A Growing Success at Welgro Produce

A Growing Success at Welgro Produce Three young growers, Gary Weldon, Sean Weldon and Shane Halpin from Co. Dublin, Ireland have taken on a whole new challenge [...] challenge is a new business venture which involves growing cucumbers at Welgro Produce in County Dublin. They are determined to make a success of their investment [...] investment in a business environment which can be challenging and often unpredictable. Even though the glasshouses are relatively old and in need of modernisation

Biological control of whitefly - Encarsia Formosa

Biological control of Tuta absoluta - Macrolophus pygmaeus

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

spider mite control in hardy nursery stock grown in polytunnels Phytoseiulus persimilis and Feltiella acarisuga have been at the centre of two spotted spider [...] spider mite (TSSM) control strategies in hardy nursery stock (HNS) for many years. Over the last decade or so, some growers have significantly increased their [...] production capacity, which has also resulted in an increase in the number of plant species being grown. Since many of these plants have their own specific crop

Cerall.. a powerful weapon against Fusarium, Tilletia caries and Septoria nodorum

Cerall Control Seed Borne Fungal Diseases In cereal production, seed-borne fungi, such as Fusarium , Tilletia caries and Septoria nodorum are serious threats [...] seeds of various crops. New crops run the risk of disease, even at sowing. Arable farmers now have a powerful weapon against fungal diseases: Cerall , available [...] used for sowing. It is based on the strain MA 342 of the beneficial bacterium, Pseudomonas chlororaphis . Trials conducted by NIAB in 2017/18 showed that Cerall

Biological solution against green shield bug

shield bug in development. Koppert Biological Systems is developing a biological method to combat the southern green shield bug ( Nezara viridula) . Koppert [...] Koppert is working hard to make this product available in 2022 for their commercial partners. Over the course of the previous decade, the southern green shield [...] aubergine and cucumber greenhouses in southern Europe. This pest is also gaining ground in heated, high-tech greenhouses in north-western Europe and central

New Leaf Plants back Koppert biocontrol

David & Nicole Higginson New Leaf Plants back Koppert biocontrol New Leaf Plants Ltd is an ambitious, progressive and successful plant producer, based [...] Evesham in Worcestershire. Business owners David and Nicole Higginson relocated to their new 30 acre site in 2013, with a vision of becoming one of the most [...] most esteemed nursery stock suppliers in the UK and Europe. They embarked on a programme of investment, by building new glasshouses, erecting polythene

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

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 [...] Drive tool to disperse its biological pest control products. ‘It was a brilliant move,’ says Glasshouse Manager Angel Angelov. ‘When it comes to the even [...] distribution of Koppert’s predatory insects , it’s in a class of its own. It also fits perfectly into our hi-tech, sustainable approach to cultivation. At Dyson

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

Drive – On the road to precision biological control Angel Angelov, Glasshouse Manager – Dyson Farming, UK Half a year ago, Dyson Farming in the UK took [...] took the decision to acquire the Natutec Drive tool to disperse its biological pest control products. ‘It was a brilliant move,’ says Glasshouse Manager Angel [...] Angelov. ‘When it comes to the even distribution of Koppert’s predatory insects , it’s in a class of its own. It also fits perfectly into our hi-tech, sustainable

Natutec Drive @ Dyson Farming - distribution of predatory insects