• Cyclamen main pest pressures

  May 17, 2019

  biological control strategy is not implemented, both larvae and adult thrips will cause plant damage, by piercing cells on the leaf surface, and sucking out [...] Macro-mite, Macrocheles robustulus , across the plants. This generalist predator will feed on thrips pupae in the growing medium, and any larvae that fall off [...] Traps Yellow traps are required for monitoring the level of pest present, will aid the calculation of the correct rates of natural enemies required. For

• Inspired by Nature: New design, Same Trusted Quality

  February 1, 2023

  product will have its own premium look-and-feel, but at the same time remain recognisable as a Koppert product. Over the coming year, we will redesign [...] face current and future challenges. We are confident that our new design will support our ambition. Koppert - Partners With Nature We partner with nature

• New Strain Of Green Peach Aphid, Myzus Persicae, Requires More Aggressive Beneficial Insects

  September 1, 2023

  The compatibility of these pesticides with biocontrol agents will be researched too. ‘We will be doing side effect research with these new compounds on selected [...] Control Of The Green Peach Aphid Project Manager Timmer assures that Koppert will continue to stive for new solutions against the Myzus strain: ‘For the long-term [...] protocol and recommendations for use, while being aware of the cost factor.’ ‘We will communicate the first update of the sweet pepper protocol in time for the

• Tobacco whitefly

  developmental stages can be found together. When shaking infested plants, adults will first fly, then return to the underside of the leaves. The adult tobacco [...] is encouraged, making it unsuitable for sale. In serious cases the fruit will rot. Sooty moulds also develop on the leaves, reducing photosynthesis and

• Combating Strawberry Aphids with Aphiscout

  March 15, 2019

  its own field of expertise. It will be clear from the parasitized aphid which of the species was responsible, and this will help decide which strategy to [...] brown-coloured mummy, from which the adult wasp will emerge after a short period The first mummies will be visible in the crop around two weeks after the

• Glume blotch

  crop with dense foliage, splash dispersal is more efficient so the disease will spread faster Prevent plant diseases by optimizing plant potential and crop

• Chrysoperla carnea

  The prey can sometimes be larger than the larva itself. On average a larva will consume 300-400 aphids of various sizes during its development, although [...] biological control. They feed exclusively on pollen, nectar and honeydew and most will fly out of the greenhouse. Life cycle of Chrysoperla carnea You can recognize

• Spidex Vital lives up to its promises

  he says, the summer is yet to come. ‘Later on in the season, air humidity will fall. Although spider mites prefer a drier greenhouse climate, predatory [...] Vital , and their spider mite control becomes more robust. Tim concludes, ‘We will explain the added value of the new product to the market in very clear terms

• Phytoseiulus persimilis

  short supply, mainly adult females will leave the prey patch in search of other spider mite colonies. Their population will decline dramatically in the absence [...] absence of spider mites and predatory mites will become cannibalistic. If new hot spots of spider mites appear, it may be necessary to reintroduce predatory

• Brown soft scale

  symptom. Because of this, C. hesperidum is often attended by ants. The ants will clean and protect the coccids and in turn benefit from a rich food source