Article Issue: July 2016

Purdue University will be a major research and education partner with Italpollina, an Italian fertilizers and specialty plant nutrition company that is building its North […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. and Groundwork BioAg, Ltd announced a collaboration to create and commercialize an all-biological comprehensive seed treatment. The treatment is expected to […]

NewLeaf was founded in 2012 and has grown substantially since then. For those subscribers not familiar with NewLeaf, can you provide a snapshot of your […]

BRANDT has acquired the assets of Tratamientos Guadalquivir S.A. (TRAGUSA) under its subsidiary BRANDT Europe, S.L. TRAGUSA, based in Carmona, Spain, which manufactures, distributes and […]

Israel has sent Russia 500 million predatory insects. Following the European boycott on Russian produce as a result of the Russian invasion of Crimea, Russian […]

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. has signed an exclusive global agreement with BotanoCap to distribute its proprietary natural solution to improve storage stability and extend the post-harvest […]

Iowa State University entomologists are studying the possibility of combating soybean aphids, one of the most damaging pests Iowa farmers battle, by introducing a species […]

IBMA announced the call for nominations for the Bernard Blum Award for Novel Biocontrol Solutions. IBMA will award a trophy, interview and product placement in […]

Why does one orchard have many earwigs while another has only few? This is the subject of a new research project by the Dutch fruit […]

Futureco Bioscience has signed the purchase of Telefonica Spain SA in the municipality of La Granada (Penedès, Barcelona) to host its Headquarters. This building is […]

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin- Madison say they’ve found a benign bacterium that can completely block transmission of Zika virus in the mosquito species […]

TALPOLLINA SPA, announces the opening of a new subsidiary in MEXICO. The Mexican subsidiary is the 9th for the Italian Group and will focus on […]

Flea beetles might be the best way to control leafy spurge, a noxious weed found in nearly every corner of South Dakota, according to range […]

IBMA, International Biocontrol Manufacturers’ Association, welcomes the Netherlands’ initiative to address Sustainable Plant Protection during their recent EU Presidency. Furthermore, IBMA welcomes a group representing […]

Georgia farmers in the USA struggle to control bacterial fruit blotch (BFB), but University of Georgia plant pathologists have discovered that naturally occurring bacteria can […]

AgBiome, LLC has been awarded a multi-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to discover biological insect control for deployment to smallholder farmers […]

Federico Velge will take the position of Tradecorp Business Manager in the Southern Cone region, managing Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru. Federico Velge has […]

Plant Impact plc announced the introduction of Fortalis™ to Argentina and of Veritas® to Paraguay. This extends Plant Impact’s ongoing business relationship with Bayer CropScience […]

Envigo announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Adrian Hardy as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 July 2016, and that he […]

Exosect Ltd., announced that it has been awarded funding from the UK’s Agritech Catalyst fund, administered by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency. The award […]

AgBiTech has recently appointed Dr. Paula Marçon as its Vice President for Global Development, to further the company’s U.S. and global expansion plans. Dr. Marçon […]

Scientists report that shining short-wavelength ultraviolet light (UV-C) on grapes right before harvest boosts levels of the fruits’ own disease-fighting compounds, which could reduce the […]

AgBiome, LLC announced it has established AgBiome Innovations™, which will commercialize technology identified by the company through its unique Genesis™ discovery and development platform. The […]

Biobest launches Phytoseiulus production in Mexico. With over 27% of the world’s strawberry production in 2015, the USA is by far the world’s number one […]

After the West Coast Marine Bioprocessing Co. joined the Biolchim group, the Canadian company has successfully developed and launched, in several markets, five new specialties […]

In June 28, Eden Research plc held its AGM. At the meeting Eden’s Chairman, Tom Lupton, made the following statement: "Since Eden’s last AGM, I […]

The Stockton Group has signed a major agreement with Syngenta as the exclusive global distributor of a new biofungicide technology based on tea tree oil […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. announced that Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved REGALIA Rx Biofungicide for use on wheat and soybean in Canada. […]

Stoller has acquired Rizoflora Biotechnology, a spin-off of the Laboratory of Biological Control of the Federal University of Viçosa, in the Brazilian state of Minas […]

Last autumn, you presented the "PROGRAMMA VIRIDEM" to your sales network and to the international market, within which there are biostimulant products with very specific […]

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. has signed an exclusive global agreement with BotanoCap to distribute its proprietary natural solution to improve storage stability and extend the post-harvest […]

BRANDT has acquired the assets of Tratamientos Guadalquivir S.A. (TRAGUSA) under its subsidiary BRANDT Europe, S.L. TRAGUSA, based in Carmona, Spain, manufactures, distributes and sells […]