Biological control of Tuta absoluta - Macrolophus pygmaeus

Bumblebee hives with a sustainable future

Working sustainably in partnership with nature, we have developed a bumblebee hive for crop pollination that reduces the CO2 footprint of the hive by 52% by using 85% recycled or renewable materials.

‘Ornamental plant companies need to innovate more in plant protection’

Martijn Roos amongst the poinsettias. Green'05 has been growing these plants without chemical agents for three years now. ‘If we don’t do anything, we will inevitably run aground with our plant protec

Village Farms bee-lieves in doing good with IPM

Integrated Pest Management is a method that has been used with great success in reducing the need for chemicals in agriculture while working to optimize plant health . Among Indoor farmers, especially

Knowledge sharing with plant doctors in Africa and India

Koppert Kenya and CABI train plant doctors Three years ago, Koppert Biological Systems and CABI got together to develop a curriculum to train ‘Plant Doctors’ about Integrated Pest Management and relev

Spidex Vital: a game changer in spider mite control

It was the first beneficial to be produced by Koppert and, after 53 years, it is also the oldest. However, Phytoseiulus persimilis will not be put into retirement any time soon because Koppert has now

Pollination of pumpkins by bumblebees

With the Flevopolder’s (the Netherlands) pumpkin fields starting to bloom, it’s time to release bumblebees into the crop. Today, 20 July, Gerard de Pee from Agrifirm and Frank Druyff from Koppert work

Rabobank and Koppert Biological Systems partnering for sustainable financing for the second time

Rabobank and Koppert have been working together for a long time and there is a clear match when it comes to their vision for supporting long-term sustainability targets. In 2018, Koppert and Rabobank

Spical Ulti-Mite now available in handy 100-sachets box

From the 12th of July our ever-popular Spical Ulti-Mite sachets will be available in a smaller box of 100 sachets – ideal for smaller growers with a more limited acreage. This will give growers the op

“Empowering our strawberry plants through nutrition has helped us to become a more reliable supplier”

User story - De Peelkroon BV Driven by the ambition to do things even better, strawberry grower Rob van Enckevort from De Peelkroon BV was keen to take Plant Empowerment a step further to improve the