• Rhyzobug Brochure

  Reduces the number of pesticide applications • Reduces the number of active ingredients • Makes it able to comply to the black pesticide list in the value [...] use • Apply in the evening • Tap beetles directly on the plants or use D-boxes • Start introduction as soon as the first armoured scales are detected and [...] introduction rates are 500-3000/ ha in several applications depending on infestation rate • Avoid pesticide treatments in the hours after the release of Rhyzobug

• Sycamore lace bug

  glued to the underside of the leaves. There are 5 nymphal instars. All are armed with spines along the margins of the body and head as well as on the back [...] extrude the cell contents. The nymphs congregate in groups around the major leaf ribs on the underside of the leaf, toward the leaf petiole. The adults [...] lace-like covering of the body. The pronotum is inflated anteriorly into a bulbous “hood” which covers the insect’s head. The outer margin of the pronotum and wing

• Sciarid flies

  round. The eggs are minute (0.1 to 0.25 mm) and yellowish white in colour. They are laid on the ground surface close to plant roots. The larvae can grow to [...] constitute the family of Sciaridae. The species that cause most damage to crops belong to the genera Bradysia and Lycoriella . Lycoriella species are mainly [...] damage is the immediate result of larvae feeding on the roots. The larvae feed mainly on decaying plant material and on algae and fungi present in the soil

• Reducing plastic pollution: We celebrate World Environment Day

  June 5, 2023

  promote positive change. In the context of this year’s theme "Beat Plastic Pollution," we are aiming to raise awareness about the issue and highlight our [...] reduction during production of monitoring and traps products with Geostick Return Programme in the Netherlands Recycling of Montdo-Mite packaging in the Netherlands [...] environmental issue that arises from the excessive use of plastic materials in farming practices. Recognizing the urgency, one of our sustainability missions

• Koppert at GreenTech Amsterdam 2023

  May 30, 2023

  e from 13-15 June at the RAI Amsterdam convention centre. Growers are welcome to join us at our spacious corporate stand for the latest news about our [...] Amsterdam 2023 The global meeting place for professionals involved in horticulture technology, this year’s GreenTech has a programme that tackles the big cultivation [...] and meet the Koppert team to find out more about our biological systems and application technologies. You will find us in Hall 5, stand 118, at the RAI in

• Tomato leafminer

  palps, that are well developed. Black spots are present on the anterior wings. Adults are nocturnal and usually hide between leaves during the day. [...] Damage symptoms The most distinctive symptoms of damage done by the tomato leaf miner ( Tuta absoluta) are the blotch-shaped mines in the leaves. Caterpillars [...] occur underneath the crown of the fruit and even inside the fruit itself. On leaves, the larvae only feed on mesophyll tissues, leaving the epidermis intact

• Nezapar wins bronze Bernard Blum Award 2023

  October 23, 2023

  won the Bronze Award in the 2023 Bernard Blum Awards at the Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM). This award is an annual recognition of the year's [...] Operations Peter Couwels accepted the prize on behalf of Koppert. ‘We are very proud of this recognition for achieving the successful rearing of commercially relevant [...] will see that the eggs parasitized by Trissolcus change from a cream colour to black after 10-12 days. The newly hatched wasps emerge from the stink bug eggs

• Biocontrol offers ease of application and safety for users

  April 11, 2024

  of the misconceptions about biocontrol is that it requires specialized equipment or complex procedures. On the contrary, many biocontrol agents are now [...] simplify the application process and makes biocontrol accessible to a broader range of growers, regardless of the scale of their operations. We are also [...] biocontrol agents to the root zone of plants. This targeted application ensures that the beneficial organisms establish themselves where they are needed most,

• Mirical - Revolutionary packaging simplifies application and maximizes whitefly control

  January 15, 2024

  condition. The packaging also reduces clumping and improves the distribution of the bugs in the crop. Easier to apply and exacter to dose, the new and improved [...] habitat for the Mirical bugs as well as a highly efficient release system, making it easier to use. The cardboard strips are fully compostable, and the protective [...] strips carrying the predatory bugs. These strips can easily be distributed by hanging them over the stalk of a fully-grown leaf at the top of the plant. From

• More and more Finnish growers switch to Natupol Excel

  March 8, 2018

  labour now that the bumblebees take care of the pollination. We are also seeing better fruit setting results, and consequently the quality of the fruit is much [...] growers are now following. ‘In 2016, we were the first in the region to switch to pollination using Natupol. We are now seeing many others doing the same [...] close to the town of Närpiö, just over 350 kilometres to the north-west of the Finnish capital Helsinki and about twenty kilometres from the Gulf of Bothnia