• Cotton leafworm

  General The cotton leafworm (Spodoptera littoralis) is a highly polyphagous species feeding on plants of 40 families, containing 87 species of economic importance. It originates in Egypt, and is curre

• At a glance: Allies in the fight against Whitefly

  August 19, 2024

  likely to thrive. Predatory mites are often used preventively before a pest is known to be present. Many growers use them year-round, like a ‘standing army’ [...] 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

• Horiver – the most effective sticky trap for mass trapping

  October 11, 2018

  higher. For monitoring purposes, it is recommended to use 10 traps per hectare. For mass trapping, use 1000 traps per hectare. It is important to put up Horiver [...] this pest. Blue sticky traps are one of the most important tools commonly used for monitoring and controlling adult thrips. While most greenhouse growers [...] including thrips, have the ability to detect and respond to UV light and colours using receptors. Western flower thrips in particular has good sensitivity to particular

• Southern European marshland pyralid

  General The southern European marshland pyralid or European pepper moth (Duponchelia fovealis) is a polyphagous species feeding on a wide range of hosts from 38 plant families. They include ornamental

• Designed with growers in mind

  March 6, 2023

  products. And for customers who use multiple products at once, it will be easier to navigate the products and methods they need to use to achieve the best results [...] nature and the high quality of our products. The beautiful photography and use of green as our main colour bring our products to life. Even more importantly [...] That's why we included several practical features to help simplify daily use of our products. Supportive colours A range of supportive colours make each

• American serpentine leaf miner

  millimetres long. When the adult females feed or lay eggs, they bore a hole using their toothed ovipositor, usually in the upper side of the leaf. Egg spots

• Biological seed treatment

  well as production yields are boosted; Biological seed treatment reduces the use of agrochemicals which results in a lower exposure of growers to chemicals

• Onion thrips

  General The onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) is distributed throughout the world. It is found outdoors on many plants and particularly damaging on onions, leek, and in greenhouses on cucurbits, tomato, sw

• Two-spotted spider mite

  General Two-spotted spider mite ( Tetranychus urticae ) is a pest of many crops throughout the world. Despite their small size, they are capable of very rapidly doing severe damage, due to their great

• Consumers

  though they cannot be seen with the naked eye, these products – which can be used above ground and underground – have the potential to do incredible things