• Effective whitefly control with predatory mites

  looking to optimize your current IPM strategy, our global team of crop protection specialists is ready to help. Get in touch for tailored advice! Get in touch [...] therefore establishes fast in warm and moderate to high humid environments. It is available in multiple carriers tailored to different growing environments [...] damaging pests in commercial horticulture and greenhouse production. Their rapid reproduction, resistance to chemical pesticides, and ability to transmit plant

• Boisduval scale

  appearance of Boisduval scale Females are white to light yellow, thin and semi-transparent, approximately 1.2-2.2 mm in diameter and circular or oval. The cast [...] produce up to 200 eggs and live up to seven months. Eggs hatch within five to seven days under the scale and become crawlers. The crawlers move out to look for [...] presence of the scales on upper and lower leaf surfaces, fruits, and stems of plants. On palms, Boisduval scales are normally found on the leaves and stems

• Crazy roots, hairy roots, crown gall

  growth (crazy roots). In greenhouse vegetables, the roots overgrow the substrate and in severe epidemics the drippers get clogged. In tomato, excessive vegetative [...] gutters etc. Adjust the work order in greenhouses to fit with the hygiene protocol Disinfect the nutrient solution in order to prevent biofilm growth inside [...] galls on the stems, which are first white and later turn brown. Only Rhizobium radiobacter causes galls and tumours on underground plant parts and on the

• Root rot of carrot

  mycelium can develop on the surface. Initially, the disease forms circular to irregular spots on the leaves that vary in colour from grey to almost black. The [...] -3°C to 25°C, with an optimum around 18°C. Lesions are dark brown to black, moist, mostly circular spots 0.5 -1.2 cm diameter that extend only to 2 mm in [...] features hence is not easy to place it at the generic level. Årsvoll was the first to identify and describe the fungus in Norway, in 1965. An infection can

• Effective thrips control with predatory mites

  looking to optimize your current IPM strategy, our global team of crop protection specialists is ready to help. Get in touch for tailored advice! Get in touch [...] therefore establishes fast in warm and moderate to high humid environments. It is available in multiple carriers tailored to different growing environments [...] challenging pests in horticulture and agriculture, causing both direct and indirect damage to a wide range of crops. Their ability to reproduce rapidly

• Trianum Brochure

  Trianum grows faster on the surface of the root than soil borne pathogenic fungi, which get no chance to establish themselves on the roots. 2. Competition for [...] the capacity to make certain ‘fixed’ nutrients such as manganese and iron available for the plant to absorb. Want to know more on how Trianum works [...] contribute to the better health of people and the planet. So let’s continue to move forward and Partner with Nature. In control with our solutions 2 Easy

• Biological control of the oak processionary caterpillar

  Need to get rid of oak processionary caterpillars? The oak processionary caterpillar poses a challenge to local authorities and managers of (public) green [...] treatments cannot be used due to their effect on public health and the environment. That’s where our Entonem nematodes come in. The best biological solution [...] a food source on which nematodes feed and develop. This causes the caterpillars to die within a few days. Download the brochure Reasons to start using Entonem

• Even distribution of predatory insects with Natutec Drive

  Half a year ago, Dyson Farming in the UK took the decision to acquire the Natutec Drive tool to disperse its biological pest control products. ‘It was [...] .’ Angel Angelov has worked on strawberries farms for 17 years. ‘In the past, application was done manually and proved to be labour-intensive, time consuming [...] consuming, and not always accurate. We battled to get the product uniformly dispersed. Natutec Drive is easy to use and takes care of all these problems. We

• Grower Koen - Embracing biological crop protection in agriculture

  traditional methods. He decided to find a balance between both approaches. This way of working allows him to gain experience in using biological crop protection [...] organic farming was miles ahead in terms of sustainability and environmental friendliness, but that gap is getting smaller. In 15 years, I expect there will [...] will be no difference at all, especially due to the rapid increase in effective organic methods." Limitation in usage chemical pesticides The increasing interest

• Two-spotted spider mite

  important species in greenhouses and many outdoor crops. Damage symptoms Larvae, nymphs and adults cause damage to the host plant by feeding on plant sap. They [...] also produce webs, and plants can get completely covered with such webs in which the mites live. The webbing and spotting on the leaves affects the appearance [...] mainly occur on the underside of leaves where they pierce the cells and suck out the contents. The empty dead cells become yellow, and in many plants the