• Amazone Plants continues the path of organic cultivation

  remarkable move ‘Well, we had ten good weeks, Fred and I said to each other when the coronavirus crisis erupted and exports came to a standstill,’ Lex Scheffers [...] flower thrips , aphids (predominantly peach potato aphids and glasshouse potato aphids), and Duponchelia moths . Amazone Plants uses a variety of beneficials [...] Aphipar parasitic wasp and the Aphidend gall midge, which, according to Lex Scheffers, is very effective. The predatory soil mite and thrips predator Macro-Mite

• Trianum effectively controls Pythium in cucumber

  dramatically. Up until 2019, there was a lot of damage and loss of production at the end of cultivation. Whole mats and whole rows had to be rejected, and the fungus [...] gutters to adjacent mats. ‘We sometimes lost up to 50% of production on the affected mats. It all adds up, and I don’t want to be faced with another situation [...] to some major retailers in the Netherlands and occasionally to customers in Germany. Thrips, spider mites, and whitefly larvae under control ‘I was an integrated

• Mango

  the world and it has become one of the largest cultivated products in the tropics. Mango trees grow up to 35-40 meters (115-131 feet) tall and its crown [...] the flowering plant genus Mangifera and the cashew family Anacardiaceae . Mangoes are indigenous to South Asia and from this area the ‘common mango’ or [...] crown can expand to 10 metres (33 feet) wide. The trees can grow really old and from some species of trees, mangoes can be harvested for 300 years. It takes

• Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Hypoaspis miles)

  thrips pupae and other soil-dwelling insects. The mites appear in and on the soil and at the base of plant stems and offer a sustainable and environmentally [...] on larvae of sciarid flies, thrips pupae and other soil-dwelling insects. The mites appear in and on the soil and at the base of plant stems. The reduction [...] larva, eight-legged protonymph and deutonymph, and adult. Stratiolaelaps scimitus is a large mite with a body length of up to 1 mm. The body is pale with

• A healthy plant starts with a healthy root system!

  October 11, 2018

  soils often go unnoticed. Soils don’t have a voice, and few people speak out for them. They are our silent ally in food production." Chemicals and disinfectants [...] Fusarium and Pythium, Rhizoctonia and Sclerotinia are a problem in many crops. These soil-borne pathogens can survive in the soil for years and cause diseases [...] ground ones including mildews and Botrytis . Continuous research, testing and development at Koppert has identified measures and interventions to make your

• Potato

  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 [...] plants grow up to some 60 cm tall. Its leaves die after flowering, fruiting and the development of the potatoes. The plant’s flowers vary from white, pink [...] blue, to purple and have yellow stamens. After the flowering phase, the plants grow small, green fruits which look like cherry tomatoes and contain about

• Biological Solutions Meet Peri-urban Horticulture

  February 5, 2019

  thrips and whitefly in the crop. This was done alongside other useful tools such as pheromone traps ( Pherodis -Tuta and Tutasan water traps ) and sticky [...] management of plant pests and diseases using other organisms. The concept relies on an active human management role to achieve this and is an important component [...] such as is the case with Nairobi and its environs. This typically involves intensive growing of crops on small farms and often entails the use of greenhouses

• Know Your Enemy - A closer look at Whiteflies

  August 14, 2024

  crops such as tomato, cabbage, potato and citrus. Life Cycle Adult females live up to six weeks, and can produce up to 200 eggs, usually laying them on new [...] spindle-shaped, and attached to a short pedicel. Upon hatching, the young larvae, known as 'crawlers,' have well-developed legs and antennae and actively seek [...] six distinct developmental stages: egg, first, second, third, and fourth larval instars, and finally, the adult stage. The late fourth larval stage is often

• Capsanem

  information. Timing Timing and frequency depend on the pest species and the crop environment (relative humidity, soil moisture and temperature). Consult a [...] (water temperature: 15-20°C/59-68°F) Stir well and leave the contents to soak for five minutes Stir again and pour the contents of the bucket into the half-filled [...] piston pumps Water tank temperature must not exceed 25°C/77°F and pH must be between 4 and 8 Distribute the spraying solution evenly over the soil/medium

• Protect your plants from Thrips with Horiver-TR®

  October 11, 2018

  detect and respond to UV light and colours using receptors. In particular, Frankliniella occidentalis , has great sensitivity to UV, green-yellow and blue [...] plant cells have been destroyed and reduces the production potential of the plant. At high infection levels red spots and brown streaks are visible on the [...] their small sizes, high rates of reproduction and cryptic (hiding) habits. A female thrips can produce up to 250 eggs during its life cycle. This quickly