• New website for Koppert India

  June 16, 2020

  products specific to each country, it has become necessary to provide more customized content on our websites. The new website has a new ‘Solution Finder’ [...] The product page explains how the Koppert products work. Our popular videos of our beneficials show a detailed analysis of how the pests are controlled [...] the next few months with videos about how to best apply these beneficials and other products. The new website aims to share the knowledge that Koppert has

• Crazy roots, hairy roots, crown gall

  tissue and causes a genetic change in the plant. How to prevent Crazy roots, hairy roots, crown gall Use clean propagation material Use a strict hygiene protocol [...] disease seems to be caused by a change in the hormonal system of the plant resulting from the Rhizobium infection. Rhizobium rhizogenes puts a Ri-plasmid [...] Adjust the work order in greenhouses to fit with the hygiene protocol Disinfect the nutrient solution in order to prevent biofilm growth inside the irrigation

• Root and crown rot of strawberry

  stimulates disease development. How to prevent Root and crown rot of strawberry Avoid stress: Take runner tips at the right stage to avoid stress and make plants [...] clavispora. Pestalotiopsis clavispora has been connected to strawberry diseases, but has also been linked to rose diseases. Damage symptoms Pestalotiopsis clavispora [...] Avoid overhead irrigation, since it seems to increase disease development Provide balanced nutrition Avoid damage to the plants by pest insects or plant handling

• Angular leaf spot

  t. When conditions are humid, a viscous bacterial exudate forms on the underside of the leaf. This exudate changes to a white film when it dries. Lesions [...] types of vascular tissue of the crown can be infected, creating a look similar to that of a Phytophthora fragariae infection. Life cycle and appearance of [...] spring. The bacteria are also introduced in a crop in new transplants. This bacterium is very resistant to desiccation and can survive well in dry leaves

• Bacterial spot

  and handling and aerosols. Many isolates are resistant to copper-containing pesticides. How to prevent Bacterial spot Use clean propagation material and [...] like scab. These spots may be surrounded by a halo. In pepper, the spots on the leaves are also round and small to start with and slightly raised from the [...] General Xanthomonas vesicatoria is a bacterium that causes bacterial leaf spot on peppers and tomatoes. Damage symptoms Xanthomonas vesicatoria in tomato

• Brown root rot, corky root rot

  cultivation practices. However, this fungus is a poor competitor against a balanced microbial population in soil. How to prevent Brown root rot, corky root rot [...] General Pyrenochaeta lycopersici is a fungal plant pathogen, infecting tomatoes and aubergine. It causes brown root rot and corky root rot. Damage symptoms [...] in the spring until soil temperatures are higher Mound soil around the stem to promote adventitious root growth Greenhouse crops: Steam or fumigate the soil

• Aphidius ervi

  ervi products Ervipar Expand all items How to use Aphidius ervi The parasitic wasp Aphidius ervi is available in a bottle ( Ervipar ). Spread the material [...] mortality rates among aphids due to disturbance by parasitoids can be very high. A parasitised aphid will turn into a leathery, golden brown mummy. [...] control with the parasitic wasp Aphidius ervi Aphidius ervi is a parasitic wasp species that plays a significant role in biological control of aphids . The natural

• Downy mildew of Cucurbits

  symptoms are found. How to prevent Downey mildew Choose resistant cultivars Use a wide crop rotation with non-host crops Prevent a humid microclimate. [...] nutrients from the living plant cells. The pathogens continue to grow inside the leaves and after a while new spore-bearing structures are protruding from the [...] General Pseudoperonospora cubensis is a plant pathogen causing downy mildew on cucurbit crops like cucumber, cantaloupe, pumpkin, watermelon and squash

• Adpro Shootin

  When to use Adpro Shootin? Adpro Shootin is used along with spray solution which enhances spreading, penetrability, dispersibility and absorption on the [...] the crop. How does Adpro Shootin work? Adpro Shootin gives an improved and prolonged action of (biological and natural) insecticides, acaricides and fungicides [...] package at ambient room temperature. Shelf-life Adpro Shootin is stable for a period of 24 months from the manufacturing date.

• Charcoal rot

  conditions. In field crops in temperate regions it is therefore not a problem. How to prevent Charcoal rot Plant in fields with no history of the disease [...] General Macrophomina phaseolina is a common soil fungus in warmer regions, causing charcoal rot. It has a very wide range of host crops, many of which [...] discolouration of vascular and cortex tissue (outer tissue layer) to orange-brown to dark brown. Cutting the roots may show the same discolouration of