• Olive scale

  Removal of large quantities of sap debilitate the plant and can cause wilting, desiccation of tissues and dieback. Life cycle and appearance of Olive scale [...] oleae , is a cosmopolitan pest of citrus and olives and occurs widely in tropical regions and in greenhouses throughout the world. It is a severe pest in coffee [...] affected. Damage symptoms Olive scales produce large amounts of honeydew causing build-up of sticky deposits on nearby surfaces. The honeydew may attract

• Sustainability report 2024

  It’s not a conclusion, but a snapshot of our journey, honest, grounded, and continually evolving. Of course, none of this is possible without our people [...] purpose, growing with integrity Our 2024 Sustainability Report captures a year of sharpened focus. Our mission remains clear: contributing to better health [...] health for people and the planet through sustainable agriculture. While the world continues to evolve, we stay committed on creating meaningful impact, step

• Outdoor Experience Centre

  the use of Cerall in wheat crops at the Outdoor Experience Center. In control with Koppert To make our world more sustainable, we need ways of growing [...] beans and onions. Adult flies of bean seed fly lay eggs near bean plants, and the larvae feed on seeds, roots, and cotyledons of young seedlings. This damage [...] The onion fly lays eggs on the young leaves, necks of onion seedlings, or in the soil near the base of onion plants. The larvae tunnel into the onion bulbs

• Tobacco whitefly

  level of resistance to many insecticides and its propensity for the transmission of viruses. Damage symptoms The larvae of whitefly need a lot of protein [...] transmission of viruses, including TYLCV in tomato. The consumption of plant sap and secreting of honeydew by whiteflies reduce the aesthetic value of crops. [...] peppers, yellowing of the flower stalks in gerbera, and serious yellowing of the leaves of French beans. Other symptoms include the appearance of chlorotic patches

• President Kiska visits Koppert Slovakia

  February 11, 2019

  right; President of Slovakia, Andrej Kiska; Mayor of Nové Zámky, Otokar Klein; Business Unit Manager Pollination and General Manager of Koppert Slovakia [...] for pollination purposes around the world. Following the tour of the factory during which he spoke to a number of employees, he said he was impressed by [...] Nové Zámky, Slovakia – The world’s leading bumblebee rearing facility at Koppert Slovakia, received a visit by the President of Slovakia, Andrej Kiska, on

• Citrus mealybug

  an adequate intake of protein, mealybugs must therefore ingest large quantities of sap, getting rid of the excess sugars in the form of honeydew. Charac [...] mealybug ( Planococcus citri ) has a world-wide distribution and many and diverse host plants. In temperate regions of the world this mealybug poses a problem [...] hed from other mealy bugs by their possession of 18 pairs of relatively short wax rods round the edge of the body, and two slightly longer ‘tail filaments’

• Hemispherical scale

  throughout the world. It is a severe pest in coffee and citrus. Many ornamental crops can also be affected, including various different species of fern, orchid [...] undersides close to the midribs. They produce large amounts of honeydew causing build-up of sticky deposits on nearby surfaces. The honeydew may attract [...] leaves may drop prematurely. Life cycle and appearance of Hemispherical scale An adult female of S. coffeae has a hemispherical form with a smooth surface

• A turning point in Almeria: how predatory mites helped transform agriculture

  April 7, 2025

  the high-tech greenhouses in the north of Europe. Not for us. ” But things changed. And Koppert was at the heart of that transformation. Nowadays Kris is [...] there, in nature. ” Predatory mites: a sustainable solution One of the key advantages of predatory mites is their versatility and efficacy. “ They reproduce [...] against it. Because of our research, we could act quickly—test, reproduce, and deliver a solution in time .” Staying ahead in a globalized world In today’s i

• Koppert has the answers at IFTF 2018

  February 11, 2019

  sector, such as rising protectionism, the potential impact of Brexit, and the consolidation of breeding companies. New iQ innovation quarter The Koppert [...] another important focus of our stand will be on cultivation without residues,’ says senior consultant Ellen Klein. ‘An increasing number of retailers are demanding [...] growing number of regulations and the quality demands from retailers are issues we can help clients with.’ ‘The international nature of this fair means

• IFTF 2019 - Koppert presents its innovative scouting app

  October 17, 2019

  Scout is currently being used by a number of leading tomato growers in the Netherlands. The IFTF is the world’s prime trade exhibition for international [...] Koppert’s Natutec Scout will have pride of place at Koppert’s Innovation Quarter at the fair. This tool does the work of scanning for pests using image recognition [...] results into schematic overviews of the situation in your greenhouse. The tool allows growers to optimize the data collection of greenhouse pests so that hotspots