• Pollination under artificial lights

  September 24, 2018

  greenhouse fruit and vegetables. The best practices and advice it now shares with growers is based on more than 30 years’ experience in the field and valuable [...] feedback. The eight-page manual on 'Pollination and growing lights' gives advice on when to open and close hives, the best placement of hives, the benefits [...] towards the end of the last century for growth at night and prolonged production during the winter, researchers at Koppert Biological Systems and growers

• Effect of Nezapar Leaflet

  moment. Origin and natural distribution Trissolcus basalis is the most widespread egg parasitoid of Nezara viridula. The females start to mate and lay eggs [...] after emerging from the host eggs and lay 1 egg per host egg. Larvae develop inside the host eggs, and after pupation they emerge from the host egg by biting [...] Koppert is the first to achieve scaling-up the rearing of Trissolcus basalis to viable commercial quantities making it possible to introduce the beneficial

• Event to raise global plant health awareness

  December 12, 2019

  relevant NGOs and a variety of motivators from around the world. The event is expected to draw between 800 and 900 international participants to the World Forum [...] comes to promoting the event worldwide and finding key speakers and panels for the presentations and discussions to raise awareness on the vital topic of plant [...] authorities and NGOs to recognize and embrace this common goal that will benefit us all,’ Peter explains. ‘Our aim for the event is to inform and influence

• IFTF 2019 - Koppert presents its innovative scouting app

  September 1, 2019

  solutions, Koppert’s Natutec Scout is currently being used by a number of leading tomato growers in the Netherlands. The IFTF is the world’s prime trade exhibition [...] Visitors from all over the world come to the fair to see the latest developments in cut-flowers and ornamentals . Retail rules ‘Retail has increasingly [...] Innovation Quarter at the fair. This tool does the work of scanning for pests using image recognition. The user then enters the count so that a dashboard

• Koppert introduces new trap to combat Drosophila suzukii

  July 4, 2017

  fruits to capture, monitor, and control the fruit fly Drosophila suzukii . Set to be launched on the market this month, the product is more effective than standard [...] into level of infestation The openings in the gauze have also been specially adapted to the fruit fly's size. ‘This eliminates the risk of capturing other [...] Pas. ‘As the trap doesn't capture pollinators, growers can more easily count the number of specimens caught and gain a better insight into the level of

• Koppert’s biocontrol at Potato Europe

  August 22, 2022

  chain and takes place on an annual rotation basis in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Germany. The theme this year is ‘Potatoes feed & meet the world’ [...] at the Potato Europe 2022 fair to be held in Hannover, Germany on 7 and 8 September. Potato Europe is an international trade fair dedicated to the whole [...] range of soil-borne diseases and improves the root system development will be on display. Koppert will have a stand at the fair and our consultants will be

• Vidi Terrum for a better fruitset

  March 31, 2023

  flowering. This is the moment to choose the right strategy for a strong fruit set, as this plays an important role in quality and yield. During the short flowering [...] hormonal shift, moving from the earlier vegetative stage to the important reproductive phase. In addition to the standard nutrition, the crop will require higher [...] concentrations of trace minerals and calcium. Vidi Terrum supports the plant with ready to use L-amino acids which supports the plant during this critical growth

• New year, new season: a good start.

  January 3, 2017

  proper and necessary ventilation of the product throughout the chain. The investigation focused on the entire chain, and more than fifteen different aspects [...] project. We have tested the modifications in various longer-term processes. With the new carrier material, and on condition that the modified transport conditions [...] to changes to the production and logistical process Last year, Koppert started up a special investigative process in order to improve the quality of its

• Koppert meets American Secretary of Agriculture

  January 29, 2020

  about the application of natural solutions for controlling pests and diseases in agricultural and horticultural crops. ‘The conversation with the US Secretary [...] spoke with the American Secretary of Agriculture at a meeting hosted by Koppert Cress. Perdue is on a visit to the European Union to get to know the European [...] Agriculture was of great value to us and an important step towards cooperation with the local government with the aim of easing the authorization processes of

• Oak processionary moth brochure

  eggs on the twigs and branches in late summer, mainly on the south side of oak trees. The eggs hatch in April. In their early life, the caterpillars have [...] feed and develop. This causes the caterpillars to die within a few days. The nematodes ideally should be applied during the 1st to 3rd stage of the cat [...] caterpillars’ development. First and foremost because the smaller the caterpillars, the more effective the application. This early approach also prevents