Sautter & Stepper GmbH

BREEDING THE BENEFICIALS
The breeding of beneficial organisms takes place in the greenhouse, in artificial light chambers or as laboratory breeding in air-conditioned rooms.

Beneficial individuals can be bred either to substitute hosts or to their very special pest. For example, the parasitic wasp Encarsia formosa and the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis can only be reared on their special host. Therefore, a plant cultivation is necessary here.

Just as important as the breeding is the preparation of the beneficial insects, so that they survive the transport as unscathed as possible and can be deployed efficiently on site.

A little insight you get in our video here:

PACKING
The beneficial organisms produced are specially formulated for shipping and the respective application method. The assembly takes place for the following reasons:

stadardised quantities
small packing volume
Beneficial organisms are free of the hosts such as white flies or spider mites
hygienic, as no diseases are transmitted through plant parts
You will also find a brief insight into the development of our breed under History .