• Rosen Sabrowski: Limonica highly effective against thrips and whitefly

  November 1, 2017

  their company in Recklinghausen, a city in the north-east of the German Ruhr area. Most of those customers leave with one or more bouquets of organic roses [...] rid of thrips entirely; we still find some California thrips lower down in the crop, but never in the flowers. They stay completely clean, even in a highly [...] prompted Rudi to test the predatory mite Amblydromalus limonicus or Limonica in one of the sections in his company. However, the thrips infestation proved

• Sustainable cultivation goes much further than pests and natural enemies

  April 19, 2018

  policies in place in many parts of the world,’ says Peter Maes, presenting his view on the future at the headquarters of Koppert Biological Systems in Berkel [...] Peter Maes points to the consumer, who has a romanticized notion of natural cultivation. ‘He or she thinks of the sun, the fresh air of the great outdoors, [...] already made good progress with the use of microorganisms, both in the soil and above ground. Look at the success of a product like Trianum. We are also

• European biocontrol trials successful – more plants, healthier crops

  September 5, 2023

  “Early in the season, we can already observe the positive impact of Trianum on the health of the crop. Adding Trianum at the time of sowing controls soil-borne [...] exciting to see, is the impact of the Casea beneficial nematodes on the quality of the crop, particularly in potatoes. During our last visit, the roots were just [...] colleagues in the field to follow up on trials in Italy, Spain, France, Poland and the Netherlands. Just halfway through the growing season, the impacts of Trianum

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

  April 4, 2018

  ion of Plant Protection Products and Biocides, fielded a barrage of questions from delegates who pointed out that the Netherlands had some of the longest [...] Physiologist at the Vrije University of Amsterdam. Almost a dozen experts spoke on the future of sustainable agriculture and horticulture at the congress. Foodlog [...] methods’. Opening the congress, the Editor of Foodlog, Dick Veerman, said it was time for a new plan for Dutch agriculture and horticulture in order to reinvent

• ‘Nature is key to solving agricultural dilemmas’

  August 29, 2023

  grandson of the founder of the agricultural biocontrol giant Koppert, shares the company’s plan for Brazil. In the late 1960s, when the way of cultivating [...] achieved with the use of natural enemies were promising. With the support of his son Peter Koppert, Jan founded Koppert in 1967. Today, it is known as a giant [...] investment in research and development keeps the company ahead, Brazil plays a strategic role in this scenario. Here, the company invests in high-level

• Koppert offers the safest biological alternative for new challenges in agriculture at the Fruit Attraction in Madrid

  September 30, 2023

  biodiversity both in the aerial part of the plant and in the soil. It has been shown that the greater the biodiversity, the greater the capacity of crops to cope [...] resistant to stress. The beneficial fungus of Trianum facilitates the development of a healthy root system and improves the absorption of water and nutrients [...] Following the reduction in the use of chemical pesticides, beneficial insects and microorganisms are increasingly introduced for the effective control of pests

• Producing Koppert’s ‘little heroes’ – nematodes for pest control

  September 5, 2019

  This made the process more cost efficient and reduced the ecological footprint of the whole production process. Samples of the solution in the bioreactors [...] bacteria kill the insect and digest the insect from the inside. The nematodes feed on the digested tissues of the dead insect and reproduce in large numbers [...] medium is made in a flask and sterilized in an autoclave to avoid any risk of contamination. Then the nematodes are placed in a nutritious and sterile e

• ‘Nutrients and plant resilience? A very simple mechanism

  April 6, 2020

  example, you have a surplus of nitrogen which is evident in a surplus of amino acids, and then the aphids flock to the crop en masse. Too much potassium is [...] plant a wide range of problems, often in the form of a shortage of other trace elements that are needed to ensure balanced development and robust production [...] careful, the plant cannot change by itself. The grower is the one providing the food – the plant doesn’t understand its five a day or have a nutritional

• New foothold for integrated crop protection via CABI

  March 28, 2022

  there was a pilot in Kenya in which 51 plant doctors were trained. Ed Moerman: ‘In the past, there was a lot of confidence in chemical crop protection [...] within the CABI Plantwise programme all over the world. ‘Growers come to the consultation hours of a plant doctor with a ‘sick’ maize plant on the back of [...] possible in a short time.’ Also, adapting the training to each country costs time and money. ‘In addition, in a country there must also be a desire from

• Biological control gains ground in sweet pepper cultivation

  April 2, 2026

  Gonzalez. “The outbreak of aphids was huge, but each one of the products of the implemented IPM programme helped to control the pest.” Transitioning to a green [...] this crop. In this part of the crop cycle, caterpillars are also a threat to a healthy harvest. To control the caterpillars, the team incorporated Capsanem [...] solutions are the way to go throughout the entire season, the team is now simulating the winter and spring seasons of the crop cycle. Here, the strategy we