• European biocontrol trials successful – more plants, healthier crops

  September 5, 2023

  t cycle to prevent damage to the tubers. We are counting more plants and fewer losses, which translates to higher yields. Even halfway through the season [...] with Rhizoctonia. And in corn, Trianum's protective qualities result in more plants and higher yields.” Fewer losses and improved quality with beneficial [...] return on investment of our solutions.” “What has been quite exciting to see, is the impact of the Casea beneficial nematodes on the quality of the crop,

• Nezapar: preventive use is the best approach

  April 14, 2023

  in Europe. The stink bug is able to survive to the winter, even in empty greenhouses, and is highly adept at hiding, which makes it hard for growers to [...] end of the cultivation season or when changing crops. This makes a nice clean start to a new cultivation season all the more difficult. Preventive use Nezapar [...] by Koppert is a new and effective treatment designed to help growers take control of the southern green stink bug. Using it in the right way is essential

• Quality is key at Koppert! - Swirski

  October 1, 2019

  scientific research and expertise invested in this stock is incalculable. A selection of the stock is reared in climate rooms with fully controlled and co [...] out. Once the batch is approved, they are moved from the climate rooms to the packaging department. As of this moment special care is taken to keep the mites [...] given very specific expedition instructions. Even the way in which the trucks are loaded is specified. Koppert does everything possible to ensure that logistics

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

  August 6, 2021

  few chemicals as possible. Our colleagues more or less said we were crazy, which is understandable as it is indeed very difficult. And yet we succeeded [...] protection. The number of chemical agents available is quickly drying up and its use is becoming more and more strictly regulated. We growers need to move forward [...] fly is new to the crop. We need to find solutions to these new threats. As broad-spectrum products are no longer becoming available, more and more pests

• Koppert and CABI collaborate on making more biological controls available

  October 8, 2018

  n in Kenya in March this year in which CABI and the Koppert Foundation stepped up their efforts to combat pests which threaten the food security and l [...] of thousands of farmers and their families. Under the new agreement, more training is also envisaged for Plantwise* ‘plant doctors’ who give advice on integrated [...] integrated pest management solutions that ultimately allow farmers to grow more and lose less to agricultural pests and diseases.’ Following the signing

• Natupol Seeds – more pollinators on arrival and reduced lead time

  April 15, 2021

  seed companies, the new hive offers 25% more pollinators on arrival. Much R&D has been invested in the upgrade which was conducted over the past season to [...] effective pollination, extending over at least three weeks and up to four or even six weeks in favourable conditions. Our customers can expert advice and

• Koppert makes the use of raw materials more sustainable with Kaumera

  December 20, 2021

  raw materials more sustainable and to take steps towards circular working. The product is made from wastewater; you can’t get much more cradle-to-cradle [...] of the recovery of Kaumera is that it reduces the amount of sludge remaining. “This can be a reduction of up to 30%, which results in significant savings [...] game.” Big ambitions “Currently, this raw material is only produced in the Netherlands, but our ambition is to recover Kaumera from wastewater worldwide. There

• Chula Brand is a pioneer in papaya pest biocontrol

  d in open field crops. This is confirmed by Chula Brand, a leading company in the production and export of papayas, which has managed to control the pests [...] losses in its production in a safe and effective way. Chula Brand is a company with more than 20 years of experience in the production and distribution of [...] such as pineapple and lime. An important part of their mission as a producer is to contribute to healthy food in the world and, to achieve this, they must

• Intelligent Pest Management is as close as your mobile phone

  January 21, 2016

  iPM Dashboard is a tailor-made management system for which a subscription is required. For a personal log-in contact your Koppert advisor or distributor [...] treatment module for chemical, biological or cultural treatments. Launched in the United States, the iPM app has more recently been successfully tested in a [...] data storage that is accessible from anywhere in the field. Raw data can be stored and manipulated for further analysis. The scout data is now downloadable

• New strain of green peach aphid Myzus persicae needs more aggressive beneficial insects

  August 31, 2023

  says Radbout. The quick fix protocol therefore focuses on Aphipar-M, which is more effective. ‘We have already proved its effectiveness in the lab, and [...] wasp species that is more effective. We are also testing entomopathogenic fungi that grow on aphids and a ladybird species from which the larvae take longer [...] strain is fast overtaking the former one and has also been found in crops such as eggplant, cabbage, chrysanthemum, roses and many others. It is establishing