• Spidex Vital lives up to its promises

  Sjaak van Dijk’s father was already using the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis and Sjaak himself has always used it. However, Sjaak recently made the [...] each time and have to build up the necessary populations three times. This is always a critical and tense moment on cucumber farms like mine. And as spider [...] see what happens. However, it is a new product and Koppert may provide amended recommendations for use nearer the time. We may need to apply it more often

• Nematodes established solution for Nesidiocoris in France

  hectares of tomatoes, through direct and hydroponic cultivation, in Châteaurenard near Marseille, and have done for four generations. We have to control [...] practising IPM for as long as it has existed in France. We saw that it was effective. We have used Capsanem on several blocks to regulate the bug and have tried [...] very localized way, and also the treatment robot, which is used by blocking the lower nozzles so that it acts only on the head and avoids our Macrolophus

• Citrus

  kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental. It is believed that citrus plants are native to subtropical and tropical [...] from these warmer climates they are not frost hardy. Temperatures not falling below −2 °C (28 °F) are required for successful cultivation. Theses trees thrive [...] varieties include oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and tangerines and to a lesser extent, tangelos. Oranges account for the greatest value in terms of production;

• Maize

  can all be used to produce a large variety of food and non-food products. Recommended for you Some Tips for Maize Production in Challenging Times [...] staple food and is cultivated by both small and largeholders. Every part of the maize plant has economic value: the grain, leaves, stalk, tassel, and cob can [...] including: pod corn, sweet corn, flour corn and baby corn. Maize is adaptable to a whole range of climate conditions and is the single most extensively grown

• Lettuce

  to cultivate and most often grown for its leaves. It is, however, often plagued on by a number of insect and mammal pests and fungal and bacterial diseases [...] diseases, and can suffer numerous nutrient deficiencies. Recommended for you How Koppert Kenya is Empowering Small-holder Farmers Through Biological Innovation

• Sweet pepper

  vanilla/white and yellow to orange, green and red and even dark purple and brown. The sweet pepper is a very rich source of vitamin C and antioxidants.

• Gerbera

  South Africa and grew among others in the Cape Province and Transvaal region. Nowadays, the gerbera is still popular and extensively used as a decorative [...] Gerbera hybrida and there are now many cultivars that differ greatly in size, shape and colour. The main colours are white, yellow, orange, red and pink, but [...] colours. In addition, the gerbera is also used as a model organism with regards to botanical studies. Recommended for you Healthy Soils, Healthy Crops with

• Chrysanthemum

  from Asia and northeastern Europe and the majority of the different species derive from East Asia. Especially in China a wide range of varieties and cultivars [...] cultivars has been developed for commercial propagation and production. The current, commercially cultivated chrysanthemums are more striking than the wild [...] This particular genus consists of many hybrids and an extensive range of cultivars that are produced for commercial, horticultural purposes. Traditionally

• Potato

  cherry tomatoes and contain about 300 seeds each. Recommended for you Growing for the Future—Koppert joins FreshCrop to plant trees for a Greener Tomorrow [...] ‘potato’ ( S olanum tuberosum ) is used to refer to the plant itself or its edible tuber. The plant is an herbaceous perennial and came to Europe from Latin America [...] world’s food supply and many people’s diet. In terms of volume, potato is the fourth-largest food crop in the world, after maize, wheat and rice. Potato plants

• Sugar cane

  from sugar cane for 80%, with the remainder made from sugar beet. As a tropical and subtropical crop, it requires plentiful rainfall for a period of more [...] distinctly jointed internodes. These are rich in sucrose and can reach heights of between two and six metres. The sucrose is extracted in mill factories [...] About Native to the tropical regions of South Asia and Melanesia, sugar cane belongs to the tall perennial true grass genus, Saccharum , of the family