Article Issue: November 2019

Biobest Group NV of Belgium and VekstMiljø AS announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Norway’s Pollinering AS. Pollinering AS, founded in 2003 by […]

The Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has approved Dutch company Valto’s viral pesticide, V10 (mild pepino mosaic virus strain LP, isolate VX1 + mild […]

ADAMA Ltd. has acquired Peruvian crop protection company AgroKlinge. Established almost eight decades ago, AgroKlinge’s product offering includes a wide portfolio of crop protection, biopesticide […]

Finding a way to deposit parasitized eggs with Trichogramma over the vast plantations of Brazil has involved some ingenious methods – including using a motorcycle. […]

The winner of the 2019 Bernard Blum award is Tutavir from Andermatt Biocontrol. The award was announced at the opening ceremony of ABIM 2019 in […]

Congratulations to Andermatt Biocontrol on receiving the 2019 Bernard Blum Award at the ABIM conference for the product Tutavir. Please share with our readers the […]

IBMA presented its goals and strategy for the next five years during the IBMA Annual General Meeting at ABIM. They include proportionate regulation for biocontrol […]

Chemists at Scripps Research have invented an efficient method for making a synthetic version of the plant compound bilobalide, which is naturally produced by gingko […]

ABIM 2019 Announced Record Participation. ABIM 2019 has come to a close with the announcement of its most successful event to date. A total of […]

Stanford University (California, USA) researchers have learned how to use a type of chemical vaccine to switch on a plant’s defense system to prevent localized […]

MustGrow Biologics Corp. announced the finalization of its liquid formulation of the company’s mustard-derived granule format biopesticide product. The liquid formulation work program was completed […]

Scientists have discovered that soil microbes can make plants more resistant to an aggressive disease. Bacterial wilt disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum infects several plants […]

LiveGrow Bio, an innovator of microbial biopesticide and biostimulant formulation and manufacturing, has been granted a patent for its LiveGrow Platform by the U.S. Patent […]

Certain species of “resident” bacteria can protect plant roots against fungal infections. Researchers from the Netherlands (Netherlands Institute of Ecology – NIOO-KNAW – and Wageningen […]

Valagro won the Best Performance Award 2019 from SDA Bocconi School of Management, on Oct. 23 at a ceremony at Bocconi University in Milan. The […]

Scott Jackson, PhD, has joined Vestaron Corporation as Director of Regulatory Affairs. Jackson brings more than 20 years of agricultural chemical background to Vestaron. As […]

Vestaron Corporation has moved its corporate headquarters to Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, USA, to be closer to the pulse of the U.S. crop […]

José Alfredo Garcia takes on the Chief Operating Officer role for crop nutrition in Rovensa (previously Sapec Agro), including the worldwide management of the companies […]

CABI has joined forces with biological control specialists Koppert Biological Systems to step-up a more sustainable fight against the tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta). CABI and […]

Martin Zuijderwijk has joined the Biobest group as Director Technical Support Services. Born and raised in the heart of the greenhouses sector in The Netherlands, […]

Brazilian biologicals business, Microquimica Tradecorp, has expanded its biologicals manufacturing facility in Monte Mor, Sao Paulo. The $1 million expansion doubles the facility's capacity and […]

John Fisher has joined BioLiNE Corporation as the Director of Product Innovation and Market Development. Fisher will bring his expertise to identify market needs at […]

Oil-Dri Corporation of America has opened an additional research facility to support its expansion into Life Sciences research. The Richard M. Jaffee Center for Applied […]

The Italian subsidiary of CBC group has begun operations in Greece with its newly established subsidiary BIOGARD Greece LLC, based in Athens. CBC Europe concluded […]

AgBiTech Pty Ltd has completed registration of a four-way broad-spectrum baculovirus product, Surtivo Plus, in Brazil. The biocontrol product belongs to the new IRAC mode […]

Swiss-based company Andermatt Biocontrol has increased its shareholding in the German biotech company ABiTEP GmbH from 24 percent to a majority stake of 78 percent. […]

TEC-BOM, a natural insecticide against whiteflies, received approval for its phytosanitary registration in Greece. Manufactured by Grupo Agrotecnología, the product is already approved for use […]

ISCA Global, Inc. has been formed through the merger of ISCA Technologies, Inc. (U.S.), ISCA Tecnologias, Ltda. (Brazil) and ATGC Biotech (India) to bring together […]

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) has approved Vacciplant Plant Defense Stimulant for use in lettuce and grapes. According to UPL North America Inc., […]

For the first time, an annual conference will cover the strategic business topics that are top-of-mind for the European biostimulants industry. The first edition of […]

Italpollina, a world leader in the production of organic fertilizers, natural biostimulants and beneficial microbials for use in agriculture is pleased to announce a new […]