• Grow your own vegetable garden

  challenges, of starting a home vegetable garden. Using their Summer Home Garden Starter pack and guiding you in the use of biological control, we are sharing [...] father, child, commercial or emerging farmer. An increase in the involvement of households in agricultural activities for subsistence farming purposes has [...] Organisation of the United Nations defines food security as “ a condition within which all people have access to adequate and safe food at all times in order

• Macadamia nut borer

  and (if pupation takes place in the soil) encased in a cocoon of soil particles. There is no cocoon if pupation takes place in the fruit. The moth is small [...] Cape province in South Africa. Macadamia is the major host of this moth, it has not been linked to any other crop or indigenous host in South Africa. It [...] the larvae which bore into the fruit. In small nuts the entire kernel is eaten, whereas in large fruit, part of the kernel may remain. A larva can consume

• Rhyzobug

  Aulacaspis spp ., and other species of armoured scale insects. Mode of action Adults and larvae feed on all stages of armoured scale insects. Visual effect [...] detected in the crop. Introduction rates in outdoor crops typically range from 500-3,000 per ha/release. Releases should be repeated until control is achieved [...] effect Small scales are consumed entirely. In larger scales feeding damage is visible as irregular holes in the scale cover. Pack size 500 adults. Presentation

• Partner with Nature this macadamia season

  July 14, 2022

  ensures that every stage of the macadamia’s development is effectively covered by biological control. Continue reading the full article in Laeveld Agrochem GROEI [...] macadamia season At Koppert, we know that many of the challenges we find on farms already have a solution hidden in nature – we just have to find it! During [...] biological control agents such as predatory mites and parasitic wasps . We are excited to share that we have seen some incredible breakthroughs and part of the

• Spical-Plus

  species. Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action Predatory mites multiply in the sachet and disperse into the crop over a period of several weeks. Predatory [...] the contents of their prey. Pack size 100; 500 sachets. Each sachet contains 100 predatory mites and prey mites. Presentation Sachets in cardboard box [...] box. Carrier Bran. Application Hang sachets in sheltered locations in the crop, not exposed to direct sunlight Sachets already have an exit hole Hold sachets

• Thripex-Plus

  Pests Young larvae of various thrips species. Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action Predatory mites multiply in the sachet and disperse into the crop [...] and prey mites. Presentation Sachets in cardboard box. Carrier Bran. Application Hang sachets in sheltered locations in the crop, not exposed to direct sunlight [...] crop over a period of several weeks. Predatory mites use their piercing mouthparts to extract the contents of their prey. Pack size 500 sachets. Each sachet

• Swirski-Mite Plus

  Young larvae of various thrips species and eggs and larvae of whitefly . Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action Predatory mites multiply in the sachet [...] and prey mites. Presentation Sachets in cardboard box. Carrier Bran. Application Hang sachets in sheltered locations in the crop, not exposed to direct sunlight [...] disperse into the crop over a period of several weeks. Predatory mites use their piercing mouthparts to extract the contents of their prey. Pack size 100; 500

• Miglyphus

  Release parasitic wasps between the leaves of the crop in the morning or in the evening Dosage The dosage of Miglyphus depends on climate, crop and leaf [...] Lyriomyza spp.). Mode of action Adult female parasitic wasps of Diglyphus isaea kill second and third instar leaf miner larvae in the mine and lay their [...] source. This is known as host feeding. Visual effect The presence of Diglyphus isaea in the crop is signalled by short mines that contain dead leaf miner

• Cottony cushion scale

  spread widely through most of the tropical and subtropical countries of the world. It is also periodically discovered in greenhouses in temperate regions, but [...] enemy from Australia was introduced in 1888. This was the first ever example of successful classical biological control. The cottony cushion scale has su [...] purchasi , is considered to have originated in Australia. It was accidentally introduced to California in about 1868 and devastated the citrus industry

• Montdo-Mite Plus

  mites. Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action Predatory mites multiply in the sachet and disperse into the crop over a period of several weeks. Predatory [...] Pests Young larvae of various thrips species, eggs and larvae of whitefly . Also has an effect on all stages of non-webbing spider mites (e.g. European [...] extract the contents of their prey. Pack size 500 sachets. Each sachet contains 250 predatory mites and prey mites. Presentation Sachets in cardboard box. Carrier