• Municipality of Enschede: use of Entonem nematodes against oak processionary caterpillar has important gains

  March 9, 2022

  using nematodes for the first time in the spring of 2021 to try to halt the spread of the oak processionary caterpillar. The municipality’s built-up area has [...] total of 22,000 oak trees. In the past, the municipality only extracted the nests. But as Petra Klein Breukink explains, it was not enough. She is the project [...] Municipality of Enschede: use of Entonem nematodes against oak processionary caterpillar has important gains The Municipality of Enschede started using

• Biological fungicide Trianum-P now registered for pears

  April 26, 2023

  present on the soil. The antagonistic characteristics of Trianum-P reduce the growth of the soil-borne Stemphylium , resulting in a lower number of infective [...] part of the solution to control Brown spot . The Netherlands and Belgium both have a maritime climate that is ideally suited for the cultivation of pears. [...] was acquired with the help of the NFO (Dutch Fruit Organization) and Fruit Consult (an independent advisory company). Swift action by the Dutch food and consumer

• Limonica strong contender against persistent thrips

  August 7, 2025

  continues to be effective even when temperatures fall below or rise above that range. That said, it’s important to keep in mind that the hatching rate of Limonica [...] laying and predation capacity on S. dorsalis larvae Key advantages of Limonica Effective at a broad temperature range, allowing winter and summer introduction [...] establish early and exert pressure on thrips populations before they peak. The potential of Limonica against other thrips Although most data currently focuses

• Trial results onion fly and bean seed fly

  Facing the bean seed fly challenge This year, Frank encountered a significant challenge due to the cold and wet conditions at the beginning of the crop cycle [...] 1986, many years of experience have gone into the selection, production and quality control of our beneficial nematodes. Each of the nematodes produced [...] nematodes feed on the digested tissues of the dead insect and reproduce in large numbers. The pest insect stops feeding soon after being infested, and dies within

• Target pests of beneficial nematodes in Top Fruits

  11-2022 Part of the IPM toolbox Nematodes have become a powerful part of IPM solution, to either partly substitute, and sometimes replace the use of conventional [...] build resistance Can be applied with regular spray equipment Compatible with most pesticides Leaves no residue This is an overview of the nematode-pest co [...] solutions. More than 35 years of experience Koppert started producing nematodes in 1986. Many years of experience have gone into the selection, breeding and

• Effective pest control in outdoor crops with Koppert’s natural enemies

  February 7, 2024

  pests. The use of natural enemies, such as parasitic wasps , differs from the use of conventional crop protection products. In greenhouses, the use of our [...] This includes a review of the grower’s Integrated Pest Management system and the presence of chemical pesticides that may be harmful to natural enemies [...] tive way to produce and package a type of beetle, a natural enemy of armoured scales in citrus. The result is a product that is both affordable and easy

• Koppert and Fresh Energy Forge Partnership

  June 10, 2024

  East Africa at Koppert, and Mohamed Mohab, CEO of Fresh Energy, marks the beginning of several Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs to be implemented [...] volumes, and improve the quality of our end products," said Youssef. Yassin Lahiani, Koppert’s Area Manager, also expressed pride in the new collaboration [...] presence in Egypt. This is just the beginning, and we see a multitude of opportunities for growth and development in the long term," said Lahiani. This

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  February 7, 2024

  out with the company Sociedade Agrícola Militão, in the town of Ribatejo, in a pepper crop for the processing industry. Pedro Militão is one of the two owners [...] Aubergine (90 ha). The great challenge facing the production of crops for the processing industry is to work at a low price in which the fruit and vegetable [...] product present the physical and organoleptic characteristics of the variety, free of pests and diseases and free of pesticides, guaranteeing the final consumer

• Outstanding result against aphids

  December 15, 2016

  involving the use of banker plants to hang up populations of the parasitic wasp Aphelinus abdominalis (Aphilin) as early as the winter. Around the time that [...] cultivation in 2016. At the end of July, it appeared that the beneficials Aphiscout and Aphilin by Koppert had successfully kept the crops aphid-free. 'It's [...] 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 van

• Strong results with NatuGro in exclusive cresses

  April 25, 2016

  logical; it is the leaves of many of the Koppert Cress crops that form the final product. The more leaves are plucked or cut from a crop before the plants age [...] yet, but the higher-quality restaurants in Europe and further afield are all fervent users of the products of the Dutch company Koppert Cress. The company [...] during the production process. This approach has proved very effective, with strong results. Henk Grashoff is the cultivation team leader at one of the four