• Reducing plastic pollution: We celebrate World Environment Day

  1 June 2023

  and fostering sustainable practices in our operations. Plastic pollution poses [...] huge challenge, and we are on a journey championing eco-friendly solutions where we can in our [...] Biological pesticides and fungicides for pest control in outdoor crops Effective control of soil-borne

• Buxatrap

  Use the Buxatrap for monitoring and trapping male box tree moths in combination with species-specific [...] pheromone which lures the males of the box tree moth into the trap. Once in the trap they cannot escape and are easy to detect, count and identify. [...] pheromone dispensers in the canisters Assemble the trap and fix the canisters in the trap Application

• Target spot of soybean

  Premature defoliation under severe disease pressure Life cycle of target spot in soybean Survival between crops Corynespora cassiicola survives in soil and infected plant debris. The fungus can persist in soil for several years. Primary infection Conidia are dispersed by air and [...] defoliation Biological control of target spot in soybean Macan can be used to prevent and control target spot caused by

• Downy mildew of rose

  is first white and later turns grey-brown. This is, in fact, the sporulation of the pathogens [...] to be seed-transmitted (on the outside of the seed). Optimum temperature for germination, infection and sporulation is relatively low, in general between 10 and 20 °C. Late in the season new overwintering oospores are produced and buried

• Brown spot of soybean

  is a common foliar disease of soybean that can develop soon after planting and remain present throughout the growing season. Symptoms generally begin in [...] soil to help reduce pathogen survival between crops. Monitoring brown spot in soybean Regular crop monitoring helps detect early symptoms and determine [...] application, the bacteria colonise the leaf surface, compete with pathogens for space and nutrients, and produce metabolites that disrupt fungal development

• Leaf stripe

  the base of the leaf and the leaf sheath. They gradually extend and become brown and chlorotic and [...] . The leaf splits at the end which makes it look shredded. This is typical for this disease. Infected plants may be stunted and heads may be distorted and failing to emerge from the sheath. Ear length and the number of kernels

• Grey mould

  ( Botryotinia fuckeliana / Botrytis cinerea ) is a commonly found fungus in many environments. It survives in plant parts like bulbs and crop residues [...] of the foot rot complex, which causes rotting of the foot and may cause death of the plants. In cucumber and tomato the fungus causes [...] can also provide the fungus with sufficient moisture, for example pruning wounds on the stems of cucumber and tomato. In general,

• Loose smut of barley

  and the infected seeds are the primary source of inoculum in the next crop. [...] . Contact fungicides are not effective Apply heat treatment, but viability and germination rate should be checked and compensated for Use resistant cultivars Perform field checks for infected seed and prevent the use of seeds from infected fields for further

• Bacterial canker of tomato

  to other seedlings by touching the plants in greenhouse crops and by water in field crops, for example through splashes of rain or irrigation. Both in greenhouses and in the field, spraying may also spread the bacteria. The [...] crop residues, use protective clothing and gloves, disinfect tools and greenhouse structures Use a crop rotation in

• Loose smut of wheat

  and the infected seeds are the primary source of inoculum in the next crop. [...] . Contact fungicides are not effective Apply heat treatment, but viability and germination rate should be checked and compensated for Use resistant cultivars Perform field checks for infected seed and prevent the use of seeds from infected fields for further