• How Does Buzz Pollination Work?

  July 10, 2024

  Canadian grown crops, such as greenhouse tomato, and outdoor crops, such as blueberries, cherry, and cranberry benefit from a specific type of pollination [...] fruit from being set. The above and the labor intensive, less efficient techniques used in tomato crops, like blowers and hand vibrators in the mid-20th [...] Koppert has recognized this requirement on common crops and has continuously researched and developed high quality, innovative bumblebee (Bombus sp.)

• A life rooted in agriculture: transforming the future with Koppert

  January 14, 2025

  know and understand growers and the challenges they have to cope with,” says Antonio. Combined with a deep knowledge of our natural solutions and sustainable [...] other parts of the world. His passion to help growers produce more and more sustainably and at the same time help them ensuring a good yield with quality produce [...] day. “I’m convinced that Koppert is helping to change the model of crop protection worldwide. It’s how everything started. Our founders Jan and Peter Koppert

• A turning point in Almeria: how predatory mites helped transform agriculture

  May 19, 2025

  that Koppert still leads the way and provides growers with secure supply, superior quality, expert guidance and advice, and access to continuous innovation [...] versatility and efficacy. “ They reproduce quickly, they’re cost-effective, and there’s a wide variety of species - each with its own pest target. And there [...] changed. And Koppert was at the heart of that transformation. Nowadays Kris is Business Unit Manager Region South Europe MEA. Kris adds: ‘ I am so proud

• Beneficial Nematodes against Horticultural Pests

  pest insects and Koppert produces specific strains of Steinernema feltiae, Steinernema carpocapsae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (and other species/strains [...] such as the pupae and larvae of thrips, the larvae of vine weevils and several beetles, caterpillars, the larvae of sciarid flies and many others. How does [...] substitute, and sometimes replace the use of conventional pesticides, to manage pests that are extremely difficult to control and where chemicals fail or are simply

• Bumblebee stings

  resource only and should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem as it is not a substitute for medical care. If you have or suspect you may [...] bourdons et allergies Picaduras y alergias a los abejorros Użądleń trzmieli i alergii Hummelstiche und Allergien Hommelsteken en allergieën Шмелиные укусы

• How a little predatory mite laid the foundation for biocontrol today

  June 11, 2024

  peppers and a range of flowers. ‘We had a great location and hundreds of growers to serve on our doorstep. As our IPM programmes became more and more successful [...] Paul Koppert, former CEO and son of Jan Koppert recalls. ‘His journey of exploration took him to research stations in the UK and eventually Switzerland where [...] persistent when it came to the experiments in his cucumber crop and soon neighbour growers and others became curious about what he was doing in his greenhouse

• A life-long commitment to help growers thrive with sustainable growing practice

  January 14, 2025

  Rianne from an early age. "I believe I inherited his conviction," she shares. "Working at Koppert allows me to carry on his legacy. I’m passionate about educating [...] both locally and abroad. This is very important when growers start out and our consultants play a vital role during the introduction and rollout.’ Making [...] vegetables and ornamentals . Our consultants are at hand to let individual growers and companies know when to introduce our beneficial organisms and in what