• Protect your plants from Thrips with Horiver-TR®

  October 11, 2018

  which may fail to open and cause leaves to wither. The key is management Thrips infestations are difficult to control. Their high propensity to develop insecticide [...] greenhouse that may provide host to adult thrips which may later fly in from outside. Thrips may also be spread from workers’ clothes, infested plants [...] important to monitor the population levels of thrips for successful pest management. Most insects have the ability to detect and respond to UV light and

• Breeding Beauty: How United Selections Protects Innovation with 100% IPM

  February 9, 2026

  health management, and stable growing conditions to allow genetic potential to fully express itself. From a business perspective, it is a long-term investment [...] success depends on patience, precision, and an uncompromising attention to detail. From an agronomical perspective, it requires years of controlled selection [...] excellence United Selections was established 13 years ago after relocating from Kiambu to Nakuru. Today, it operates on three hectares , a significant footprint

• The Silent Threat to Kenya’s Avocado Industry: How Koppert is Leading the Fight Against Persea Mite (Oligonychus perseae).

  March 27, 2025

  optimum temperatures, it takes 10 days from egg to adult. Distribution of Persea Mite It was first described in 1975 from specimens found on Mexican avocado [...] have hope & a sustainable way to protect their crops against this pest. Koppert is commited to working with avocado growers to secure the future of Kenya’s [...] exports projected to reach a market value of $175 million by 2025 (Source: USDA.gov). However, a new and devastating pest threatens to disrupt this momentum—the

• Pea

  fruit, Pisum sativum . Pods of this plant develop from the ovary of a pea flower and carry numerous peas. The vegetable is a bright green colour, sometimes [...] consumed as a vegetable and often canned or frozen. Dry peas are shelled from matured pods.

• Boost Soil Health Naturally: Inside the Koppert Soil Health Program

  June 16, 2025

  Approach to Better Soil Health Koppert’s Soil Health program is a 3-tiered strategy using our key solutions to strike the perfect balance. 1. NoPath: Natural [...] organisms to thrive. NoPath’s unique formulation helps to suppress multiple metabolic and biochemical processes in harmful fungi and bacteria, leading to their [...] Let’s Grow Better, Naturally Ready to improve your soil health the natural way? Talk to a Koppert consultant today to create a tailor-made solution that

• Koppert Kenya partners with Karura Forest for biological control in the urban forest

  October 11, 2018

  covers 1,041 hectares. To protect the numerous species of tree seedlings in the nurseries, the foresters mainly use cultural control methods to keep the [...] agriculture. For us to mitigate these challenges, planting trees is the best solution. Therefore, we have to do everything possible to ensure healthy trees [...] the mandates of the foresters at Karura Forest is to encourage people to plant trees in order for Kenya to achieve 10% forest cover by 2030 as required by

• Cotton bollworm

  mm. They are at first a shiny yellowish white, with their colour changing to brown just before the larvae emerge. The cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) [...] es five or seven stages may occur. Young caterpillars are yellowish-white to reddish-brown with dark spots. In later instars the head is mottled, and the [...] the body is marked with three prominent longitudinal dark bands with numerous lighter coloured wavy lines. The colour of the older caterpillar is extremely

• A dive into organic hop farming and biological crop protection

  the exciting yet challenging shift to organic farming and biological crop protection . This transition required Lukas to question traditional approaches, [...] learn new techniques, and conduct numerous tests, highlighting the dynamic nature of embracing change in the agricultural landscape. As Lukas steers his [...] innovation in the face of change, acknowledging the importance of learning from both setbacks and triumphs in this evolving process. Beneficial insects for

• Celebrating our 10th Anniversary!

  October 11, 2018

  greater things to come,” he reported. From the start, Koppert Kenya paid great attention to meeting customer needs through a flexible approach to IPM which [...] Kenya was established with the objective to consistently deliver reliable systems, based on top quality products to local growers and help them improve their [...] innovative, effective and top-quality solutions” . We set off to understand our clients’ needs in order to better meet them. Although Koppert was a late entrant

• Mirical

  on points per bottle Spread material thinly (maximum 1 cm thick) to enable the predatory bugs to get out of the carrier material Dosage The dosage of Mirical [...] should always be adjusted to the particular situation. Start introduction preventively. Introduction rates typically range from 0.25-5 per m 2 /release. [...] miner larvae ( Liriomyza spp . ). Crops Especially tomato (can cause damage to other plants). Mode of action The predatory bugs actively search for prey