• Insect Science becomes Koppert's preferred supplier for semiochemicals

  August 6, 2025

  collaboration marks a significant step forward in the development of sustainable pest management tools for farmers worldwide. The agreement was signed on 19 June [...] possible to influence insect behavior in targeted ways, such as attracting pests into traps (monitoring and mass trapping) or disrupting mating life cycles [...] with biological control programs, making them essential tools in Responsible Pest Management™. A partnership built on collaboration and innovation The agreement

• Cerall

  will stimulate the plant to start resistance reactions which, in turn, prevents other pathogens from successfully infecting the young plant. Cerall not only [...] against fungal diseases, hence supports growth and development of young cereal plants up to the five-leaf stage. Suitable for organic and conventional cultivation [...] only protects the seeds against seed-borne diseases. It also empowers the plant to speed up seedling emergence and reduces abiotic stresses, which results

• Pear psylla

  General The pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyri , is a widely distributed pest of pear in central Europe and can inflict serious damage in pear orchards. Damage

• Online course: How to achieve successful pollination

  October 12, 2021

  partner of Plant Empowerment Plant Empowerment is an integrated approach to growing crops sustainably in greenhouses by supporting the plant’s balances. [...] growing power of the plants by creating optimal growth conditions, both above soil and in the rootzone. Currently, Growing by Plant Empowerment is supported [...] subscribe here . Hans de Vries, Hortilux, will be focusing on light, on both the plant and the bumblebee. Understanding the effect that the type and duration of

• The predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis has been an important trump card in spider mite control for many years now

  June 17, 2021

  Ven knows only too well that spider mites constitute a huge problem. ‘This pest is an important point of concern at the companies that I visit. This is because [...] considerably detrimental to crop growth. And if you do not take action, the plant will eventually die off completely,’ Van de Ven explains. He advises his

• Healthy seed: the basis for a healthy crop

  May 6, 2024

  start again - the ideal cycle. But biotic factors, such as diseases and pests, can affect the crop. Cereal crops are also often at risk from abiotic factors [...] caries survives in the early stages of the crop cycle and can infect the plant and be systemically present in latent form. Later in the season, it can cause

• Enjoy multiple benefits against spider mite with Spical

  November 12, 2020

  correcting agents – benefits all round. Spider mites are a very annoying pest, and that’s putting it mildly. The mites reproduce exponentially, causing [...] Fewer chemicals, more benefits Spical is part of a system known as Integrated Pest Management (IPM), an approach that allows you to significantly scale back

• Grapevine powdery mildew

  chasmothecia (sexual fruiting bodies) attached in the bark crevices and plant debris. In spring, chasmothecia release ascospores during periods of favorable

• Natutec Drone

  Airborne technology for biological control of harmful pests Use Natutec Drone for the effective and efficient release of a range of biological organisms

• Red plum maggot

  General The red plum maggot ( Cydia funebrana ) is mainly a pest of plums but can also attack apricot and peach. It occurs in Europe and Asia. Damage symptoms