• At Koppert, every day is Earth Day

  April 26, 2021

  Restore Our Earth This year’s Earth Day theme is ‘Restore Our Earth’, which focuses not only on the need to reduce people’s impact on the planet as we recover [...] On 22 April millions around the world honour Earth Day, the annual event designed to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Koppert’s own c [...] * Earth Day was first marked in 1970. It gave a voice to an emerging public consciousness about the state of our planet. Since then, the day in has been

• Earth Day 2023

  April 21, 2023

  Earth Day at Koppert Every year on April 22, people around the world come together to celebrate Earth Day – a day dedicated to raising awareness about [...] result, we placed a greater emphasis on the wellbeing of our employees. We introduced a Vitality Week and focused on the health and safety of our employees [...] environmental issues and promoting sustainability. It's a time to reflect on the state of our planet and to take action to protect it for future generations

• World Soil Day 2022

  December 2, 2022

  World Soil Day – Soil, where food begins Every year, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations holds a ‘World Soil Day’ during which [...] management and encouraging societies to improve soil health. Held on the 5th of December, this year’s theme is: ‘Soils: Where Food Begins’. Throughout the world [...] Koppert are fully aware of this and endeavor to promote healthy soils in which healthy crops and biodiversity can thrive. We do this through our biostimulants

• World Food Day 2020

  October 16, 2020

  focusing their attention on their health. People were reminded of the role that food plays in their resistance to disease. Within days of the outbreak of COVID-19 [...] alleviate the risks of hunger'. * *World Food Day was declared by the United Nations in 1979. It is the day when international attention is paid to adequate [...] trying to completely change our food production systems to reduce the pressure on our natural environment and other finite resources?" In the search for answers

• Effective Spider Mite Control on Ornamentals

  April 10, 2019

  New Spical Ulti-Mite sachet improves spider mite control on ornamental plants For early control of two-spotted spider mite , and other mite pests, Koppert [...] Systems has developed the new Spical Ulti-Mite sachet, which is a follow-on from the revolutionary Swirski Ulti-Mite sachet. Spical Ulti-Mite applied [...] Ulti-Mite sachet is highly resistant to drought and moisture in glasshouse crops. This patented biocontrol system is the perfect environment for N. californicus

• Crucial information on pollination at high temperatures

  August 10, 2020

  you clear on how hot climate conditions impact on both the pollinator and the plant, and the interactions between them? Koppert’s White Paper on Plant-pollinator [...] the effects of high temperatures on pollination. ‘In the past, we have always observed the impact of temperatures on the pollination activity of our bumblebees [...] Manager Pollination at Koppert Biological Systems. The White Paper written on this subject in collaboration with horticultural consultant Godfrey Dol is now

• Ornamental Breeder at Floranova Relies on Biological Control

  July 22, 2022

  Orius laevigatus survives better on some plants and others and this knowledge helps to inform which products are used where on the site. "We are also using [...] crop protection challenges. “I think there are higher pressures on the plants as they are on site for a longer period of time; it’s not just a case of getting [...] Aphiscout (a mixture of different parasitic wasp species) more this year than previously to get on top of aphid numbers,” he continues . “For spider mite control

• Natutec Drive – On the road to precision biological control

  March 10, 2021

  equipping this tool with sensors to detect pests and diseases in the field to enable us to apply products specifically where they are needed most. In this way [...] biological solutions for agriculture and horticulture continues to mount. This, together with an increase in labour costs and decrease in the availability [...] I think we got our first application accuracy for Thripex up to 95%, and this can only get better.' Brian Duggen, responsible for IPM at Keeling commented:

• Koppert and CABI collaborate on making more biological controls available

  December 18, 2018

  This follows the success of earlier collaboration in Kenya in March this year in which CABI and the Koppert Foundation stepped up their efforts to combat [...] training is also envisaged for Plantwise* ‘plant doctors’ who give advice on integrated pest management to local farmers. Other key areas of intended

• Foot rot of cereals

  base. On older plants, infection can produce a true foot rot, where the stem base becomes brown and rotten, resulting in lodging and whiteheads. This symptom [...] damping off. This can result in seedling death and poor establishment. Surviving seedlings may develop a brown lesion around soil level. This can develop [...] a nivalis ), is a significant concern for cereal crop growers worldwide. This disease primarily affects the roots and lower stem of cereal plants, leading