challenge in agriculture. A healthy crop is paramount, while there is also a growing demand for sustainable food production and increased pesticide restrictions
nts that increase the plant’s resilience to stress and help the plant to grow better and remain healthier. Koppert believes that sharing this knowledge
available. They infect the plant by direct penetration of the cuticula and then grow between the cuticula and the epidermis of the plant cells. This causes lesions
As the insect succumbs to the fungal infection, the fungus continues to grow. Eventually, it produces more spores, which can be released into the environment
spores to move through water. The zoospores are chemically drawn to the growing roots of young plants and move towards them through the soil water. They
of beetles can cause damage to crops. The larvae of some species feed on growing tips and roots or chew and bore into stems, but in other species also feed
damaged, although the preference is for smaller specimens. The fruits stop growing, mature rapidly, and drop off. In legumes, flowers are attacked, and seed
The bacteria infect the new plants by entering through wounds and then growing into the vessels of the plant. Plant growth is inhibited and the plant wilts
or sticks at max. 30 cm above the crop and adjust height when plants are growing Do not place traps in-between the plants as parasitic wasps will then also