• Understanding the importance of scouting for successful IPM in Macadamia Orchards

  September 26, 2024

  IPM in Macadamia Orchards When it comes to building a successful IPM strategy for macadamia farming, knowledge truly is power. Crop scouting holds immense [...] biological control into your IPM strategy Integrating biological control within an IPM framework ensures a holistic approach to pest management. Key beneficial [...] and report Analyse your data to determine the effectiveness of biological control. Compare current findings with previous records to gauge trends and impacts

• The importance of women in Agriculture

  August 15, 2022

  insecurity.” With this insight, it is important to look to the future of what jobs may look like for women wanting to build a career in agriculture. Laurika [...] emphasises that you do not have to compromise your femininity to be successful in agriculture. You do not have to be like a man, but rather work with the [...] have as a woman. “Know that you are going to work very hard and prepare yourself with the right training and walk into a job with an open mind.” A valuable

• Hop

  ability to extend up to 20 inches a week, and even 50 ft tall in one season. They are typically trained on strings up to 25 ft tall. The hop is native to [...] frequently referred to as hops “vine”, this plant is technically a bine. Bines have stout stems with stiff hairs to aid them in climbing. They are a vigorous grower [...] About The hop is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. Hops are the female flowers (seed cones, strobiles) of the plant and are

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• Leading farmers in climate-smart horticulture

  October 18, 2022

  Africa all contribute a broad spectrum of knowledge and technology throughout the horticultural value chain: from seed to market, to aim to develop, together [...] UVC radiation using a Ridder Vitalite system. - Rainwater is harvested and storage is installed for 500 000 litres. - The pump room is part of the greenhouse [...] part of a consortium including local and Dutch companies, in partnership with Stellenbosch University, we feel privileged to be working together to lead farmers

• Aphids

  has a low protein content but is rich in sugars. Aphids therefore need to extract large quantities of sap in order to get sufficient protein. As a consequence [...] virus Y (PVY) is transmitted by aphids in tomato in this way, as is the cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in cucumber. How to prevent aphids To prevent aphid [...] the progeny of a single female is genetically identical to the mother. In other words, they are clones. Because there is no genetic recombination, different

• Better insights and digital advice with Natutec Scout

  greenhouses, which is programmed into the app, allows us to see where an infestation is and how it is evolving. It also allows us to see if the natural [...] threshold, it’s a signal to the grower that he needs to take action. This is how Barry Enthoven of Lema Tomaten in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands sees it, manager [...] 2019 and is very happy with how it works. ‘Scouting with the app is much faster thanks to the scanner’s digital image recognition and the link to the Koppert

• RedStar places trust in Natutec Scout

  pressure is now visible in easy-to-understand graphs. ‘It's about that line. Is it going up? Down? Or is it staying the same? That's what I want to see,’ [...] total, this amounts to a 28-hectare area. Jan has used the Natutec Scout app since its market launch. Last year, Koppert asked him to test a number of improvements [...] made more powerful This testing is ongoing at RedStar, but Jan now has a clear conclusion about the new version: it is a significant improvement. First

• Koppert One

  application window for your exact location. Clear ratings (from Poor to Excellent) show you instantly whether it’s the right moment to act. No guesswork. No [...] expert-backed insights to support your decisions. The Digital Assistant also helps you with questions about Koppert products and how to control key pests and [...] platform for biological crop protection Koppert One is your all-in-one digital platform designed to simplify and strengthen biological crop protection

• Plant Disease Management

  short, it's crucial to have effective treatment strategies at your disposal. Biofungicides Biofungicides offer a natural and eco-friendly solution to control [...] What is biological disease control? Biological control of plant diseases is a method used to manage and reduce the impact of plant diseases by utilizing [...] increasing pressure to adopt sustainable and environmentally responsible agricultural practices, biological disease control is set to play a more prominent