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iFormulate: The Challenges of Biopesticide Formulation

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2019 Biologicals Special will be published, focusing on biopesticides, biostimulants and novel fertilizers

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2nd Biopesticides and Novel Fertilizers International Summit will be launched in China

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Argentina opens parasitoid biofactory to decrease Diaphorina citri, vector of HLB

Date：Oct. 18, 2018 Category：Markets

An investment of more than six million pesos will allow the INTA Bella Vista (Corrientes / Argentima) to begin the massive breeding of Tamarixia radiata, a bene...
Biopesticides and Biostimulants in Europe:
What Should We Do?

Date：Oct. 18, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Biopesticides and biostimulants have become a hot topic in the agricultural sector in recent years. In the global biopesticide and biostimulant market, Europe i...
Serenade™ ASO approved in France for the first time

Date：Oct. 18, 2018 Category：Products
Bayer CropScience AG

Serenade™ ASO fungicide/bactericide is a powerful biological crop protection product designed to protect against the effects of soil and foliar bacterial and f...
Scott Tefteller named the VP US Sales & Marketing of AgBiTech

Date：Oct. 18, 2018 Category：Companies
AgBiTech Pty Ltd

AgBiTech announced that Scott Tefteller has been appointed Vice President US Sales & Marketing to lead the execution of the commercial strategy in the US. Scott...

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Koppert introduces NatuGro System in California

Date：Oct. 18, 2018 Category：Companies
Koppert Biological Systems（KOPPERT B.V.）

Koppert Biological Systems recently announced the introduction of its new NatuGro System in the California strawberry market.
Koppert collaborates with Valto to control harmful tomato virus

Date：Oct. 18, 2018 Category：Companies
Koppert Biological Systems（KOPPERT B.V.）

Koppert Biological Solutions is cooperating with Valto to ensure that this Dutch producer of beneficial crop viruses has access to tomato growers around the wor...
How to know in advance if your products have market potential in China?

Date：Oct. 17, 2018 Category：Markets

Any overseas company that wants to enter the Chinese market must have a good understanding of the Chinese market and whether its products have market potential ...
Bayer finding right partners to further expand the biologicals market together

Date：Oct. 17, 2018 Category：Companies

Farmers are facing major challenges including meeting the high demands of consumers for sustainable cultivation. To help them, Bayer supports farmers with a bro...
BPIA names Certis USA Member of the Year

Date：Oct. 17, 2018 Category：Companies
Certis USA

Recently, Certis USA was named Member of the Year by the Biological Products Industry Alliance (BPIA). Certis USA is charter member of the 15-year-old organizat...
Gowan USA launches botanical fungicide EcoSwing™

Date：Oct. 17, 2018 Category：Products
Gowan Company, LLC

Gowan USA announced the commercial launch of EcoSwing™, an innovative botanical fungicide. EcoSwing™ is a liquid botanical fungicide based on the extract of S...
Bionema wins Made in Wales Award 2018 for fighting crop pests naturally

Date：Oct. 16, 2018 Category：Companies
Bionema Limited

Swansea University based bio-tech company, Bionema, has won the Medical, Life Sciences and Healthcare Award 2018 at the Wales Business Insider’s Made in Wales ...
Regulatory system in Europe much worse than Brazil, says AgBiTech

Date：Oct. 15, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

The regulatory system for agrochemicals in Europe is much worse than in Brazil, says Anthony Hawes, Chief Technology Officer and founder of AgBiTech. The compan...
Parry America opens new manufacturing facility

Date：Oct. 15, 2018 Category：Companies
Parry America Inc.

Parry America Inc. (Parry) had inaugurated their $2 Mn new manufacturing facility Catoosa, Oklahoma on September 18, 2018. This is a state-of-the-art manufactur...
Want to enter the Chinese market? The free opportunity is coming!

Date：Oct. 12, 2018 Category：Markets

There is no doubt that China has become one of the main battlefields for biopesticide, biostimulant and novel fertilizer companies worldwide. Some overseas comp...
Biological crop protection... or biological warfare?

Date：Oct. 11, 2018 Category：Companies

The U.S. government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been accused of trying to create a new class of biological weapons that would be de...
Russell IPM goes to China

Date：Oct. 11, 2018 Category：Companies
Russell IPM

Russell IPM signed a collaboration agreement with Zhunghe Group - China during an official ceremony attended by Managing Director Dr Al-Zaidi for the developmen...
Innovak Global signs a strategic alliance with Seipasa for crop protection in México

Date：Oct. 11, 2018 Category：Companies
SEIPASA SA

Innovak Global (Mexican company leader in the development and commercialization of biorational technologies and solutions) and Seipasa (Spanish company speciali...
OmniLytics’ AgriPhage™-Fire Blight and AgriPhage™-Citrus Canker received US EPA registration

Date：Oct. 10, 2018 Category：Products
OmniLytics

OmniLytics, Inc. announced that the EPA has approved two new bacteriophage products, AgriPhage™-Fire Blight and AgriPhage™-Citrus Canker, for the control of ...
Certis USA launches BoteGHA™ mycoinsecticide

Date：Oct. 10, 2018 Category：Products
Certis USA

Certis USA announces the launch of BoteGHA™ mycoinsecticide for control of a broad spectrum of insect pests, including whiteflies, aphids and thrips on outdoor...
To invest in development and production, Horticoop is selling its wholesale activities

Date：Oct. 9, 2018 Category：Companies
Horticoop

Horticoop will be placing its business focus on development and production. With this new direction in mind, the sale of a vast share of its Dutch wholesale act...
Brazil commercialized 188 tons of microbiological products in 2017

Date：Oct. 9, 2018 Category：Markets

A total of 188,499 kilos of microbiological pesticides were sold in Brazil in 2017, according to the semi-annual reports sent by companies to IBAMA, the Brazili...
Terramera awarded $2.5 million to develop cleaner plant-based pest control

Date：Oct. 9, 2018 Category：Companies
Terramera

Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, recently announced that the Government of Canada will invest $58.6 million i...
Scion registers wasp to control eucalyptus tortoise beetle in New Zealand

Date：Oct. 9, 2018 Category：Products

Scion, the Crown Research Institute focused on research, science and technological development for the forestry and timber industries, has lodged the applicatio...
Koppert and CABI collaborate on making more biological controls available

Date：Oct. 9, 2018 Category：Companies

This follows the success of earlier collaboration in Kenya in March this year in which CABI and the Koppert Foundation stepped up their efforts to combat pests ...
Certis USA completes new azadirachtin facility to meet demand for neem-based biopesticides

Date：Oct. 5, 2018 Category：Companies

Certis USA has completed construction and start-up of a new azadirachtin formulation and packaging facility located in its factory in Wasco, California. The sta...

Tags:Certis Insecticides Investment & Expansion Azadirachtin
Bee Vectoring biopesticides developed as alternative to spraying

Date：Oct. 5, 2018 Category：Products

Canadian ag-tech start-up Bee Vectoring Technology (BVT) has successfully developed a commercial alternative to pesticide spraying, using bees to carry and dist...
Andermatt Biocontrol’s bioinsecticide Helicovex obtained approval in Canada

Date：Oct. 5, 2018 Category：Products
Andermatt Biocontrol AG

Andermatt Biocontrol’s subsidiary Sylvar Technologies Inc. obtained approval by Canadian authorities for Helicovex, a baculovirus product produced by Andermatt...

Tags:Registration Insecticides Andermatt
Latin America biopesticide market expected to grow fast in the next five years

Date：Oct. 5, 2018 Category：Markets

The Latin America biopesticide market was valued at USD 305.1 million in 2017 and is expected to register a CAGR of 16.4% during the forecast period (2018-2023)...

Tags:Market Value
Agritech startup PivotBio raises $70 million to deliver nitrogen-producing microbes and drastically cut greenhouse-gas emissions from farming

Date：Oct. 3, 2018 Category：Companies

Pivot Bio, a pioneer game-changing advances in crop nutrition using microbes, today announced it has raised $70 million in a new Series B funding round to deli...
Koppert takes over Horticoop’s biological crop protection activities

Date：Oct. 2, 2018 Category：Companies
Koppert Biological Systems（KOPPERT B.V.）

Koppert Biological Systems will take over the biological crop protection activities of Horticoop B.V. as of 1 November. The takeover includes Horticoop’s custo...

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: Registration & Launch

FarmHannong launches herbicide Flexo in Philippines
Three Syngenta turf solutions now registered for use in California

FarmHannong launches herbicide Flexo in Philippines
Three Syngenta turf solutions now registered for use in California

: Investment & Expansion

Azelis opens Specialty Agri/Horti application laboratory in China
Eastman Chemical Co. to expand its Louisiana facility with $70M investment

Azelis opens Specialty Agri/Horti application laboratory in China
Eastman Chemical Co. to expand its Louisiana facility with $70M investment

: Collaborations & Licences

The Climate Corporation expands digital solutions for Canadian farmers through two new ag tech partnerships
Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN, AGCO work together to deploy cutting-edge equipment

The Climate Corporation expands digital solutions for Canadian farmers through two new ag tech partnerships
Land O'Lakes SUSTAIN, AGCO work together to deploy cutting-edge equipment

: Mergers & Acquisitions

Koppert partners with Nitrasoil in Argentina
Elders makes $187m takeover bid for AIRR

Koppert partners with Nitrasoil in Argentina
Elders makes $187m takeover bid for AIRR

: Sales Performance

Syngenta crop protection sales flat in H1 2019
Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018

Syngenta crop protection sales flat in H1 2019
Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018

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: What options/alternatives farmers in China have replacing paraquat? Are there other useful herbicdes, i.e. diquat, glufosinate (which others) that can cover this gap? Would the replacements be related to higher costs as well? What crop protection startegies would farmers adapt replacing paraquat?

1 Like 1 AnswersSir, thanks for question. For weed control, Glyphosate and Glufosinate are the main options while many other broad spectrum herbicides also ...All

: Asian soybean rust is the most important disease in soybean, the yield loss being from 10% to 90%, dependent on the geographical region where the disease was reported. What are the key points in controlling Asian rust?

The use of an efficient product since the beginning of the soy cycle is one of the most important decisions for growers after the crop impla...All