• Testimony: the V10 vaccine is once again used against the Pepino mosaic virus

  September 11, 2020

  chose* to apply the vaccine by rubbing one leaf per plant, using a sponge soaked in V10 . This is quite a time consuming technique, but we consider it efficient [...] solution, to cover half a day’s needs, in order to prevent the product from getting too warm or losing its quality. Each applicator wore latex gloves to protect [...] cotton gloves to facilitate handling. The sponges had to be regularly dampened with the solution to ensure the presence of the vaccine. It is also recommended

• A life-long passion for predatory mites

  October 21, 2024

  Collaboration is key Staying ahead of the game by listening to growers and anticipating their problems is a daily routine at Koppert. It means that a number of [...] first predatory mites as a biological solution to the market, long before I started here. This is where it all began and where it is still happening now and [...] future. At Koppert we are on a mission to change the face of agriculture; to offer our biological solutions to growers as a sustainable and reliable alternative

• Six MOU’s signed in Dutch horticulture mission to Kazakhstan

  June 15, 2021

  we want to share our know-how with other countries to help them to feed themselves. Kazakhstan is still a net food importer, the country has a huge surface [...] surface area and wants to diversify its economy at a rapid pace. This is, a classic win-win situation!" Participant in this mission Henri Oosthoek, CEO of [...] more than a decade, from a strategy point of view they are just now starting. In my opinion, the Dutch adaptive greenhouse technology has a lot to offer to

• Beneficial nematodes to control pests in outdoor crops

  through a Dosatron venturi injector. As nematodes are a biological solution, thus alive, it is important to create the best circumstances for them to be effective [...] efficacy, when used complementary to chemical solutions. To be sure if the product you intend to use is not harmful to our nematode products check the side [...] Koppert, a Dutch grower with a clear vision; the world needed an alternative for chemical pesticides. He was the first to introduce a natural enemy to combat

• Uniform emergence and fewer losses thanks to Trianum

  January 21, 2021

  dense, which is why Koen is considering sowing his spinach a little more thinly next year. A head start Frank Druyff expected the results to be good. The [...] have a protective chemical coating. ‘That’s why Trianum is so successful and shows clear results in a short space of time. The crop is often given a head [...] Frank is not surprised that more and more growers in arable farming and outdoor vegetable cultivation are starting to use Trianum. ‘This is mainly to do with

• Koppert collaborates to launch free biocontrol tool

  February 14, 2020

  the partners to share its expertise to produce an innovative free-to-use tool to help growers reduce their reliance on chemical pesticides and produce safer [...] will follow. It is the aim that this tool becomes a global go-to resource for information on biocontrol and biopesticide products. *CABI is an international [...] online resource to raise awareness of biological crop protection options for growers – has been launched in Kenya. Koppert Biological Systems is one of the

• ‘Nutrients and plant resilience? A very simple mechanism

  April 6, 2020

  beginning to realize just how important the right nutrients are to the resilience and health of crops. It demands a shift in thinking, from curative to preventative [...] then the aphids flock to the crop en masse. Too much potassium is also bad as it suppresses calcium, an element that is essential to the formation of strong [...] resistance to infections.’ The plant and its five a day The N, P, and K surpluses cause the plant a wide range of problems, often in the form of a shortage

• Koppert France called in to treat trees

  December 22, 2016

  pioneers in this, and Nantes, for example, has reduced its use of herbicides from 6000 litres in 2002 to a mere 80 litres today, the French daily newspaper, [...] trees and devotes 7% of their turnover to research… The company has shown a growth of 35% this year and anticipates a similar growth next year,’ Les Echos [...] testing the efficacy of its treatment on ‘le tigre du platane’ – Sycamore lace bug – around the bowling pitch at Cavaillon which is surrounded by sycamore

• Ten need-to-know facts about caterpillars

  July 18, 2023

  unable to locate the females. Another technique is to use the pheromones to lure the butterflies and moths to a trap with a sticky surface or a pool of [...] If you touch them, they will start to squirm and drop to the ground along a silk thread. Caterpillars grow about ten to twenty times in length in their short [...] Ten need-to-know facts about caterpillars Butterflies and moths are found all over the world. Their preferred place to reproduce is in protected crops

• Daring approach to thrips at Porta Nova pays off

  December 22, 2020

  old. A daring yet effective approach – thanks in part to a temporary overkill, the pest has kept its head down in the White Naomi cultivar, which is susceptible [...] White Naomi is harder than in Red Naomi. The White Naomi crop is fuller, which means that pests find it easier to hide, plus the variety is also more s [...] daring. ‘If it had gone wrong, we’d have had to go back to pesticides, but they had ceased to offer us any flexibility. The number of pesticides is limited