• Rancho Los Pinos is nature's ally

  January 1, 1970

  developed that have enabled them to increase the productivity and profitability of their crops. The ongoing collaboration between farmers and Koppert lives [...] Asia, Europe, North America, and domestically. The large production scale, high water demand, and pest pressures challenge the Los Pinos team to seek innovative [...] pollination programs. A long and increasingly sustainable road to learning and success The partnership between Koppert and Rancho Los Pinos spans over 20

• Whitefly

  January 1, 1970

  belong to the order Hemiptera (true bugs ). Together with aphids and scale insects, they belong to the division Sternorrhyncha. The whiteflies form the family [...] family Aleyrodidae. The most common species are the greenhouse whitefly , Trialeurodes vaporariorum , and the tobacco whitefly , Bemisia tabaci . Both are [...] This contains a high proportion of sugar, and the excess is excreted as honeydew, with larger larvae expelling large quantities. This can have the following

• Onion

  January 1, 1970

  bean seed fly and fusarium wilt Trial results Onion fly and Fusarium wilt About The onion ( Allium cepa L.) , also referred to as the bulb onion or common [...] cultivated however, the plant is mostly handled as an annual and harvested at the end of its first production season. Onions are popular and therefore cultivated [...] cultivated and used for cooking all around the world. Their flesh is pungent when chopped, because it contains particular chemical elements that irritate the

• Panoramix-GR

  January 1, 1970

  soil application. It contains Phosphobacteria, soil probiotics and prebiotics which act as bio primer that stimulates the crop growth and root system, nutrient [...] healthy crop and higher yield. How does Panoramix-GR work? Panoramix-GR improves the overall soil health by increasing and activating the beneficial microbes [...] microbes in the soil and near root zone. Application of Panoramix-GR Broadcast homogeneously to the plant’s root zone. Granules can also be applied by line

• Cotton leafworm

  January 1, 1970

  caterpillars crawl to the ground and settle in the surface layers. The pupa is 15 to 20 mm long and reddish brown in colour. The forewings of the adult cotton leafworm [...] originates in Egypt, and is currently found in Africa, the Canary Islands, the Middle East and parts of Mediterranean Europe including the Balearic Islands [...] by the larvae may lead to complete stripping and skeletisation of the leaves, whereby all that remains are the bigger veins. Young larvae also bore into

• Pherodis

  January 1, 1970

  dispenser. Preparation Collect the sachets containing the pheromone dispensers from the cold store and open the sachets Do not touch the dispenser, since manual [...] to other areas Application Place the dispenser in the trap and place the trap in the right position as indicated for the particular trap Wash your hands [...] insect trap, the type of trap depends on the species to be monitored. The species-specific sex pheromone lures males of the target pest into the trap. Trapping

• Diamond back moth

  January 1, 1970

  quite small and active. Except for the first instar, which mines in the leaf tissue, the larvae are voracious surface feeders. The pupae of the diamond back [...] antennae. The hindwings are narrow, pointed toward the apex. The tips of the wings appear to turn upward slightly when viewed from the side. In males, the upper [...] upper edge. In females, the upper two-thirds of the forewings are light ochreous and the markings are like those of the males. The back is marked with a

• Mirical

  January 1, 1970

  Wood chips and buckwheat hulls. Application Introduce Mirical at the beginning of the growing season and provide Entofood and/or Artefeed as a food source [...] enable the predatory bugs to get out of the carrier material Dosage The dosage of Mirical depends on climate, crop and expected pest density and should [...] mouthparts, they extract the contents of their prey, leaving the empty skin behind in its original form. Pack size 500 adults and nymphs. Presentation 100

• Anagyrus vladimiri

  January 1, 1970

  control of the mealybugs . Behaviour of the parasitic wasp Anagyrus vladimiri The female Anagyrus vladimiri lays its eggs inside the body of the mealybug [...] a constant and protected food source, eventually leading to the death of the host. Anagyrus vladimiri also engages in host feeding, where the adult female [...] ovipositor between the wax filaments on the lateral margins of the host. Oviposition generally lasts about 15-40 seconds. The larva of the parasitic wasp

• Greenhouse whitefly

  January 1, 1970

  to a crop is the result of sucking out the sap from the plant leaves and secreting honeydew. This can have the following consequences: If the population [...] influence the development of fruit and lead to a reduction in yield. The honeydew deposited on fruit makes it sticky. Dirt adheres to the fruit, and the growth [...] This is called the pupa stadium and these pupae are found on the oldest leaves. The adult emerges from the pupa via a T-shaped fissure. The adult whiteflies