• Two-spotted spider mite

  spider mites? Two-spotted spider mite ( Tetranychus urticae ) is a pest of many crops throughout the world. Despite their small size, they are capable of [...] great reproductive capacity. There are more than 1200 species worldwide and many of them are major crop pests. The two-spotted spider mite ( Tetranychus urticae [...] urticae ) is by far the most important species in greenhouses and many outdoor crops. Spider mite damage Larvae, nymphs and adults cause damage to the

• Knowing & recognizing

  implies. It empowers you with knowledge about the pest’s lifecycle and its many phases, as well as giving you the ability to recognize the pest or disease [...] control is not a simple process, it has become a complex system in which many aspects need to be considered. The need for knowledge has been recognized

• Onion thrips

  (Thrips tabaci) is distributed throughout the world. It is found outdoors on many plants and particularly damaging on onions, leek, and in greenhouses on cucurbits [...] sweet pepper, eggplant, roses, chrysanthemum, gerbera, carnations, bulbs and many others. Life cycle and appearance of Onion thrips Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci)

• Impatiens thrips

  americanus) is an increasing problem in greenhouse cultivation, having spread to many countries within the last 30 years. The thrips have mostly been able to spread [...] thrips (Echinothrips americanus) has a wide range of hosts. In addition to many ornamental plants it also attacks sweet pepper, cucumber and eggplants. It

• Bacterial wilt, brown rot

  for disease development, the plants may show signs of stunting and produce many adventitious roots on the stem. The vascular stem tissue is coloured brown [...] it more dangerous in temperate regions. It survives well in water and in many different soil types and on alternative hosts like weeds. It invades the

• About Koppert

  Biocontrol is our Nature The answers to many of today’s agricultural and environmental challenges are already out there: in nature itself. At Koppert,

• Eggplant

  speaking however, the eggplant is classified as a berry. The fruit contains many small and soft seeds. These seeds taste rather bitter, because they contain

• Melon

  fruit) is actually a berry, or more specifically even, a "pepo". Nowadays many different cultivars are being produced on a commercial scale, especially

• Green peach aphid

  persicae ) is an important insect pest in sweet pepper, tomato, cucumber and many other greenhouse crops. The aphid may originate from Asia, where its winter-hardy [...] transmit at least 100 different viruses and is thus rightfully feared by many growers. Nymphs and adults extract nutrients from the plant and disturb the

• Aphidius colemani

  aphids to drop from the leaf and fall to the ground. Although many aphids die as a result, many will survive and migrate to other plants to begin new colonies [...] mummy do not, however, provide a reliable key to the species of wasp within: many braconid wasps that parasitize aphids produce a mummy similar to that of