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Koppert |<br />
Strong in R&D<br />
the ongoing reseach and<br />
continuous production of<br />
beneficials and pollinators make<br />
this company a benchmark in this<br />
agricultural sector around the<br />
world.<br />
not have been possible”, explains<br />
Kris De Smet, marketing<br />
manager of Koppert<br />
Spain.<br />
Another research of Koppert<br />
to combat Tuta in tomato<br />
consisted on advance in several<br />
weeks the Nesidiocoris<br />
introduction in order to install<br />
them much better.<br />
In cucumber has developed<br />
the new Swirski-Mite LD<br />
(long term) to resolve the<br />
lowering activity of Amblyseius<br />
swirskii after three<br />
or four weeks placed in the<br />
crop.<br />
Swirskii who had left the<br />
envelope were dispersed on<br />
the leaves of the plant, but<br />
because of lack food, fungicides,<br />
and cold, they lost<br />
effectiveness. The only solution,<br />
until that time, was the<br />
relocation of new envelopes.<br />
In addition, the company<br />
continues working on the<br />
NaturGro program initiated<br />
in 2010, a new approach of<br />
the IPM, which is based on<br />
the use of products in the<br />
higher and lower area of the<br />
crop.<br />
In Spain, the company has<br />
facilities with high technology<br />
located in Águilas<br />
-Murcia-. It consist on a<br />
new greenhouse of 4,000<br />
square meters, QLS type. In<br />
<strong>Companies</strong><br />
the greenhouse is produced<br />
2,500 millions of beneficial<br />
insects every year.<br />
For this company, the business<br />
generated in Spain is<br />
very important, because a<br />
18 percent of the turnover<br />
occurs in this country, approximately<br />
19 millions of<br />
euros.<br />
Fruit Logistica • February 2013<br />
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