• How to protect bumblebees in cold

  pollination activity and climate To achieve the best pollination results, it's essential to allow the majority of bumblebees to focus on their pollination [...] will remain inside or around the hive to incubate the brood. It's crucial to protect the brood during such conditions to avoid damage Keep in mind that the [...] it's essential to keep an eye on the bumblebees. Sometimes, worker bumblebees may get lost through the vents and won't be able to return. To mitigate this

• How to protect bumblebees from heat

  pollination may stop due to damage to the hive. Bumblebees therefore need to keep cool in hot summer conditions to be able to function optimally and carry [...] crucial to ensure effective pollination to support crop production and maintain high yields for growers. To ensure a positive result, it is crucial to protect [...] their ability to transfer pollen effectively. These challenges can lead to reduced pollination rates and lower crop yields. Bumblebees try to maintain a

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

  January 14, 2025

  supported growers in transitioning to biological solutions and vows to continue this mission for the rest of her life. Growing up in a farming family, Rianne's [...] 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

• How to prevent Fusarium in pepper crops: Protect your plants with Trianum

  November 20, 2024

  Fusarium infections can lead to significant plant loss, reaching up to 50%. Therefore, taking preventive measures is crucial to avoid this disease. Trianum [...] cultivation is essential to prevent early Fusarium infection. In 2022, Glastuinbouw The Netherlands commissioned laboratory tests to investigate the effectiveness [...] overhead irrigation or spray on the soil. To maintain a high level of protection during the season it is then recommended to sprinkle Trianum-G on the planting

• A Growing Success at Welgro Produce

  January 13, 2022

  that growing cucumbers is not without its challenges. Cucumber crops can be sensitive to changes in their growing environment and susceptible to attack [...] and continue to develop their understanding and use of biological control techniques. To make the necessary changes to more sustainable growing, Gary, Sean [...] three growers have demonstrated that they certainly have the know-how when it comes to growing a quality crop of cucumbers. They have been mentored by their

• Personal message to our customers

  April 8, 2020

  important to stay healthy, we want to make sure you know that we are here for you. No matter where you are in the World, or which crop you grow. Thanks to the [...] World. So that you can continue to rely on our natural solutions. And that we can continue to work together on growing sustainable crops, in partnership [...] In these turbulent times we reach out to you. Dear grower, In these turbulent times we reach out to you. Because, without you the World wouldn’t have fresh

• 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 [...] was no other option, ” Kris says. “ We had to change. Either we start growing differently or we stopped growing altogether. ” Luckily, the groundwork for [...] 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

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

  January 6, 2021

  Fortafol ‘in-favour’ for growing strawberries in re-used coir bags There is a much wider and growing appreciation for the role that biostimulants play [...] summer highlighted some of the benefits that Fortafol-D provides to strawberry crops growing in first, second or third year coir bags. Growers are continually [...] production costs and have to make difficult decisions. The declining yields in successive seasons from the re-use of strawberry bags, has to be weighed up against

• 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

• Koppert collaborates with Valto to control harmful tomato virus

  October 8, 2018

  heart of the Dutch fruit and vegetable growing region and closely linked when it comes to finding natural solutions to pests and diseases. While Koppert operates [...] ‘You can compare V10 to a flu injection,’ explains Valto’s Thorben Looije. ‘It’s used preventatively and needs to be applied to young plants. There are [...] provide just the right platform to launch V10 worldwide. I will be closely involved with passing on our know-how and experience to Koppert’s consultants at the