Article Issue: December 2016

Incotec has opened a brand new Innovation Centre in the Netherlands. This Innovation Centre is the hub from which Incotec’s Research & Development, Sales and […]

A cutting edge new technology system, which can remotely monitor soft fruit crops for stresses, is being developed by an Innovate UK consortium, including AHDB […]

Biofeed Ltd won the 3rd prize of the Dongsheng- Dao Ventures US-China Entrepreneurship Competition 2016. Biofeed, the only finalist competitor dealing with agriculture, presented its […]

A new website has been launched by Defra to improve access to data on plant pests and diseases. The Plant Health Portal (planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk) will make […]

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded AgBiome a new multi-year grant, entitled "Broad- Spectrum Biological Control of Fungal Diseases," which will fund the […]

Drawing on the work of a large panel of experts, researchers have produced a series of recommendations designed to help define priorities for research in […]

Biofeed has completed the development of a product for the combined control of the Peach fruit fly (Bactrocera zonata) and Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata). […]

A bacterium common in insects has been discovered in a plant-parasitic roundworm, opening up the possibility of a new, environmentally friendly way of controlling the […]

A naturally occurring bacterium discovered by Montana State University has been registered for commercial use and sale by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its […]

Plants are constantly challenged by hungry animals and infectious microbes. For tomato plants, major enemies are nematodes of the species Meloidogyne incognita. Not all interactions […]

Certis USA introduced a bionutrient product line based on AgSil potassium silicate technology. AgSil products provide plants with silicon, an often- overlooked nutrient that helps […]

AUM LifeTech in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture has developed a novel Non-GMO RNA silencing approach for bacteria, insect and pathogen control […]

Arysta LifeScience signed an agreement with Beem Biologics, Inc., in which Arysta LifeScience will license a new, novel, plant extract-derived biostimulant technology from Beem Biologics. […]

Simbiose announced the launch of NemaControl, its first biological product registered in Brazil for the control of Lesion Nematodes (Pratylenchus brachyurus). This pathogen is one […]

According to Prof. Ricardo Aroca Alvarez, a CSIC researcher in Spain, horticultural plants such as lettuce and tomato "can enjoy two-, or even three- fold […]

Bioline AgroSciences, a subsidiary of InVivo Agriculture, signed a deal to acquire the Certirol product, related intellectual property and manufacturing from Certis Europe. This acquisition […]

The BioAg Alliance, Monsanto Company and Novozymes shared details of their newest product, the corn inoculant Acceleron® B-300 SAT. Derived from a fungus found in […]

Predatory mites usually prey on pest mites and do little about pest insects, especially adult ones. However, mass-bred predatory mites, while moving around to catch […]

Biobest and Real IPM Kenya announced that they have entered into an agreement with Biobest acquiring Real IPM Kenya Ltd. Real IPM is a leading […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. announced that the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has approved its bionematicide, MAJESTENE®, a broad spectrum, natural bionematicide to manage […]

As part of the natural farming initiative, the historic Khalsa College in Amritsar (India) has established a biocontrol lab at its Agriculture Department to get […]

Belchim, in its capacity as a current shareholder, has acquired a controlling majority stake of 60% in Engage Agro Corporation. The transaction safeguards the long-term […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. announced that the company has received registration of MBI- 601 EP, a biofumigant, from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]

Biological control is an option for pest management in soybean. Biodefensives can and should be added to the traditional method using agrochemicals, generating good economics […]

Agrauxine-Lesaffre Plant Care announced Tri- Soil® registration against soil borne diseases in vegetable crops. Tri-Soil® is a biofungicide containing Trichoderma atroviride strain l-1237, adapted for […]

Biocontrol LatAm 2016 Conference welcomed over 450 Delegates from more than 25 countries to Campinas. Mr. Arnaldo Jardim, Sao Paulo State Secretary of Agriculture & […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc announced that its flagship biofungicide, REGALIA MAXX, is now registered in Chile. The REGALIA MAXX label was developed by FMC in […]

AGRI 2000 IBERIA announced the opening of a new field trial facility in Valencia (Spain). This move enhances Agri 2000 presence in this Spain and […]

Evogene Ltd. announced positive field trial results conducted in Israel, from its ag-biologicals program, which is currently focused on the development of biostimulant products. In […]

Researchers from Exosect provided updates on two collaborative projects which are using Exosect’s formulation technology, Entostat®, as a delivery platform for microbial biopesticides. At the […]

Biolchim has obtained and finalized the registration of four products in Colombia. This achievement provides Biolchim and its commercial partner with a complete portfolio of […]

The National Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) Centre, in South Australia, will tackle the Queensland fruit fly, which costs the Australian horticulture industry more than $300 […]

In 2014 Lesaffre purchased both Agrauxine and Agro-Levures et Dérivés, expanding Lesaffre’s traditional yeast business into biocontrol, bio stimulation and natural microorganisms such as fungi. […]

Biobest began the exclusive distribution of the ‘beneficial fungus’ Trichoderma asperellum T34 in Belgium, The Netherlands and France. This is good news for growers of […]

Elephant Vert is a Swiss commercial Group created by the Antenna Technologies Foundation in 2011. Today it has activities in France, Morocco and Mali, with […]

Belchim, in its capacity as a current shareholder, has acquired a controlling majority stake of 60% in Engage Agro Corporation. The transaction safeguards the long-term […]

Scientists solve spore stability puzzle to develop world’s first upstream corn inoculant, will be applied to all of Monsanto’s new 2017 corn hybrids sold in […]

Biobest and Real IPM Kenya today announced that they have entered into an agreement with a view for Biobest to acquire Real IPM Kenya Ltd. […]