Towards a chemical-free future in agriculture: The vision of grower Koen

practices complement each other, and how organic and traditional farming are getting closer together. "The mix between traditional and organic is actually [...] sees opportunities for traditional methods to evolve. Moreover, consumers are becoming increasingly critical. Society expects more and more that agriculture [...] environmentally friendly and responsible. And that the vegetables consumers eat are safe. Future of biological crop protection Koen advocates for a cautious approach

Cannabis

agriculture and horticulture. Rollertraps are used in case large numbers of whiteflies and thrips are present. These tools are designed to attract, capture, and [...] populations. Some of the common pests that you might find on cannabis plants are aphids , whitefly , thrips , spider mites , leaf miners , fungus gnats and [...] products. Pest monitoring and scouting in cannabis crops Scouting and monitoring are fundamental practices in integrated pest management (IPM) for cannabis growers

Phytoseiulus persimilis

persimilis The adult mites are orange-red with eight long legs and highly active, particularly at higher temperatures. Females are approximately 0.6 mm in [...] in length, and although males are slightly smaller, flatter and more elongated, they are difficult to distinguish from the females. When moving, the mites [...] nymphal stages. On plants, the oval eggs are usually deposited close to, or in a spider mite colony. They are approximately twice the size of spider mite

Maize

ovuliferous inflorescences, also specified as ears, which are fruit, producing kernels. These kernels are often incorrectly referred to as seeds. Maize kernels

Chrysanthemum

propagation and production. The current, commercially cultivated chrysanthemums are more striking than the wild varieties. The flower heads can look like daisies [...] genus consists of many hybrids and an extensive range of cultivars that are produced for commercial, horticultural purposes. Traditionally, yellow is

Common asparagus beetle

thorax. The elytra have two distinctive rows of white or yellow spots. Eggs are oval and black to greenish brown and laid singly or in rows of 3 to 10 eggs [...] perpendicularly on the branches and leaves of the asparagus plants. Larvae are dark grey to whitish, have small black heads and three pairs of stout, light

Protected vegetables

agriculture and horticulture. Rollertraps are used in case large numbers of whiteflies and thrips are present. These tools are designed to attract, capture, and [...] crops There are different types of diseases in vegetable crops that cause harm to the plants and its fruits. Common vegetable diseases are damping-off [...] vegetable crops. Unlike synthetic fungicides, biofungicides are derived from natural sources and are designed to control fungal plant diseases while minimizing

Caterpillar control with nematodes

with beneficial nematodes Beneficial nematodes or entomopathogenic nematodes are mainly known for the biological control of soil pests such as thrips pupae [...] beetles . Research and field experience however show that beneficial nematodes are also very effective on foliage-feeding pests. A fact that offers growers many [...] Nesidiocoris tenuis. How nematodes control caterpillars Beneficial nematodes are an effective tool to control caterpillars . After application, the nematodes

Buxatrap

the box tree moth into the trap. Once in the trap they cannot escape and are easy to detect, count and identify. Trapping males also aids in reducing the [...] eight weeks Dosage 1 trap per 30-180 m 2 . Timing Use Buxatraps when moths are active: From May/June until the end of November (depending on geographic location)

Grower Koen - Embracing biological crop protection in agriculture

practices complement each other, and how organic and traditional farming are getting closer together. "The mix between traditional and organic is actually [...] sees opportunities for traditional methods to evolve. Moreover, consumers are becoming increasingly critical. Society expects more and more that agriculture [...] environmentally friendly and responsible. And that the vegetables consumers eat are safe. Future of biological crop protection Koen advocates for a cautious approach