• Biological fungicide Trianum-P now registered for pears

  April 26, 2023

  ground in pear orchards during winter. In spring it starts to develop and creates spores. These spores are dispersed by wind and infect the crop. In 2022 [...] being able to use it in pears: ‘Independent research trials in both the Netherlands and Belgium, have shown it to reduce fruit losses in pears of up to 50% [...] Good news for pear growers in the Netherlands and Belgium is that the biological fungicide – Trianum-P – has been registered in these two pear-growing countries

• Natutec Drive effective and efficient – ‘a fantastic device’

  December 16, 2020

  be set in both a horizontal and vertical position, allowing the Natutec Drive to be used in greenhouses, tunnels, and open ground, also well as in high crops [...] enable biological control in hard-to-access crops, saving considerable work. The three blowing devices available from Koppert reliably cover the crop with [...] rates. All in all, Airobug, Airbug, and Mini-Airbug have the top spot on the podium when it comes to effectiveness, return on investment in the beneficials

• European biocontrol trials successful – more plants, healthier crops

  September 5, 2023

  better start, resulting in higher yields and a better-quality crop. In the middle of June, Market Development Manager at Koppert Felipe Mendonça joined [...] Europe are trialling biological crop protection methods in their fields. As the crops develop, the Koppert team conducts follow-up visits. They scout the fields [...] joined his colleagues in the field to follow up on trials in Italy, Spain, France, Poland and the Netherlands. Just halfway through the growing season, the impacts

• Coffee

  Coffee beans are the source of one of the most popular beverages in the world. They are in fact, not actual beans, but the seeds of Coffea , a genus of flowering [...] native to tropical and southern Africa and tropical parts of Asia. Grown widely in the tropics, cultivated coffee is grown best at high elevations, but cannot [...] These shrubs can bear fruit for about 50 to 60 years (even up to 100 years in some cases). The fruit or ‘cherries’ take an average 9 months to ripen.

• Integrated crop management: the key to sustainable business operations

  September 13, 2022

  management systems are playing an ever more crucial role in a business’ ability to produce successfully in the future and achieve their goals. What is integrated [...] that takes measures to optimize your crop growth while maximizing production in the short and long term. ICM measures include optimum crop rotation, choice [...] from natural enemies above ground. These are insects that occur naturally in and around your crop, including lacewings, ladybirds, hoverflies, or gall

• Cherry

  Isles, in Morocco and Tunisia and up north in the Trondheimsfjord region of Norway and in the Caucasus and northern Iran. Cherries even grow in a small [...] small and isolated cluster in the western Himalaya. The sweet cherry is regarded as the most important ancestor of today’s cultivated cherry and it is one

• Uniform emergence and fewer losses thanks to Trianum

  January 21, 2021

  On the advice of Koppert consultant Frank Druyff, this year he applied Trianum on his organic spinach and parsnip. The active fungus in Trianum, Trichoderma [...] fewer problems with pythium in my spinach, the treated crops actually look better: they’re more lively and dynamic.’ Emergence in Koen’s organic spinach was [...] consultant at Koppert explains that organic seeds have a protective chemical coating. ‘That’s why Trianum is so successful and shows clear results in a short

• Spot the caterpillar!

  July 7, 2023

  150.000 species worldwide. The group is very uniform in appearance and behaviour, but they do vary in size. The smallest moth has a wingspan of only one [...] have many hairs, and they pupate in the ground. Caterpillars from the Tortricidae family (leaf rollers) like to hide in curled-up leaves. If you touch them [...] Spot the caterpillar! Caterpillars come in all types of species and sizes. Some of them stand out from the foliage, but most of them are the same colour

• A new formulation for Spical-Plus

  December 21, 2017

  modified formulation of Spical-Plus results in a more robust product. The formulation brings particular advantages in longer logistical processes during which [...] an effect on product performance. Due to this improvement, the performance in the field is further enhanced, and the predatory mites get to work straight [...] introduction. Trials with the newly modified formulation have been performed in various countries, including Spain and Mexico, with promising results. We

• trial results wireworm control

  Wireworm control with beneficial nematodes Results in irrigated potato Wireworms damage in irrigated potato (% of potatoes with holes) 2023, Italy 80 [...] nematodes produced by Koppert has been selected to target specific pest insects. How does it work? After application, the nematodes set out in search of their [...] 80 20 60 15 Damage (%) Efficacy (%) Casea efficacy against wireworms in irrigated potato (% damage reduction compared to untreated control) Emilia-Romagna