunnels in England

  January 6, 2021

  licence was granted following the submission of the necessary data, gathered by the Koppert consultancy team. Ultimately, this positive outcome was made possible [...] Booth, owner and Managing Director of the New Forest Fruit Company said he was happy to support the Koppert Swirski trials and delighted to hear that the

• Tomato russet mite

  produce galls but lives freely (vagrant) on tomato plants. Aculops lycopersici was detected for the first time in Australia and is a pest in tomatoes in all

• 100% Sustainable Agriculture

  not new to Koppert. In fact, it’s in our DNA. Fifty years ago our founder was the first to introduce a natural enemy to combat spider mite in horticulture

• Horse-chestnut leaf miner

  stands of the European horse-chestnut in Greece, Albania and Macedonia. It was first observed attacking ornamental horse-chestnut trees in Macedonia in the

• Pollination under artificial lights

  December 18, 2018

  innovation was the introduction of the ‘ Wireless Beehome ’ system in 2005 which ensured that bumblebees only flew at moments when there was sufficient

• Crucial information on pollination at high temperatures

  August 10, 2020

  impact of temperatures on the pollination activity of our bumblebees. It was now time to complete the equation by looking into the effect of hot climate

• Consumers

  al crops. The bumblebee is a close relative of the honeybee. In 1987, it was established that bumblebees could prove extremely useful in greenhouses for