• Pumpkin, squash and gourd

  small as 4 centimetres (1.6 inch) and some commercial specimens can weigh more than 300 kilograms (660 lbs).

• Melon

  fruit. Botanically speaking, the melon (the fruit) is actually a berry, or more specifically even, a "pepo". Nowadays many different cultivars are being

• Grower Koen - Embracing biological crop protection in agriculture

  Moreover, consumers are becoming increasingly critical. Society expects more and more that agriculture is environmentally friendly and responsible. And that [...] farm as a living example, Koen is an inspiration for others striving for more sustainable agriculture."

• Thrips

  protecting crop quality and productivity. Solutions for thrips control Learn more about What are thrips? Several species of thrips are a major problem in [...] eyelash-like fringe of hairs along both edges of the thin wings. There are more than 6,000 known species. Most are harmless, some are predators, and fewer [...] their developing wing buds. Compared with the pre-pupa, the pupa has longer, more developed wing buds and longer antennae that are curved back over the head

• Stable fly

  Lower livestock feeding due to stress and avoidance behaviours (animals spend more time trying to escape flies than they spend eating). Open feeding wounds [...] head-upward position. Like the house fly, females tend to be larger and have more widely spaced eyes than males. Females require a blood meal just prior to [...] 5–12 mm long, and they pass through three larval instars within 10–30 (or more) days, depending on the environmental conditions. Larvae can even overwinter

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

  Moreover, consumers are becoming increasingly critical. Society expects more and more that agriculture is environmentally friendly and responsible. And that

• Protected vegetables

  miners , mealybugs , caterpillars , spider mites and other mites . Learning more about these vegetable pests is an important step into understanding how to [...] vegetable diseases are damping-off , fusarium wilt , cottony soft rot and more. Learn about these diseases so you can identify them and take early precautions [...] Crop scouting with Natutec Scout Using a crop scouting tool can lead to more effective, sustainable, and profitable crop production by providing precision

• Downy mildew of Cucurbits

  spore-bearing structures are protruding from the stomata. Because there are more stomata on the underside of the leaf, this is where most fluffy symptoms

• Cotton aphid

  cotton aphid ( Aphis gossypii ) is an extremely polyphagous aphid found on more than 700 plant species. Crop plants attacked by this aphid include cotton [...] is an important vector for viral diseases. This aphid species can transmit more than 50 different viruses, including the cucumber mosaic virus. Nymphs and

• Nematodes established solution for Nesidiocoris in France

  Nesidiocoris was eagerly awaited by producers in the South of France, but also, more recently in the north. ‘We had reached a technical impasse with this bug [...] is a powerful tool for managing Nesidiocoris,’ Audrey Vignand concludes. More about Capsanem