• New Generation Mycotal

  June 2, 2023

  improvements to Mycotal have resulted in better product performance" Better Quality and Shelf Life The improved production process has led to a higher efficacy [...] Koppert's microbiological product range and production processes to ensure that growers continue to benefit from the highest quality and best performing biological [...] solutions. Mycotal is an entomopathogenic fungus that acts as a natural solution for a range of pests found in vegetables, ornamentals , nursery trees

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

  January 6, 2021

  Koppert to carry out this work on their farms. We would also like to express our gratitude to DEFRA for granting us the opportunity to offer this important biocontrol [...] restricted use to glasshouses still remains. “We have been working with DEFRA and a number of commercial strawberry growers, over the past few years, to secure [...] crops can be treated with a predatory mite which delivers higher levels of activity against various thrips species that pose a risk to UK tunnel crops every

• New Anso-Mite Plus Sachet Beats Thrips Early In The Season

  February 8, 2023

  department decided to take the extra step to come to the market with a high performance slow release sachet with not one, but two feeder mites to the breeding [...] Amblyseius andersoni , available in a 6-litre bucket until now, will soon be on the market in a slow release sachet, to make this biological solution for [...] active over a period of at least 4 weeks. ‘It works like a hybrid engine,’ Tim explains. ‘When the number of one feeder mite species begins to drop, the

• Fortafol ‘in-favour’ for growing strawberries in re-used coir bags

  January 6, 2021

  price to an acceptable level. Neil added, “There’s a whole lot more to be gained by using Fortafol-D. It supports general plant health and acts as a metabolic [...] used, which, however, comes attached with a big price tag. Beneficial effects “Fortafol-D is a solution with a range of beneficial effects on crop plants [...] within 4-7 days of planting in a re-used coir bag, it helps to re-instate some of the conditions and advantages associated with a first year virgin substrate

• Optimising disease biocontrol in propagation

  April 26, 2021

  cases, to a complete loss of rooting potential. Trays of cuttings that fail to produce healthy rooted plugs represent an unwelcome economic loss to the business [...] often be avoided. A hygiene programme is a significant part of the disease control strategy. The use of peroxyacetic acid, e.g. Jet 5, at a 1% v/v dilution [...] rooting efficiencies (often referred to as the ‘cutting strike rate’). Slow-rooting cuttings are especially vulnerable to infection by pathogens that infect

• Natutec Drive takes centre stage

  January 6, 2021

  ahead,” he added. Patented System The Natutec Drive is a patented system, which is attached to a custom-made vehicle that travels freely between the tabletops [...] system works on a revolving 60 litre drum which dispenses its contents, e.g. Spidex , Thripex or Swirski Mite, into a hopper, then onwards via a series of tubes [...] Ireland and the UK who have been linked to this development work have overwhelmingly given their full endorsement to this new and exciting engineering innovation

• Effective Spider Mite Control on Ornamentals

  April 10, 2019

  predatory mites to search and find emerging spider mites . With Spical Ulti-Mite in place, helping to control spider mite, it is time to apply Spidex ( [...] Spical Ulti-Mite sachet, which is a follow-on from the revolutionary Swirski Ulti-Mite sachet. Spical Ulti-Mite applied to ornamental crops before spider [...] highly resistant to drought and moisture in glasshouse crops. This patented biocontrol system is the perfect environment for N. californicus to establish its

• Sustainable cultivation goes much further than pests and natural enemies

  April 19, 2018

  Around ten to fifteen years ago, performing a read-out of a genome was extremely expensive. These days, it is more affordable. If you have the scope to invest [...] technology are growing in importance in response to Koppert's broaderfield of work. ‘If we can get to know and understand the plant better, we can also [...] The chemical products are becoming less effective, their residues are a threat to food safety, and both chemicals and artificial fertilizers are products

• Flowering and Pollination in Blueberry

  April 4, 2019

  fruit in a 2-3-week window, during which the plant experiences a tremendous hormonal shift to support this reproductive phase. In addition to the standard [...] extracts, in a plant-based form for rapid assimilation, and Veni Calcium is easily absorbed by the plant due to its unique composition - using a foliar application [...] heavily on pollinators to initiate the production of berries. But is it only pollinators that are important, or are there other factors to take into consideration

• Manual Growing lights

  it takes up to 60-90 minutes for the last foraging bumblebee to return to the hive. Under low light conditions, this time increases up to 120 minutes. [...] equipped with a blue hive door (in the visible spectrum for bumblebees) and has a special, flower shaped, UV pattern around the entrance of the hive to help the [...] lights come on and start to close 10 to 12 hours later. Switching on the growing lights before midnight, causes the flowers to close as early as 10:00 in