Article Issue: April 2019

Following the opening of its subsidiary in Japan, AlgaEnergy, a biotechnology-based company specialized in the science of microalgae, is moving forward with its internationalization phase […]

The Brazilian Association of Biological Control Companies (ABCBio) indicates that 2018 registered a growth in sales of 77 percent of biological pesticides, jumping from R$262.4 […]

BIO-CAT Microbials LLC and Omnia Holdings Limited (Omnia) have entered into an exclusive agreement to develop microbial strains to be added to Omnia’s portfolio of crop science […]

The Spanish province of Almeria now has 22,700 hectares with biological control implemented, according to information shared at the Conference on Biological Control and Integrated […]

Marrone Bio Innovations reported 4th Quarter 2018 revenues of US$5.7 million, a 72% increase over the same quarter in 2017. The growth was attributed primarily […]

Pakistan’s Cabinet Committee on Legislative Cases (CCLS) has approved the import of biopesticide Gossy­plure to help eradicate the population of pink bollworm that attacks cotton […]

Algaia, a France-based company that manufactures and sells products related to seaweed and other natural algae and plant-based extracts for the agro-nutrition, biostimulants, personal care […]

Agrinos has appointed Matthias Schulze as Executive Vice President of Europe and Africa. Schulze, whose experience includes 15 years of strategic business development with leading […]

Regalia Maxx from Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. (MBI) has received label approval from Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency, clearing the product for use on cannabis […]

Adrian Percy, PhD, the former head of R&D for the Crop Science Division of Bayer, recently joined Finistere Ventures as Chief Technology Officer. In his […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the registration of Dart Fungicide EC from Westbridge Agricultural Products for the control of a wide range of […]

Dr. Marisé Borja has been the appointed new Head of Biopesticides and Spain Director with GAB Consulting, a European Regulatory Consultancy Company in Europe and […]

Italpollina has acquired Florida-based (USA) Horticultural Alliance, Inc., a company that produces mycorrhizal inoculants and beneficial bacteria in  horticulture. James J. Quinn founded Horticultural Alliance, Inc. […]

SPYRO from Biobest is now authorized for use on tomato, pepper, cucumber, eggplant and courgetti in the Netherlands, as authorized by the Dutch Board for […]

Ascribe Bioscience, which applies the emerging field of metabolomics to the soil microbiome to develop new products for agriculture, has become the first company based […]

Beloukha, a new biodegradable herbicide from Belchim Crop Protection USA, has received EPA approval and has been submitted to all states for registration. Beloukha is […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released for public comment the Draft Guidance for Plant Regulators, Including Plant Biostimulants. The draft document gives guidance […]

Agrinos recently received Belgian registration for its liquid microbial HYT A (marketed in Europe as eNable) and foliar-applied nutrient solution HYT B (marketed in Europe as […]

The EU Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to approve the new fertilizer regulation 2016/0084. This regulation is the first key step towards creating an EU-wide market […]

A seed treatment of beneficial microorganisms is being applied to borage (Borago officinalis) for the first time, following collaboration between Itaka Crop Solution and Fairking […]

Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, located in southern Ontario, Canada, conducted a survey of Canadian greenhouse growers and found a growth in the number of biocontrol users and […]

 Lallemand is a company with more than 100 years history, but your entry into plant care only dates back to 2006. Can you share with […]

Olmix-Micromix’s has launched a health, nutrition and biostimulant range of products. A French-based firm, Olmix acquired British-based Micromix last year, and is spending €8-9m (£7-7.9m) […]

Vestaron’s first peptide-based bioinsecticides were approved by the EPA in 2018.  How will these products change resistance management programs in the industry? SPEAR recently received […]

Eden Research has reported a jump in full-year revenues as its product sales increased by 112 percent, helping the biopesticides group swing to an adjusted […]

Research developed by Embrapa Meio Ambiente is using weed extracts as insecticides. Scientists evaluated the extracts of the plant species Flaming Glorybower (Clerodendrum splendens), Horseweed […]

Bayer has introduced CTS 500, a new industrial biological soybean inoculant, in Brazil. CTS 500 is a solution platform that brings together biological inoculants of […]

  Australia’s national science agency CSIRO will release a new biocontrol agent called “leaf smut” in a bid to help save rainforests across Australia from […]

Novozymes has signed two new partners for its biological agriculture business (BioAg) – Univar Solutions and UPL – adding to its previously exclusive partnership with […]

A biochemistry doctoral student at the University of Ibadan has produced a biopesticide to get rid of insect pests that attack food crops in storage, […]

April 5 marks the 100th anniversary of the European Biological Control Laboratory (EBCL), operated in Montpellier, France, by the USA’s Agricultural Research Service to find, […]

Compounds produced by sorghum plants to defend against insect feeding could be isolated, synthesized and used as a targeted, nontoxic insect deterrent, according to researchers […]