• Sustainability

  sentiment echoes through the words of Peter Maes, Chief Strategy Officer of Koppert, who emphasizes the importance of aligning business practices with [...] essential part of long-term success. To realize this vision, we’re embarking on a journey to enhance the coherence across all aspects of sustainability [...] movement, promoting a culture of learning and inspiration. Embracing sustainability brings value In a world where the health of people and the planet are

• Grower Koen - Embracing biological crop protection in agriculture

  application of biological crop protection.| The future Koen's vision of the future of agriculture is hopeful. He believes that the reduction of chemical methods [...] approaches. This way of working allows him to gain experience in using biological crop protection . As a result, he acquires a lot of knowledge and is prepared [...] grow into it a bit," notes Koen. With the growing availability of knowledge and the number of biological crop protection products, he also sees opportunities

• Hop

  The hop is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. Hops are the female flowers (seed cones, strobiles) of the plant and are considered [...] currently the most acreage of production occurs. Although these plants have a very long life cycle, with the continued popularity of microbrews across the globe [...] in the ground. They emerge each year towards the end of Spring and are harvested near the end of Summer.

• Mushroom

  fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruit bodies of several [...] several species of macrofungi (fungi which bear fruiting structures that are large enough to be observed with the naked eye). They can appear either below ground [...] picked by hand. Edibility may be defined by criteria that include absence of poisonous effects on humans and desirable taste and aroma. Most mushrooms

• House fly

  protozoan parasites (such as Giardia ), and the eggs of many parasitic worm species. Life cycle and appearance of House fly The adult house fly ( Musca domestica [...] General Houseflies are a well-known pest of farm and home. Believed to have originated in central Asia, the insect expanded its range worldwide long ago [...] always found in association with human activity. As the most common species of fly found on livestock farms, they represent both a nuisance and a risk for

• Aphytis

  scale ( Comstockaspis perniciosa ). Mode of action The female wasp deposits one or more eggs under the scale cover of armoured scales. Upon hatching the larva [...] strips of green paper, the cotton wool on the bottom and the cup itself. Distribute evenly across the field. Release more doses in the areas of the field [...] Rhyzobug . Storage time after receipt Use preferably on the day of arrival. If necessary (in case of adverse weather conditions) the product can be stored for

• Anso-Mite Plus

  Pests Young larvae of various thrips species. Also has an effect on eggs and larvae of whitefly , all stages of non-webbing spider mites (e.g. European [...] Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action Predatory mites multiply in the sachet and disperse into the crop over a period of several weeks. Predatory mites [...] Predatory mites are usually found on the lower surface of the leaves, often in the corner of the main vein and lateral veins. It is not possible to d

• Macrocheles robustulus

  used for the control of the following pests: Sciarid flies (fungus gnats) Thrips Lyprauta larvae The predatory mites feed on larvae of sciarid flies , thrips [...] insects. The mites appear in and on the soil and at the base of plant stems. Feeding behaviour of Macrocheles robustulus Predatory mites pierce their prey [...] Macrocheles robustulus is a species of predatory mite known for its role in biological pest control , particularly in agricultural and horticultural settings

• Pollination checklist tomato

  precise picture of the situation. Flowers that are open for longer than one day have between one and five bite marks Check the work of the bumblebees at [...] hive once the number of bite marks has dropped to just one or two per flower. Pollen is released best at a relative humidity (RH) of between 50% and 80% [...] humidity of more than 80%-85% will result in pollen not being released and the bumblebees will become inactive. Below 50% RH, the germination capacity of the

• Welcome Nezapar, so long stink bug!

  the labour-intensive manual squeezing of the stink bug, risking damage of their valuable crop, or the application of disruptive corrections. With Nezapar [...] systems that are present in their crop as well as excluding any risk of resistance. Effects of Nezapar Viable commercial quantities The parasitic wasps and their [...] the development of Nezara , has been described in research papers for some time. Koppert is the first to achieve scaling-up the rearing of Trissolcus basalis