• Mirical

  slows down the population build-up significantly. Sprinkle material on clean, dry rock wool slabs, in Diboxes or on leaves. Make sure the material is not disturbed [...] after receipt. If necessary, the product can be stored for 1-2 days. Storage temperature 8-10°C/47-50°F. Storage conditions In the dark, bottle horizontally [...] of action The predatory bugs actively search for prey. With their piercing mouthparts, they extract the contents of their prey, leaving the empty skin

• Eretmocerus eremicus

  inside the greenhouse Bend and tear off the strips opposite to the mounting hole Make sure not to touch the pupae during handling Suspend the cards in the [...] feed. During the third instar, the larva fills the host pupa, and the pre-pupal stage marks the transition to the pupal stage, where major morphological [...] parasitic behavior: the female lays her eggs inside the immature whitefly nymphs, and upon hatching, the larvae consume the host from within. The larvae use their

• Ercal

  Bend and tear off the strips opposite to the mounting hole Make sure not to touch the pupae during handling Suspend the cards in the crop, if possible [...] after receipt. If necessary, the product can be stored for 1-2 days. Storage temperature 8-10°C/47-50°F. Storage conditions In the dark. Recommended for you [...] wrapped in plastic, in a cardboard box, each card holds 60 parasitized whitefly pupae. Carrier None. Application Open package carefully inside the greenhouse

• Neoseiulus californicus

  persimilis in the complete absence of food, remaining in the crop to await the arrival of new prey. Life cycle of Neoseiulus californicus The developmental [...] white colour. In many cases the colour of the food ingested shines through the skin and shows up as an X-shaped marking on the back. If the food supply has [...] available in breeding sachets ( Spical-Plus , Spical Ulti-Mite ). In this case the predatory mites multiply in the sachet and disperse into the crop over

• A healthy plant starts with a healthy root system!

  October 11, 2018

  by the disease pathogen have become obvious. Often it is too late, -either it is too late to save the plant, or only part of the population of the pathogen [...] management NOW. The basis of healthy and vigorous crop starts in the growing media. There is a community of organisms that inhabit the soil or substrate [...] pathogen is killed and/or the pathogen develops resistance. “Prevention is better than cure” may be an old adage, but with soil-borne diseases it is the only

• Miglyphus

  larvae in the mine and lay their eggs next to them. The eggs develop into parasitic wasps inside the mine (but outside the leaf miner), using the dead larvae [...] using them as a food source. This is known as host feeding. Visual effect The presence of Diglyphus isaea in the crop is signalled by short mines that contain [...] through the leaf. Pack size 500 adults. Presentation 100 ml bottle. Carrier None. Application Release parasitic wasps between the leaves of the crop in the

• Know Your Enemy - A closer look at Whiteflies

  August 14, 2024

  belong to the division Sternorrhyncha. In protected crops, the most common species are the greenhouse whitefly , Trialeurodes vaporariorum, and the tobacco [...] remain there for the rest of their larval development. The fourth larval instar, when the red eyes of the adult whitefly become visible, is also referred [...] and fourth larval instars, and finally, the adult stage. The late fourth larval stage is often called a 'pupa.' The eggs are laid upright, spindle-shaped

• Koppert Kenya launches Panoramix

  October 11, 2018

  launched Panoramix in an exciting 2-hour event. The launch was held in Eldoret, a region also known as “the food basket” of Kenya, during the Eldoret Agribusiness [...] adopted widely, the product has the potential to positively improve food security in Kenya. The launch event was graced by Mr. Frans Makken -The Netherlands [...] Agribusiness Fair at the University of Eldoret. The September occasion enjoyed the support of key stakeholders comprising of the medium and large-scale farmers

• Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Hypoaspis miles)

  and other soil-dwelling insects. The mites appear in and on the soil and at the base of plant stems. The reduction of the infestation level occurs at a slow [...] organisms. The larvae do not feed. Nymphs and adults prey mainly in the upper 1-2 cm of the soil. Adult females consume up to 4.5 thrips pupae per day. Life [...] legs, and brown mouthparts. The females are larger than the males, and have a white stripe on the rear end of the body. The eggs, larvae, and first nymphal

• Diglyphus isaea

  Diglyphus isaea The parasitic wasp Diglyphus isaea is available in a bottle ( Miglyphus ). Release parasitic wasps between the leaves of the crop in the morning [...] body, and the third larval instar is blue-green. The full-grown larva usually pupates in the mine some distance from the dead host. Pupal stage: The pupa lies [...] seen in the pillars that remain visible as black spots in the leaf. The adult is metallic green to black in colour and unlike D. sibirica has short antennae