• Cultivating Innovation and Sustainability: Koppert's Impact in the AIRTEA Project

  February 28, 2024

  RATIONALE The development and adoption of agricultural technologies have not yet led to the desired improvement in food security, job creation, and rural [...] n on innovation, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) lack the capacity and information to develop their businesses, on the support side universities [...] universities and research centers lack the capacity to transfer knowledge to end-users. Policy-makers lack the information from the field that they need to

• Introducing NoPath for the Management of Diseases

  April 26, 2018

  for humans and the environment. The half-day programme consisted of presentations from Koppert staff from Kenya and the Netherlands on the two main diseases [...] diseases over and above giving technical details on the product. Dr. Nicholas Stutterheim, the brains behind NoPath, was the chief guest at the event. He gave [...] guaranteeing safety to users and the environment. He assured the attendees that if well used, NoPath has the potential to be a central part of disease

• Amazone Plants continues the path of organic cultivation

  complex. The plants in the propagation phase enter the processing hall every nine weeks. During the nine week period that the plants are in the greenhouse [...] During the initial few years, the anthurium company owned by Lex Scheffers and Fred van Zijl did not immediately have the wind at its back but the business [...] of the growing plants. In the end, everything more or less turned out fine – the plants in 12 cm pots were sold in 14 cm pots in the summer, and the plants

• The five main benefits of Integrated Pest Management

  January 28, 2025

  in strategically considering the economic threshold—the point where the costs of employing biocontrol are justified by the economic damage caused by a pest [...] enabling precise interventions and empowering growers to avoid unnecessary and costly treatments through monitoring and the earlier mentioned economic thresholds [...] safeguards the efficacy of control measures but also underscores the importance of a sustainable and adaptable approach to pest control, addressing the evolving

• Stop the spread of Botrytis with NoPath

  March 26, 2025

  to stop the fungus. Humidity is key to Botrytis ’s ability to strike. The spores of Botrytis germinate easily and quickly in wet conditions and at high [...] high humidity. If the foliage is wet for longer than six hours, the chances of germination and therefore the risk of infection is very high. A temperature [...] control and create the desired ‘drying’ effect. To do so, it’s important to ensure the crop dries quickly after irrigation or spraying by opening the windows

• The Silent Threat to Kenya’s Avocado Industry: How Koppert is Leading the Fight Against Persea Mite (Oligonychus perseae).

  March 27, 2025

  Persea Mite damage: The Hass variety is known to be the most susceptible to this pest, and that is not great news because Hass represents the larger percentage [...] Ulti-Mite contains predatory mites that actively seek and feed on mites, naturally reducing their populations. Gradual and sustained control : The Ulti-Mite [...] secure the future of Kenya’s avocado industry and control Persea mite before it spreads further. Contact us today to learn more about the pest and its solutions

• At a glance: Allies in the fight against Whitefly

  August 20, 2024

  control is at the rescue. Koppert offers several biological solutions that you can use to Combat whiteflies. The following is a brief overview of the key allies [...] prey's body and extracting their bodily fluids, causing their death. As predatory mites feed on pests, they also reproduce rapidly, increasing the population [...] like a ‘standing army’ designed to combat the whitefly . Predatory mites survive by eating other pests and pollen. a) Amblyseius swirskii - Mode of Action

• Boost Soil Health Naturally: Inside the Koppert Soil Health Program

  June 16, 2025

  of action that include competition for the space and nutrients around the root zone against the pathogens, Mycoparasitism of fungi pathogens and strengthening [...] 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 [...] 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

• Horiver – the most effective sticky trap for mass trapping

  October 16, 2016

  measures before the pest can multiply and cause serious damage. Keep accurate records and change the traps regularly in order to get the most out of them [...] UV, green-yellow and blue colour. This is important to note because even if two colours may look exactly the same to the human eye, the photoreceptors on [...] sticky traps efficiently, it is important to choose the brand of cards with the shade of colour that the thrips are most attracted to. Horiver offers top

• HyFood takes habanero to another level with biological control

  without the use of agrochemicals and has allowed them to comply with the legal framework for entry into the U.S. market, one of the most important and demanding [...] One of the key factors for the successful implementation of the biological control program was the training of personnel in pest monitoring and the release [...] alternatives and found Koppert... at the beginning of the establishment of the biological control tools, their consultants showed us the range of possibilities