• Getting a head start - The importance of scouting in winter

  January 31, 2025

  Effective pest scouting involves a combination of visual inspections and the use of tools such as Koppert’s wide range of Horiver sticky trap products. Pherodis [...] especially the undersides of leaves and new growth, where pests often hide. Look for signs of feeding damage, excrement, or the presence of live pests. Soil and [...] yellowing and browning of leaf tips, and in a later stage crown and root rot. This gives distinctive brown patches across the field at the end of the winter. Many

• Treatment of bumblebee stings and allergies

  The chance of being stung by a bumblebee can be reduced by avoiding provoking them or making them aggressive. First of all, it is important to be calm [...] treatment of allergic reactions is available from Koppert on request. For further information, contact an allergologist or a doctor of internal medicine [...] Treatment of bumblebee stings and allergies This information on bumblebee stings provides guidance for reducing the chance of being stung by a bumblebee

• Certainty in the quality of every sachet and bottle of our predatory mites

  April 16, 2025

  the quality of the predatory mites that Koppert produces and imports. Her work involves verifying the quantity, activity, and capability of these small [...] worldwide distribution, every step of the process is carried out with rigorous standards. Bertha highlights the importance of the cold chain during transportation [...] knowledge of biology and agronomy to promote environmentally friendly agricultural practices. For Bertha, plants are fundamental pillars of ecosystems

• A Future Vision of IPM in Agriculture

  July 22, 2022

  the development of more robust environmental stewardship schemes, as well as the requirements of food retailers to limit the number of pesticide residues [...] Diversification of IPM In the future there will be a proliferation of smaller agribusiness companies as the multinationals reduce product ranges of chemical [...] Demise of Agrochemicals Over recent years there have been new industry drivers which have led to growers and farmers wanting to explore the use of Integrated

• Municipality Venray: biological control of oak processionary caterpillars

  In the Municipality of Venray a third of the tree stock in the area, some 11,000 trees, is oak. ‘We’ve been using Koppert’s nematode product Entonem as [...] ’ explains Joep van Bergeijk, coordinator of oak processionary caterpillar management for the Municipality of Venray. ‘We use nematodes at locations in [...] outlying areas where there might be protected species of butterfly and moth. The major benefit of Entonem is that nematodes kill fewer other caterpillars

• A good fruit set is the start of a good production!

  April 6, 2020

  stage to this all-important reproductive phase. In addition to standard nutrition, the crop will require higher concentrations of trace minerals and calcium [...] applications. Vidi Terrum contains a special mix of amino acids and seaweed extracts which supports the fruit set of the plant. Veni Calcium supplies the plant [...] is here! And time for fruit crops to flower. A strong fruit set is all important for a high quality and healthy yield. The flower buds, formed in fall,

• Limonica: breakthrough in large-scale production of a complex predatory mite

  August 5, 2025

  entire process, from the type and quantity of feed to the composition of the rearing medium and the design of new production lines. After implementing these [...] expertise in the production of natural enemies, built up since its foundation in 1967. “Those years of experience form the basis of everything we do,” says [...] crop protection is central to Koppert. A striking example of this is the successful upscaling of Amblydromalus limonicus , better known under the product

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

  January 6, 2021

  licence permits the release of Koppert Swirski Mite® in polythene tunnels in England Koppert can announce the launch of a suite of products aimed at improving [...] robustness of IPM programmes in strawberry crops grown under polythene tunnels. The new developments have centred around the control of various species of thrips [...] name and the rate of application required. “This is a first-class piece of machinery, which exemplifies our superiority in the field of biocontrol-related

• Chula Brand is a pioneer in biological pest control in papaya

  20 years of experience in the production and distribution of papaya and other tropical fruits such as pineapple and lime. An important part of their mission [...] part of an integrated pest management strategy (IPM). Although understanding the adaptability of insects in open field and the preventive approach of natural [...] the adaptability of insects to plants in open fields," said Carlos Canul, technical manager of Chula Brand Mexico. Thanks to the results of tests and field

• Gummy stem blight

  cucumber, the most important symptom is internal fruit rot, which can only be recognized from the outside by the small narrowing of the tip of the mature fruits [...] tools and hands of workers. The ascospores are the main source of dispersal of disease upwards in the crop and the conidia for spread of the disease downwards [...] inside the fruits may occur together or individually. Life cycle and appearance of Gummy stem blight Mycosphaerella cucumis survives in crop debris and produces