Article Issue: July 2019

NewLeaf Symbiotics and Joyn Bio announced a long-term partnership valued at up to $75M to bring innovation and sustainability to modern agriculture with a new class of microbes that benefit […]

Cera Trap, Bioiberica’s biological attractant specifically designed for the capture of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, has been approved for use by Greece and […]

Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. (MBI) has received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for key claims covering the composition and […]

Bayer and AlphaBio Control have signed a distribution agreement to market Flipper, a biological pest control product developed by AlphaBio. Under the terms of this […]

The European Commission (EC) published in the Official Journal of the EU on June 25, 2019 the Regulation (EU) 2019-1009 laying down rules on the […]

AgBiome, Inc. has entered into a new global R&D collaboration with Elanco Animal Health Incorporated to develop and deliver innovative probiotic solutions to some of […]

Bayer has introduced new biostimulant seed treatments, JumpStart WT and ProStablish WT, in the UK market to help growers increase cereal yields by improving nutrient […]

Plant Health Care announced a new distribution agreement with Wilbur-Ellis Company LLC, a U.S. agriculture distributor, for exclusive access to Employ, a commercial brand for […]

BioConsortia is moving its first products into registration phase five years after establishing its global headquarters in Davis, California. BioConsortia is focused on excellence in […]

Koppert Biological Systems, Inc. has acquired Natural Enemies, a company that specializes in chemical-free pest management in commercial cannabis cultivation. Natural Enemies was founded in […]

Stirling (UK) is attempting to tackle resistance to pesticides in insects. The new project – Enhancing Diversity to Overcome Resistance Evolution (ENDORSE) – is investigating the use […]

Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Valagro S.p.A, a leader in biostimulants and specialty nutrients to collaborate on research and development efforts. […]

Researchers working for Ethio Agri-CEFT, one of the largest commercial farms in Ethiopia, have been conducting studies on Phytolacca dodecandra L’Herit to determine the plant’s […]

Koppert Biological Systems in the Netherlands and Canadian-based Ecoation have signed a cooperation agreement to use each other’s knowledge for better data collection in the monitoring […]

The neem plant (Azadirachta indica) is known for possessing the potent phytochemical Azadirachtin-A (AzaA), which act as a depressant for growth of many pests. Scientists […]

CEV and Lusosem have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for Portugal for PROBLAD PLUS biofungicide based on the lupine plant. CEV, the Portuguese company that […]

The potential of biopesticides used singly or in combination with existing insecticide options for cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) control will be the focus of […]

The International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research announced Valent BioSciences as a new sponsoring partner of the organization. The Phytobiomes Alliance is an international, nonprofit consortium […]

Robert Cannings is new Commercial Director with Eden Research. Most recently, Cannings served as Commercial Director at Plant Health Care with responsibility for Europe, the […]

Andermatt Biocontrol has opened a subsidiary in the Netherlands. Andermatt Nederland started trading in mid-June 2019 and is run by Simon Fleischli-Zantkuijl who, for several […]

AgroSavfe NV has appointed Patrice Sellès as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Luc Maertens as Chief Operations Officer (COO). Sellès joins AgroSavfe from Syngenta […]

Grupo Agrotecnología is expanding, reforming and modernizing its headquarters in Orihuela (Alicante), Spain. The expansion will include more than 20 percent enlargement of ​​its production […]

Julie Graesch has been named Biological Program Manager, Insect Management at BioWorks. In her new position, she will be responsible for accelerating the adoption and […]

Lavie Bio, a fully owned subsidiary of Evogene, announced it has achieved yield improvement following second year field trials in its biostimulant program for wheat. […]

Kimberlit Agrociências, a Brazilian specialty fertilizer company, has entered the biopesticides market by launching the Bionat brand. The company expects to receive registrations in August […]

The Bayer Trendlines Ag Innovation Fund, set up by Bayer CropScience LLC and The Trendlines Group Ltd., announced that it established EcoPhage Ltd., a new […]

Agrivalle has launched a new formulation of the Auin CE microbiological insecticide in Brazil. Produced from the fungus Beauveria bassiana (isolated CBMAI 1306), the product […]

Koppert Biological Systems, a Dutch company specialized in biological crop protection, has acquired the Argentine company Nitrasoil. In addition to the physical expansion within South […]

Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. a leading developer of bio-based products for pest management and plant health, today announced that it has entered into a strategic […]

Koppert Biological Systems, Inc. announces that it has gained a new partner in their ongoing partnership with nature; Natural Enemies. The Natural Enemies brand has […]