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# Registration & Launch #

BASF’s Versys insecticide approved for use in California crops

BASF’s Versys® insecticide has received registration for use in California on a variety of crop groups, including brassicas/cole crops, leaf and stem vegetables, as well as pome fruit and stone fruit. The product was created to deliver effective control agai...

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# Bacterial and Fungal Diseases #

First patented citrus greening peptide solution from Elemental Enzymes delivers field-proven promise

Elemental Enzymes, a St. Louis biotechnology firm, has obtained the first patent for a natural peptide solution that is field-proven to treat Citrus Greening disease. Capable of killing healthy citrus trees in less than five years, this bacterial disease has i...

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# Seed Treatment #

BASF’s ‘novel’ wireworm seed treatment could be available in Canada next year

Teraxxa works by binding to a specific site of action upon contact that affects the wireworm’s central nervous system. That causes rapid, irreversible hyperactivity of nerves and muscles leading to convulsions, paralysis and death. There are several species o...

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# Soil Amendment #

Critter compost: Pakistan plans to use locusts to nourish crops

First the idea was to feed them to chickens, now the plan is to grind them into fertiliser - as more locust swarms threaten Pakistan’s crops, a project aims to test ways of killing and using the voracious pests for the benefit of local communities.

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# UAV Plant Protection Industry #

Drones trialled in horticulture to release predatory wasps to reduce chemical use

Drone-loads of predatory wasps descending onto crops of growing vegetables may seem menacing, but the tactic is helping farmers lessen their impact on the Great Barrier Reef.

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# Industry Rankings #

Ranking List of 2019 Top 10 Local Agrochemical Companies in Colombia

The Colombian agrochemical market is highly competitive, with the strong presence of major global players, as well as a growing trend of generic players. The total revenues of the top 10 leading companies (which includes multinationals) reached US$ 423 million...

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# Underground Pests & Nematicide #

MustGrow imports bio-pesticide into Colombia for testing on “Panama Disease”: Existential threat to bananas

MustGrow Biologics Corp., an agricultural biotech company developing and commercializing a portfolio of natural, science-based biological crop protection products, announces the successful importation of its bio-pesticide TerraMG into Colombia.

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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