• Unprecedented journey for future leaders

  July 17, 2018

  language during the course is English and floricultural managers from around the globe are welcome to apply. Application is followed by a selection procedure [...] Ridder Group and Rabobank, is organizing the first edition of the Pro Manager Mastercourse – Floriculture. The course (28 October to 10 November 2018) is [...] webinar sessions on this Pro Manager Mastercourse during which the programme, conditions for participation and the selection procedure will be explained in further

• Advanced biocontrol of spider mite with Spidex Vital

  February 15, 2021

  growers in the USA, the Netherlands, Mexico and Canada Spidex Vital will be launched at February 15, shortly followed by the launch in week 13 for the rest of [...] caused by pigments that are part of spider mites . Spidex Vital mites are white, but after consumption of spider mites, the pigments are absorbed and Spidex [...] Koppert Biological Systems by the company’s founder, Jan Koppert. The eventual product, Spidex, became the foundation of what is now a leading international

• Swirski-Mite

  shake the bottle gently before use Push the centre of the cap to open the dosage hole Sprinkle material on leaves or pour into Diboxes Make sure the material [...] Start introduction as soon as the first pest mites are detected in the crop. Introduction rates typically range from 25-300 per m2/release. Releases should [...] material remains on the introduction site for at least a few hours after introduction Can also be applied with Natutec Airobreez , Natutec Mini-Airbug , Natutec

• European corn borer

  turn yellow. The black head of the larva can be seen just before hatching. The eggs are laid in a mass and overlap like tiles on a roof. The average number [...] mass is 30. The larvae are up to 25 mm long; body pale purplish brown to brownish and dark spots with a pale centre at the base of the hairs. The head is brown [...] brownish black. The pupae are up to 2 cm long and light to dark reddish brown. In Europe, adults appear in June. The eggs are laid mainly on the underside of

• Koppert’s Mirical wins prestigious innovation award

  February 9, 2024

  improves the distribution of the bugs in the crop. All resulting in improved performance and maximum result of whitefly control. The Mirical strips are easy [...] tion. As a result, the predatory bugs are protected during transportation and arrive at their destination in optimal condition. The packaging also reduces [...] solution, Mirical , has won the first prize of the prestigious international Fruit Logistica Innovation Award Technology. The award presented by Messe Berlin

• Peach twig borer

  several shoots during the course of their development. The larvae may also attack the fruits where they tunnel through the flesh and bore into the stone. Fully [...] to reddish brown body, paler between the segments. The head is black. The pupae are 6-8 mm long and dark brown. The first generation adults usually appear [...] those of the second generation in late July and August. Eggs are laid on the base of leaves and hatch after about 2 weeks. The larvae bore into the young

• Black leg of seedlings

  zoospores are produced. Zoospores are spores with flagellae, which enable the spores to move through water. The zoospores are chemically drawn to the growing [...] older plants, the leaves lose their turgor or the leaf tips turn yellow, for example in flower bulbs. At first, the plants recover during the night, but later [...] later the plants wilt irreversibly. In potted plants the flower buds fall off. The side roots rot and very little of the root system survives. On the border

• Cutworms

  Agrotis spp.) are occurring worldwide. Important species are for instance the black cutworm Agrotis ipsilon and the turnip moth Agrotis segetum . The larvae of [...] rapidly turn darker. They are laid separately or in batches on the ground, or on the plant close to ground level. The larvae are yellowish when hatching with [...] and hide in the ground during the day. Damage from these instars is usually observed as a cutting of young seedlings, often causing death of the cut seedlings

• Spidex Vital

  shake the bottle gently before use Push the centre of the cap to open the dosage hole Sprinkle material on leaves or pour into Diboxes Make sure the material [...] situation. Start introduction as soon as the first pest mites are detected in the crop. Introduction rates typically range from 2-50 per m2/release. Releases [...] material remains on the introduction site for at least a few hours after introduction Can also be applied with Natutec Airobreez , Natutec Mini-Airbug , Natutec

• Potato tuber moth

  presence of the moth. Damage symptoms The damage caused by the larvae is that of mines in the leaves and / or weakening of the stem, which can break. The feeding [...] deposit their eggs on the underside of leaves, or on the stem of the plant. In the case of potato, if there are still no leaves available, the females search [...] feeding paths of the caterpillars in the tubers can only be detected when the potato is cut open. The galleries in the tubers makes then unsaleable and also