• Amazone Plants continues the path of organic cultivation

  January 1, 1970

  The company has focused on biological plant protection since it was founded. However, its highly automated production system makes this type of plant [...] Scheffers describes biological plant protection as a godsend. ‘It is going very well indeed. It would be unthinkable if we still had to keep using chemical [...] owned by Lex Scheffers and Fred van Zijl did not immediately have the wind at its back but the business started to take off in 2015. In 2019, the tomato nursery

• Knowing & recognizing

  January 1, 1970

  Knowing and recognizing does exactly what it implies. It empowers you with knowledge about the pest’s lifecycle and its many phases, as well as giving you the [...] understand the interaction between pests, diseases and their natural enemies. It explains how they spread in the crop, the damage they can cause, and specific [...] A knowledge company The use of biological control is not a simple process, it has become a complex system in which many aspects need to be considered. The

• Integrated Pest Management

  January 1, 1970

  g pests; it's about achieving a balance in the ecosystem. The principles of IPM Prevention IPM focuses on prevention rather than reaction. It emphasizes [...] a sustainable and environmentally responsible approach to pest management. It employs a combination of strategies to prevent and control pests while minimizing [...] Pest Management is a dynamic and multifaceted strategy for pest control. It combines biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools to manage pests

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  January 1, 1970

  country where this biological fungicide has been registered since 2018 in its two formulations (Trianum-P and Trianum-G). Industrial crops, like all others [...] Marinhais area. The entire crop is harvested mechanically. With mechanization, it is very important that all plants reach the end of their cycle with a high [...] high level of plant health and vigour so that the harvesting machine can do its work well. ‘With the introduction of mechanical harvesting, we were forced

• Parasitic wasps

  January 1, 1970

  e. This process involves the parasitic wasp laying its eggs inside or on a host pest. Here's how it works: Egg laying: A female parasitic wasp seeks out [...] parasitic wasp larvae then develop inside the host insect, eventually killing it. These wasps are highly specialized, with different species targeting specific [...] often exhibit host specificity. The female parasitic wasp carefully inserts its eggs either inside the host's body or attaches them to the host's exterior

• HyFood takes habanero to another level with biological control

  January 1, 1970

  Looking for a reliable partner To be consistent with its philosophy, HyFood needed to minimize its agrochemical applications. To achieve this, the impl [...] markets, HyFood improves its hydroponic production processes thanks to the compliance required by international certifiers that endorse its habaneros as a safe [...] production of different varieties of habanero peppers in hydroponic system. Since its founding in 2017, they have been clear about their goal: to produce high-value

• Eggplant

  January 1, 1970

  widely produced for its tasty fruit. In North America and Australia the fruit is called eggplant and in South Africa and Southeast Asia it is known as brinjal

• Amblydromalus limonicus

  January 1, 1970

  as 14 °C, it maintains high egg-laying and predation rates. Under fluctuating conditions, such as 16 hours at 16 °C and 8 hours at 10 °C, it continues [...] Amblydromalus limonicus is a species of predatory mite known for its role in biological pest control . Amblydromalus limonicus is a natural enemy of various [...] alternative to chemical pesticides. Amblydromalus limonicus is valued for its effectiveness at relatively low temperatures and is especially recommended

• Onion

  January 1, 1970

  however, the plant is mostly handled as an annual and harvested at the end of its first production season. Onions are popular and therefore cultivated and used [...] cooking all around the world. Their flesh is pungent when chopped, because it contains particular chemical elements that irritate the eyes.

• Mediterranean fruit fly

  January 1, 1970

  does not survive sub-zero winter temperatures.It is well named as ‘Mediterranean’, after the area in which it survives in Europe and North Africa (virtually [...] range of unrelated fruits, in fact, practically all the tree fruit crops. It has also been recorded from wild hosts belonging to a large number of families [...] Mediterranean fly The adult Mediterranean fruit fly is about 4-5 mm long. It has bright emerald green eyes suffused with reddish brown. The thorax is black