• Healthy Soils, Healthy Crops with Koppert’s Comprehensive Soil Health Program

  September 16, 2024

  In today’s agriculture, maintaining healthy soil is more important than ever. Excessive reliance on chemical interventions has in the recent past disrupted [...] Antifungal and Antimicrobial Action NoPath is a powerful Koppert solution based on plant essential oil extracts. It is a blend of natural ingredients that work [...] crucial role in promoting plant growth and health particularly in helping plants manage water stress by improving water-use efficiency. It strengthens cell

• Aphids

  s. Potato virus Y (PVY) is transmitted by aphids in tomato in this way, as is the cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in cucumber. How to prevent aphids To prevent [...] Plant sap has a low protein content but is rich in sugars. Aphids therefore need to extract large quantities of sap in order to get sufficient protein. As [...] As a consequence, the excess sugar is secreted in the form of honeydew, making the crop and its fruit sticky. Black fungal moulds (such as Cladosporium spp

• Crop Monitoring and Scouting

  thrive. Digital scouting apps In the digital age, scouting is aided by mobile apps that can catalog and analyse data in real time. These tools streamline [...] Understanding crop monitoring and scouting In the world of agriculture and horticulture, the phrase "knowledge is power" couldn't be truer. Crop monitoring [...] streamline the scouting process and make it more efficient. Using a crop scouting tool in horticulture can lead to more effective, sustainable, and profitable

• Leek

  around it (so-called ‘trenching’). The plant is usually sold as a small seedling and planted in a greenhouse. Later on, as weather permits, the leek is planted [...] outside in the soil. Once outside, the plant is rather hardy and many varieties can be left in the soil during winter and harvested when there is a need [...] Protection in Leek: Thrips Control & Healthy Roots About The vegetable leek is a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum , the broadleaf wild leek. In the past,

• Whitefly

  fruit makes it sticky. Dirt adheres to the fruit, and the growth of sooty moulds ( Cladosporium spp.) is encouraged. Such fruit is unsaleable. In serious cases [...] plant, as a result of which growth is retarded. In full sunlight, leaves can wilt and drop. Such leaf damage can in turn influence the development of fruit [...] reduction in yield. By sucking plant sap and secreting honeydew, whitefly reduces the aesthetic value of crops. This is particularly important in ornamentals

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• Biological Solutions Meet Peri-urban Horticulture

  February 4, 2019

  other hand is when a large population of natural enemies is administered for quick pest control in a specific crop. Finally, inoculative is when measures [...] biological pest control . The first, which is referred to as classical, is where a natural enemy of a pest is introduced into the environment to achieve [...] residue levels in their produce. This subject is often discussed when addressing export produce destined for markets such as Europe but is seldom addressed

• Tutasan

  Presentation One trap. Preparation Place the pheromone dispenser in the green canister and attach it to the upper central part of the trap Fill the trap with water [...] metre between traps A continuous water supply is needed to ensure that the trap works correctly. If the trap is not connected to a dripper refill by hand Replace [...] the Tutasan trap for monitoring and trapping male tomato leaf miner moths in combination with Pherodis Tuta absoluta . Pests Tomato leaf miner moth ( Tuta

• False codling moth

  Thaumatotibia leucotreta ) is native to sub-Saharan Africa and is found in all citrus production areas in Southern Africa. It also occurs on some of the [...] pest’s high pest status is its quarantine status and is not due to the economic losses. Damage and symptoms Larval penetration holes in the fruit can only be [...] fruit. Once the final instar (fifth) is ready to pupate, it exist the fruit and drops to the ground where it pupates in the top layer of the soil. The moths

• Spinach

  oleracea ) is an edible flowering plant of the Amarantha family that originates in Asia. It is consumed as vegetable and is rich in iron. It is grown as [...] as a vegetable worldwide and growths to a height of about 30 cm. It is eaten fresh, steamed or boiled and has a high nutritional value.