• Knowing & recognizing

  published 25 years ago and revised in 2003, the latest edition comprises 443 pages, 700 photographs, and dozens of illustrations of the most prevalent pests [...] updated edition of Knowing and recognizing also includes new biopesticides and biostimulants that increase the plant’s resilience to stress and help the plant [...] crop protection Knowing and recognizing does exactly what it implies. It empowers you with knowledge about the pest’s lifecycle and its many phases, as well

• Strawberry

  (IPM) plays a crucial role in ensuring the health and productivity of strawberry crops due to the presence of various pests and diseases. Common pests [...] safeguarding the health and yield of their strawberry crops. Bumblebee pollination not only plays a critical role in enhancing fruit set and yield in strawberry [...] strawberries are aphids , fruit flies , leafhoppers, caterpillars , plant bugs , plant parasitic nematodes, beetles , spider mites and other pest mites

• Bumblebee pollination

  preservation of biodiversity and the overall health of ecosystems Why are bumblebees good pollinators? Bumblebees are very effective and efficient pollinators [...] collaboration with a number of scientific institutes and universities ensure we are geared for the future. With feedback from customers and local trials at numerous [...] visit a high number of flowers per minute and transfer more pollen to the stigma than other pollinators. Benefits of bumblebees are: Bumblebees switch between

• Chrysopa-E

  Pests Aphids and other pests, like mealybugs , Echinothrips and eggs of pest lepidoptera species . Mode of action Larvae of the lacewing attack their prey [...] Avoid clusters of eggs Can be applied with Natutec Airobreez , Natutec Airbug or Natutec Airobug only when mixed with (other products) with carrier material [...] prey and suck their body fluids. Visual effect Prey is sucked out, shrivelled skins are difficult to find. Chrysoperla carnea larvae are active mainly

• Cucumber

  pests in agriculture and horticulture. Rollertraps are used in case large numbers of whiteflies and thrips are present. These tools are designed to attract [...] inspection of crops to identify the presence and severity of pests and diseases. Growers use various techniques, including visual inspections, traps, and modern [...] management ( IPM ) is of importance in cucumber cultivation, to ensure the health and productivity of cucumber crops. Cucumbers are exceptionally susceptible

• RedStar places trust in Natutec Scout

  share them with each other or with the consultant. That also saves time.’ The Natutec Scout app can also be used to monitor other pests. Koppert is working [...] our scouts and I save an enormous amount of time compared with the former manual counting. Moreover, we can easily record our findings and quickly share [...] the Netherlands' largest producer of exclusive taste tomatoes and snack tomatoes. The company is very satisfied with it. ‘We don't really need to scouting

• Municipality Doetinchem: Entonem nematodes managing oak processionary caterpillar

  biodiversity will have an important role to play – breaching the monocultures of the oak and stimulating the natural enemies of the oak processionary caterpillar [...] biodiversity in the centre, and public opinion is quite sensitive to spraying here. We worked in consultation with distributor Mertens and decided that in spring [...] bycatch of other caterpillars is much lower, which is a great benefit to biodiversity. In mid-April, we started using nematodes at locations with significant

• Buckthorn-potato aphid

  transmission of viruses. Life cycle and appearance of Buckthorn-potato aphid Aphids have a complex life cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults [...] netically. They are usually found in the lower parts of the plants and are not very mobile. In autumn, winged males and females are produced, which return [...] Wingless females of the buckthorn- potato aphid are 1.1-2.4 mm long and bright pale green to yellowish green. The antenna are relatively short and barely exceed

• Feltiella acarisuga

  adults are not predatory and only need water and sugar. Life cycle of Feltiella acarisuga Growers can distinguish between the various life stages of the predatory [...] for use of Feltiella acarisuga Optimal results are achieved in a humid environment (>80% relative humidity) and at temperatures between 20 and 27°C (68 [...] diapause and can consume 15 adult spider mites or up to 50 mite eggs per day. They are aggressive and adapt the amount of food they consume to the density

• Rose aphid

  retard the growth of buds and new shoots. Foliage and flowers are often disfigured and contaminated with sticky honeydew on which black sooty moulds develop [...] develop. Life cycle and appearance of Rose aphid Aphids have a complex life cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults and a great variety in [...] is a serious and often abundant pest of roses. It is virtually cosmopolitan and widely spread in Europe. Damage symptoms Infestations with rose aphids retard