• Sustainable cultivation goes much further than pests and natural enemies

  April 19, 2018

  The role of technology in biological control is set to grow even further; that's the prediction of Peter Maes, Koppert's director of Corporate Marketing [...] on its use due partly to the CO2 emissions of this industry as well as the climate policies in place in many parts of the world,’ says Peter Maes, presenting [...] consumer, who has a romanticized notion of natural cultivation. ‘He or she thinks of the sun, the fresh air of the great outdoors, ladybirds, butterflies

• Tropical garden in the Netherlands

  December 7, 2020

  tiled hall of the Omnium in Goes, the Netherlands, with its slight smell of chlorine, gives no hint that just one floor up, on the roof of the swimming [...] plants a bit of a helping hand.’ Lek adds, ‘Vidi Terrum contains a lot of easily absorbable amino acids.’ Fortafol, which improves the transport of nutrients [...] Expeditie Bos is a 1,500 m 2 greenhouse, eighteen metres high. It accommodates king quail, geckos, turtles, dart frogs, and 430 varieties of plant, which are grown

• Rosen Sabrowski: Limonica highly effective against thrips and whitefly

  November 1, 2017

  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 or a healthy new shrub [...] cultivars under 7,000 m2 of glass, each with its own sensitivity to pests like thrips and whitefly . Sabrowski Rosen is also one of the few rose growers [...] predatory mite is easy to find, as it reproduces quickly. Of course, you never really get rid of thrips entirely; we still find some California thrips lower

• Brockhoff Rozen: 'we'll never stop using NatuGro'

  March 5, 2018

  were created for a five-year crop at his 2.7-hectare company (which focuses on the cultivar Red Naomi), each of which is 880 m² in size (one watering system) [...] advanced stage of using biological crop protection . Spider mites and whitefly are no longer a problem and thrips is kept in check with the help of Amblydromalus [...] well, which means the overall yield was much higher.' Increased precision Of the three application methods, trickling proved the most efficient. 'This

• Koppert collaborates with Valto to control harmful tomato virus

  October 8, 2018

  a substantial percentage of the total production of tomatoes in the Netherlands. ‘V10 has proved its worth during the course of several efficiency trials [...] is composed of two mild variants of the Pepino Mosaic Virus (VX1 and VC1) and provides twofold protection against various damaging symptoms of the PepMV [...] globally through a network of 27 subsidiaries and distributors in more than 100 countries, family-owned Valto has a specialized range of products and will benefit

• Outstanding result against aphids

  December 15, 2016

  based on a mix of five different natural enemies of aphids. The two products were released in relatively large numbers. Problems are a thing of the past As [...] division measuring 2.6 hectares and Dawid Gorzolnik for a division measuring five hectares. 'We no longer had high expectations of the chemical crop protection [...] preventative measure to combat aphids, involving the use of banker plants to hang up populations of the parasitic wasp Aphelinus abdominalis (Aphilin) as

• Gaining a market position in Western Europe from Italy's deep south

  September 24, 2018

  Italy Cavalieri and Papaianni SRL is located near the town of Bisignano, in Calabria, the ‘boot’ of Italy. The company's largest crop is cut chrysanthemum [...] greenhouses, fifteen hectares of which are equipped with grow lamps. The heating system runs on methane gas; the electricity and CO2 generated are used in the [...] robust crop Antonio explains how the effects of biological crop protection are visible soon after the start of a new crop: the young plants are not stressed

• Growers in salt-affected areas find solution to soil-borne diseases in Trianum

  March 8, 2024

  common. Trianum is a brilliant example of finding solutions in nature; of utilising the beneficial properties of micro-organisms, natural enemies and beneficial [...] insects to control pests and diseases. In the case of Trianum, that requires a deep understanding of Trichoderma harzianum T22 as a product, how it interacts [...] continuing to expand our understanding of this versatile fungus to help growers produce crops more sustainably. Modes of action Growers have been using Trianum

• Comprehensive vineyard protection against mealybugs

  December 12, 2024

  attack second and fourth instars of the female vine mealybugs ( Planococcus ficus ). Pupae develop in the mummified skin of the host and look like swollen [...] posterior end of the mummy after the parasitic wasps emerged. Working with Citripar, Cryptobug can be used for a blanket release for all stages of many mealybug [...] mealybug species. The process of controlling mealybugs with Cryptobug is based on predation, and adults and larvae of Crytobug consume the mealybugs completely

• Rabobank and Koppert Biological Systems partnering for sustainable financing for the second time

  July 19, 2021

  role of sustainability coordinator. ‘Sustainable food production is relevant for everyone; our future depends on it,’ says Berry Marttin, member of the [...] Board. ‘In the upcoming decades one of the biggest challenges for the world is to produce twice as much food with half of the raw materials. The only way to [...] criteria This is a prerequisite for accessing Rabobank financing and 4 out of 5 of Koppert’s Sustainability Focus Areas apply. Koppert aims to be energy neutral