Article Issue: January 2015

While vitamin C in plant chloroplasts is known to help prevent a reduction in growth that plants experience when exposed to excessive light—phenomenon called photo […]

Biolchim-Cifo group, established its sixth subsidiary, Biolchim China consistent with its vision for global development. Biolchim China was officially launched at the beginning of January […]

Biostimulants are good for the environment,” says Giles Poidevin, Secretary General of the French Fertilizer Industry Association UNIFA in a recent press release. According to […]

Syngenta announced important steps in the implementation of its Accelerating Operational Leverage program. The program targets savings of $1 billion by 2018, with savings of […]

FMC Corporation named Bethwyn Todd, as Director for Agricultural Solutions in Asia and President of FMC Asia. She also was elected a vice president of […]

The BioAg Alliance, Novozymes’ and Monsanto’s collaboration, announced its first full year field trial results. Of the top 10 microbial strains tested in corn and […]

ORO AGRI International Ltd. expanded its Eastern European team appointing Jan Maruska as Business Development and Technical Support Manager in Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and […]

INCOTEC Europe announces the introduction of ThermoSeedTM for onion seeds, a method of seed disinfection which frees the seeds from harmful fungi and other microorganisms. […]

AgriThority® LLC announces the addition of Karen Arthur as Seed Treatment Product Development Specialist. Arthur has achieved a broad base of expertise in seed treatment […]

The UK government announced funding for a project to investigate the use of spider venom to create a pesticide for wheat and oilseed rape which […]

Verdesian Life Sciences has named Amy Bugg as Vice President of Communications. In her role, Bugg will oversee the execution of all promotional strategies for […]

The Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) will conduct a review of the current approach to the regulation of personal insect repellents containing plant-derived essential […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. announced that James Iademarco has joined the company as its President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Iademarco will have responsibility for […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI) announced that REGALIA® MAXX Biofungicide received a product registration from Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture. Brazil now joins Peru, El Salvador, […]

Anatis Bioprotection, Inc. received a food tolerance exemption for the microbial insecticide Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03 from the EPA, published in the Federal Register on […]

Attempts to achieve biological weed control with insects are met with stringent risk assessment in the United States. Before insects are released, the USDA Animal […]

Exosect Ltd. announced its submission of an Aluminium silicate (Kaolin) dossier to EU regulators as an additional active ingredient in support of its biopesticide formulation […]

According to a survey recently published by Market Monitor, the global agricultural biologicals market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 14.6% from 2014 […]

Mitsui AgriScience received European approval for Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum strain D747, used as a foliar spray in table and wine grapes for the control […]

Biobest Antalya and Antilsan announced that, as of January 1st, 2015, all biological control and pollination activities in Turkey will be fully integrated in Biobest […]

As widely covered in the media, many stakeholders in Brussels were disoriented at the end of 2014 with the status of fertilizer regulation revision, following […]

Groundwork BioAg Ltd. has signed global exclusive license agreement to develop, produce and commercialize mycorrhizal strains isolated and bred at the Israeli Agricultural Research Organization's […]

Novozymes globally has over 6,000 employees and sales of over US$2 billion in a wide range of industries. What percentage of staff and turnover are […]

Andermatt Biocontrol recently acquired a further 21% shareholding in the South African company Madumbi Sustainable Agriculture. Due to acquisition of further shares in December 2014, […]

Over the last 3-4 years Gowan has entered the biopesticide market through several joint ventures and acquisitions. What has driven your interest in the biological […]

Bayer CropScience announced the consolidation of the Ballad Plus® and Sonata® fungicide brands into a single brand: Sonata fungicide. The patent-protected Sonata product is based […]

University of Kentucky entomology researchers have received encouraging results against Emerald Ash Borer in their fight to protect Kentucky ash trees. EAB is an exotic […]

Biolchim S.p.A. established a new representative office in South Africa, with the objective of strengthening the local support to its commercial partners. Actions will focus […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI announced that James Iademarco has joined the company as its President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Iademarco will have responsibility […]

As widely covered in the media, many stakeholders in Brussels were disoriented at the end of 2014, following a major political shift at the top […]