Boost Soil Health Naturally: Inside the Koppert Soil Health Program

Why Soil Health Matters More Than Ever

Soil health is the foundation of every successful harvest, but for years, chemical pesticides have dominated agricultural practices. While chemical pesticides may offer short-term results or quick fixes, these chemicals often disrupt soil biodiversity, harm beneficial microbes, and lead to resistance issues that undermine long-term productivity.

That’s why Koppert developed a smarter, more sustainable solution: the Koppert Soil Health Program. This holistic, biological approach supports growers in cultivating resilient, productive crops by nurturing the ecosystem beneath the soil surface.

What Is the Koppert Soil Health Program?

The Koppert Soil Health Program is an integrated and bio-conscious approach to soil management. It focuses on restoring microbial balance in the soil and enhancing crop vigor using 100% natural, scientifically proven biological solutions. This program empowers growers to reduce chemical dependency while increasing crop quality and yields, at the same time building a healthy soil life that support growth of crops

Our 3-Step Approach to Better Soil Health

Koppert’s Soil Health program is a 3-tiered strategy using our key solutions to strike the perfect balance.

1. NoPath: Natural Antimicrobial for Soil Pathogen Control

NoPath is a powerful broad spectrum antimicrobial solution based on plants' essential oil extracts. It ensures pathogen-free soil, creating a safe environment for beneficial organisms to thrive.

NoPath’s unique formulation helps to suppress multiple metabolic and biochemical processes in harmful fungi and bacteria, leading to their quick elimination.

How it works:

NoPath has a broad range of modes of action that make it a holistic antifungal and anti-microbial product. These include, alteration of microbial cell permeability which permits loss of water. This has a drying effect on the pathogen, among other modes of action. NoPath is not prone to resistance by pathogens, thanks to the multiple modes of action.

Noteworthy, NoPath does not harm the active mycelia of Trianum in the root zone. That means the two products can be used together with no negative effects on the beneficial fungi.

2. Trianum: Root zone protection with Trichoderma harzianum T-22.

Trianum is a bio-fungicide based on the unique hybrid stain T-22 of Trichoderma harzianum. Trianum colonizes the root system of plants, thus protecting numerous indoor and outdoor crops against soil-borne diseases such as Fusarium spp., Pythium spp., Sclerotinia spp., Rhizoctonia spp. and Microdochium spp.

Trianum is a hybrid of two complementary strains that make a winning formula. One of the strains is a very competent root colonizer, and the other is an eff­ective disease controller. As a result, Trianum o­ffers a competitive root colonizer that establishes itself around the roots and protects them against diverse pathogens. Trianum helps crops establish stronger roots, grow uniformly, and perform better under stress or sub-optimal growing conditions.

How it works:

Trianum has multiple modes of action that include competition for the space and nutrients around the root zone against the pathogens, Mycoparasitism of fungi pathogens and strengthening of the plant through improvement of the root system by formation of more root hairs. Trianum also reinforces the defense mechanisms of the parts of the plant above ground, the so-called induced systemic resistance (ISR).

Due to its unique modes of action, virtually all plants can benefit from Trianum.

3. Panoramix-GR: Biofertilizer for Growth & Stress Resilience

Panoramix-GR is a 100% natural product based on beneficial microorganisms for use in various crops. It contains a consortium of microorganisms that including Mycorrhiza, Trichoderma spp. and Bacillus spp. that are used for plant growth enhancement.

Panoramix-GR creates a fertile, microbe-rich root zone that supports healthier and more productive crops throughout the season.

The key benefits of using Panoramix-GRon the crop include: solubilization and mobilization of key nutrients such as Phosphorous, Potassium, and Silica, making them more readily available for the crop, growth enhancement, improving performance and yield, and enhanced plant tolerance to insuff­icient moisture and other types of abiotic stress.

When the above three products are used together in the Koppert Soil Health program growers observe the following results on their crops.

• Improved Growth: Healthier soils and root systems enhance water and nutrient uptake resulting in overall increased plant growth and increased production.
• E­ffective Disease Control: Efficient management of Soil-borne diseases reduces crop losses and increases overall productivity.
• Enhanced Nutrient Availability: The program promotes nutrient solubilization and optimizes fertilizer utilization.
• Stress Resilience: Crops treated with this program exhibit greater tolerance to both biotic and abiotic stresses, an added benefit especially in the face of changing climatic conditions.
• Root & Soil Safety: Koppert's products are 100% Natural and safe for plant roots and the soil, minimizing harm to beneficial organisms.
• Sustainability focus: This program replaces conventional fungicides with environmentally friendly alternatives, contributing to more sustainable farming practices.

What are the experiences so far?

Since the development of the Soil Health Program, Koppert Kenya has used the program to control soil borne diseases successfully in various crops including Roses, Chrysanthemum, Eryngium, Gypsophilla, Mathiola, Polianthes, and Craspedia.

Let’s Grow Better, Naturally

Ready to improve your soil health the natural way? Talk to a Koppert consultant today to create a tailor-made solution that suits your crops, climate, and soil needs!