Article Issue: October 2020

SOPEF, the Investment Fund Managed by MCH enters into Symborg, a Leading Company Specialized in Biotechnology Applied to Agriculture with presence in more than 50 […]

Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, is proposing registration for the sale and use of […]

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) has developed new biopesticides that gives hope to sustainable agriculture in Africa. The biopesticide products includes […]

Together with Brazil’s agricultural research organization, Embrapa, CABI organized a webinar on integrated pest management (IPM) programs in big commodity crops in Brazil to celebrate […]

Mologic Ltd, a developer of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, has launched its first crop pathogen diagnostic test, BotrytisAlert. As part of an Innovate […]

Mirian Pimentel, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale agricultural sciences doctoral student, has discovered a promising new tool to fight sudden death syndrome (SDS) in soybeans. […]

The list of nominations for the annual Bernard Blum Award has been released by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA). The Bernard Blum Award was […]

A new multistate project will bring together researchers from the University of Georgia (UGA) and partner universities to fight Alternaria leaf blight and head rot […]

Certis Spain has added two new products to its biorational portfolio: Valcure and Majestik. Valcure is a biological fungicide for soil diseases, registered for greenhouse […]

Some organic pesticides contain live spores of the fungus Trichoderma, which have the ability to suppress other pathogens. However, researchers at the University of Göttingen […]

Plant technology firm Plant Response, a Spanish agricultural biologicals company with North American headquarters in Durham, NC, has raised $1 million in debt, according to […]

As chemical options are withdrawn from use, a group of Scottish producers and researchers have turned their attention to biocontrol methods, which include using a […]

Amoéba has filed an application for the authorization of its biocontrol solution in the US. Amoeba is still in the testing phase of a biocontrol […]

A team comprised of researchers from Texas Tech University and Nanjing Agricultural University have discovered that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) act as a supplier of […]

Biotalys NV has been awarded a €1.1 million research grant from Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (VLAIO). The grant will run over three years and will […]

BioAg has expanded its team with the addition of Dr. Johann Buck as director of technical services and innovation. Buck attended Fort Hays State University […]

Natutec Drive is the latest in the series of Natutec associated technologies from Koppert for agriculture and horticulture. Natutec Drive is a tool that makes […]

Lesaffre’s board of directors elected Thibaut de Ladoucette as chairman, to replace Lucien Lesaffre, chairman of the board of directors since 2012 and having reached […]

The European Patent Office has granted Futureco Bioscience the certificate of the patents EP 3209132 B1 Bacteria with nematicide activity and ability to promote plant […]

Hugo Bony has been appointed vice-president and secretary of IBMA France on Sept. 17. He joins Céline Barthet, president, and Ronan Goff, vice-president and treasurer, […]

Syngenta Group has acquired Valagro by its business unit Syngenta Crop Protection. Valagro will continue to operate as an independent brand in the market within […]

Andermatt Nederland will bring the portfolio of Andermatt Biocontrol to the Belgian market beginning in 2021. In addition to the well-known products from the Andermatt […]

American Vanguard Corporation announced that its principal operating subsidiary AMVAC Chemical Corporation has acquired the Agrinos group of companies, a privately-owned technology leader in biological […]

Idai Nature has opened its first subsidiary in Brazil, which will serve as a hub for the growing future presence in the country. This new […]

Anuvia Plant Nutrients has entered into a commercial agreement with The Mosaic Company to exclusively license its SymTRX10S product in the US. The agreement enables […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.’s president and chief financial officer (CFO) James Boyd is retiring from his positions. A national search process for the new CFO […]

AgBiome and Tropical Melhoramento e Genética (TMG), a Brazilian soy and cotton breeding company, have entered into a new global R&D collaboration. The goal is […]

Botanical Solution Inc. is set to bring biofungicides to new markets, plus a botanical active that could be used in pharma as vaccine adjuvant. Botanical […]

CEV SA. and Ceradis Crop Protection B.V. have entered into an R&D agreement to develop new, innovative crop protection products based on CEV’s biological active […]

Soilgenic Nutrients Inc. was recently launched to develop new sustainable fertilizer technologies that utilize food and agricultural waste streams. Let’s begin with the corporate side […]

Ceradis has created the poly-electrolyte matrix (PEM) formulation technology which can act as an “enabler” to form a wide variety of different crop protection products. […]

Agronutrition traces its roots to Société Commerciale des Potasses d'Alsace (SCPA) more than 45 years ago. Since 2000, you have grown to become one of […]

For the first time, there have been joint winners of the Bernard Blum Award, announced today by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) at the […]

The shortlist for the annual Bernard Blum Award has been released by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA). The Bernard Blum Award was launched in […]

Symborg is a leading company in the biotechnology applied to agriculture sector with presence in more than 50 countries. • Thanks to SOPEF’s entry, Symborg […]

Syngenta Group has announced today, 6 October, 2020, that its Crop Protection business unit has acquired Valagro, the biologicals company based in Atessa, Italy. The […]

American Vanguard Corporation today announced that its principal operating subsidiary AMVAC Chemical Corporation has acquired the Agrinos group of companies, a privately-owned technology leader in […]