• Potato aphid

  presence in the crop. The adult potato aphid is a large, slender aphid with long, green cornicles, long legs, and a long cauda. Adults are usually green [...] sugars, but has a low protein content. Aphids therefore need to extract large quantities of sap to get sufficient protein. The excess sugar is secreted in the [...] the food source. Even the winged forms can be red. Wingless potato aphids are 1.7 - 3.6 mm long, elongated, with a dark longitudinal stripe running along

• Glasshouse potato aphid

  abdomen that has pale to dark transverse bands. The body shape is similar to wingless females, but is 2.0-3.0 mm long. The glasshouse potato aphid manifests [...] of the greenhouse potato aphid is rather squat, of medium size (1.8 - 3.0 mm long) and oval in shape. It has a light yellow-green to brown-green colour [...] such as begonia, as well as potato, lettuce, beans, aubergine and sometimes tomato. Damage symptoms When the glasshouse potato aphid (Aulacorthum solani)

• Buckthorn-potato aphid

  in the crop. Wingless females of the buckthorn- potato aphid are 1.1-2.4 mm long and bright pale green to yellowish green. The antenna are relatively short [...] General The buckthorn- potato aphid , Aphis nasturtii , has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution and is a major pest of potatoes, where it also transmits [...] Sometimes, large populations build up on potatoes or other hosts, which can cause growth retardation. Buckthorn- potato aphid does not cause plant deformation

• A life-long commitment to help growers thrive with sustainable growing practice

  January 14, 2025

  Koppert allows me to carry on his legacy. I’m passionate about educating growers on how natural methods, like predatory mites , enable them to cultivate their [...] required a shift from a curative mindset to a preventive approach — aiming at a natural balance in their crops and how to maintain it," she explains. Yet, the [...] it comes to cultivating greenhouse vegetables and ornamentals . Our consultants are at hand to let individual growers and companies know when to introduce

• How a little predatory mite laid the foundation for biocontrol today

  June 11, 2024

  work here. We do it together. To innovate, to bring something new to the market, that’s in our genes. The commitment to finding solutions for growers – [...] vegetables. This forced growers to look for safe solutions, and we were more than ready to help them.’ A perfect location to start Operating from the largest [...] growers to serve on our doorstep. As our IPM programmes became more and more successful, we decided to make our biological solutions available to everyone

• A turning point in Almeria: how predatory mites helped transform agriculture

  May 19, 2025

  are still many more to discover, ” he says. “ We will continue to innovate and adapt. That’s the only way to stay ahead .” This drive to innovate paid off [...] shift. Growers began to understand that working with nature could offer not just peace of mind, but also long-term success. “ Thanks to our predatory mites [...] with secure supply, superior quality, expert guidance and advice, and access to continuous innovation that keep growers ahead of the game ’. The crisis that

• La Hacienda Fresh increases crop profitability thanks to biological control

  their crops. "Koppert products are easy to implement, as long as we go hand in hand with the consultant to be able to release in a timely manner... we have [...] pest control has helped us to have a better yield by lengthening the harvest weeks. We have managed to reach 42 weeks thanks to the fact that agrochemical [...] diseases, making it a benchmark in know-how in the production of peppers. The harvest cycle for peppers varies according to region and production conditions.

• The Spidex®-Spical® dual solution to spider mite control in glasshouse strawberry production

  July 20, 2021

  predator, with the ability to reinstate its dominance over very high spider mite populations. For more information on how to implement a successful biological [...] which are used for its control, is fundamental to the implementation of a successful, season-long strategy against this persistent and potentially crop destructive [...] pest-predator ratio, leading to a population surge in the pest, and crop loss,” explained Stella. Spical® adds strength to the TSSM control strategy early

• Bacterial wilt, brown rot

  xylem vessels. In potato, it is tuber-borne. Spread from plant to plant results from bacteria moving from the roots of infected plants to neighbouring plants [...] conditions are more favourable. This makes it more difficult to recognize infected fields. How to prevent Bacterial wilt, brown rot Use disease free propagation [...] help the bacteria to infect the crop Do not use cut potatoes for propagation, since cutting tubers can increase disease incidence with up to 250% Quarantine

• Bacterial canker of tomato

  disinfection has been proven to the authorities. Potato growers lose their entire crop of the affected field and potatoes from other fields on the farm [...] like volunteer tubers and potato crop residues. Infected tubers can infect healthy tubers during post-harvest storage. How to prevent Bacterial canker of [...] strong efforts are used to prevent the bacterium from entering. When the occasional infection is found, strict measures are taken to eradicate the infection