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

  January 14, 2025

  In fact, a lot of them are going to disappear over the next three to five years due to more stringent regulations. Growers who are already using biological [...] and contain pests as chemical correction products are phased out. Drones, robotics and blower systems are all in the Koppert pipeline so we can face these [...] "How can we possibly explain to our children and grandchildren that we once sprayed poison on the food we eat and the flowers in our homes?" Rianne asks

• The third annual congress ‘Landbouw Zonder Chemie – Hoe Dan? Congresses will be held on 27 February at KBV

  February 17, 2020

  environment. How does a grower avoid the use of chemical agents? Medicine chest: Crop protection products, sustainable and chemical, are options. Changes [...] is high on the political agenda and has become a public issue, but what are the alternatives and to what extent does Plant Health play a role? In response [...] year’s ‘Landbouw Zonder Chemie – Hoe Dan?’ (Agriculture Without Chemistry – How?) Annual Congress will be dedicated to Plant Health. Organized by Foodlog

• Koppert at GreenTech 11-13 June

  May 15, 2019

  horticultural technology. True to our mission to partner with nature, we are ultimately there to work with growers. Visit our booth (stand 308, hall 10) [...] new airborne dispersal technique for beneficial insects, and explain to you how our scout-app, called Natutec Scout , works to safeguard and improve your [...] us your valuable feedback. We will also be present to share our vision on how to think holistically when it comes to the health and resilience of your crops

• European Parliament Agricultural Commission visits Koppert Biological Systems

  March 29, 2016

  laboratories to explain how we create our microorganism and other biological products. We also showed them our bumblebees which are now used for pollination [...] a great pleasure to show a large delegation from the European Parliament how a Dutch company makes innovative use of nature. Koppert is a company that [...] nature heard in Brussels. We, as ‘Partners with Nature’, know that there are many natural solutions that can be turned into proper regulations. Nature

• Bacterial canker of tomato

  means that strong efforts are used to prevent the bacterium from entering. When the occasional infection is found, strict measures are taken to eradicate the [...] entire crop of the affected field and potatoes from other fields on the farm, are labelled as ‘suspect’ that year. On the infected field no potatoes or other [...] usually only occurs in the second half of the season. The first symptoms are wilting of the lower leaves and subsequent expansion of the wilt upwards.

• Grey mould

  mould’s ( Botryotinia fuckeliana / Botrytis cinerea ) most common symptoms are grey-brown lesions. The lesions occur on leaves, stems, fruits and flowers [...] content of the plant cells as nutrients. On the infected area, new spores are formed within a few days. Under circumstances unfavourable for germination [...] surface and still germinate when the RH increases, for example when cut flowers are harvested and put into cold storage. Wounds can also provide the fungus with

• Rhyzobug Brochure

  31 32 33 34 Weeks 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 R. lophantae How to use How to use • Apply in the evening • Tap beetles directly on the plants or [...] or use D-boxes • Start introduction as soon as the first armoured scales are detected and repeat if necessary • The dosage of Rhyzobug depends on climate [...] adjusted to the particular situation • General outdoor introduction rates are 500-3000/ ha in several applications depending on infestation rate • Avoid

• Urgent need to accelerate the pace of change for sustainable cultivation

  April 4, 2018

  debates on three themes: ‘How to significantly reduce the impact of agriculture and horticulture on the environment’, ‘How to accelerate the registration [...] promising field of biological solutions: ‘Everyone thinks things are fine, but we are losing our winning edge in this crucial field.There is an urgent [...] ‘Agriculture without chemicals – How?’ Was the challenging topic that attracted more than 150 delegates to the first congress organized by Foodlog held

• Caterpillars

  yield. Solutions for caterpillar control Learn more about What are caterpillars? Caterpillars are the larvae of butterflies and moths. Butterflies and moths [...] more than 150,000 species, that are easily distinguishable from other insects. Many of the butterfly species that are active during the day can be strikingly [...] strikingly colourful while moth flying at night are usually inconspicuously brownish are greyish. Adult butterflies do not damage crops. Most of them feed

• Trianum remarkably effective against soil-borne diseases in acidic soils

  February 21, 2024

  as a product, how it interacts with fungal pathogens in the soil, how it protects roots and promotes crop health and development, and how it responds to [...] where pH levels between 3.5 and 4.5 are very common. Growers there need to trust that their crop protection methods are effective in these challenging conditions [...] in two formulations: Trianum-P , granules that are mixed with water, and Trianum-G , granules that are mixed with substrate and can be applied using standard