Article Issue: October 2022

AMVAC, an American Vanguard Company, and NewLeaf Symbiotics of St. Louis, Missouri, are pleased to announce a new partnership to bring new and existing biologicals […]

Biobest has won the Bernard Blum Award, for the most innovative biocontrol product, at ABIM 2022, taking place this week in Basel, Switzerland. The award was for a […]

The agricultural entomology unit of the University of Cordoba in Spain has optimized the production of bioinsecticides against olive fruit flies from entomopathogenic fungi, improving their resistance […]

Pawpaw farmers in the Kayunga District of Uganda are facing the wrath fac of a stubborn insect pest, the papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus). First detected in […]

Australia’s Goldfields Nullarbor Rangelands Biosecurity Association (GNRBA) is collaborating with Australia’s national science agency CSIRO to research biological control measures to tackle the spread of onion weed […]

In recent years, growers of ornamental plants have been confronted with new invasive thrips species coming from Asia. These small insects weaken and damage the […]

Researchers from Boston’s (US) GreenLight Biosciences and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, have announced an agreement to develop a solution to fall armyworm […]

The Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources has proposed the field release on State lands in Hawai‘i of a butterfly with gregarious larvae, Euselasia […]

A new banana fungus is rapidly spreading across the globe. It hit Africa a decade ago, but now spreads, a genetic study conducted by Wageningen […]

A recent study in Japan, published in the journal Diversity, has found that reared ambrosia beetles, Euwallacea interjectus, can have symbiotic fungi different to those […]

John Hren has joined US-based 1,4GROUP, Inc. as global sales director. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Hren began his agricultural career in 1993 […]

Biobest appointed Gerry Huygens to the position of chief operations officer (COO) and member of the Biobest C-Board. Huygens will focus on Biobest’s global production […]

Matt Orr has joined Vestaron as VP, regulatory affairs. Orr will be responsible for the strategy and execution of the company’s regulatory strategy, all domestic […]

Brazilian peppertree thrips (Pseudophilothrips ichini) showed promise as biological control agents for invasive Brazilian peppertree populations in Florida according to a recent study published in the […]

Lavie Bio Ltd., a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd., announced it has submitted the registration package for LAV.311, its biofungicide targeting fruit rots and powdery mildews, […]

Valencia, Spain-based EDYPRO, a company that studies, develops and produces biotechnological fertilizers, has developed a biotechnological solution – INMUNE – that increases a crop’s self-defense […]

Atlántica Agrícola has announced the worldwide launching of Grupo Atlántica, a concentration of the two entities under the same ownership that until now had operated […]

Meristem Crop Performance Group and 3Bar Biologics have joined forces to develop new delivery systems to increase the performance of a broad range of biologicals. The […]

Tradecorp Brazil, a Rovensa Group company, has invested more than US$1 million in a new Global Biosolutions Research and Innovation Center, located in Hortolândia (São […]

US-based PathogenDx has launched a new virus detection technology – Phytox – to help curb the spread of new and existing plant-borne pathogens. The new […]

Azotic Technologies Ltd.’s Encera systemic nitrogen-fixing biological is now registered in EU member states. The first registration has been received through the Danish Agricultural Agency, […]

BioWorks has received approval from the PMRA for URMULE label expansions of their flagship product, RootShield PLUS+ WP. The expanded label now includes suppression of […]

Eden Research received authorization by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use across the US of its biopesticide products Mevalone and Cedroz, and three […]

Certis Biologicals, the manufacturer of BotaniGard and Mycotrol mycoinsecticides, has completed transition of the proven legacy products back into its leading portfolio of biopesticides and has begun […]

Seipasa has launched its biofungicide Fungisei in Portugal for the control of diseases such as botrytis, mildew and powdery mildew in a wide variety of […]

Syngenta Crop Protection is launching the world’s first commercial digital solution to diagnose infestations of plant-parasitic nematodes in soybean crops by analyzing photographs taken from satellites. […]

The first International Plant Health Conference was held in London 21-23 September 2022, co-organized by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) […]

In August of this year, AMVAC announced the launch of a new biological portfolio group branded GreenSolutions. This month, we met with GreenSolutions Marketing Manager […]

In a bid to combat invasive species around the globe, two innovators in the development and production of bio-based products have formed the Invasive Species […]

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. (BVT) announced the first paid demonstration trials of BVT’s Clonostachys rosea CR-7 proprietary biological fungicide with two berry growers in […]

US-based Agdia, Inc., a provider of plant pathogen diagnostic products and services, has launched a product for the rapid detection of alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) […]

Certis Biologicals, the manufacturer of BotaniGard and Mycotrol mycoinsecticides, has completed transition of the proven legacy products back into its leading portfolio of biopesticides and […]

Valent BioSciences LLC began selling biostimulant products directly to its US customer base on October 1. Established in February 2022, the new operating unit is […]

SynTech Research Group has acquired North American-based Wagner Regulatory Associates Inc. (WRA), located in Hockessin, Delaware, US. SynTech Research Group stated the acquisition of WRA […]

Lesaffre, a player in the field of fermentation for nearly 170 years, has entered the world of synthetic biology through the acquisition of Recombia Biosciences, […]

Staphyt has finalized the acquisition of Phytus Group in Brazil. For over 20 years, the Phytus Institute has been generating and sharing knowledge for agribusinesses […]

Syngenta Seedcare and Bioceres Crop Solutions are collaborating to bring innovative biological seed treatments to market. Syngenta Seedcare will become the exclusive commercialization distributor of […]

Lavoro Group is acquiring agricultural supplies company NS Agro in an expansion push throughout Latin America. Lavoro’s crop inputs business, Crop Care, is a major […]

Corteva signed a definitive agreement to acquire Symborg, an expert in microbiological technologies based in Murcia, Spain. Corteva first collaborated with Symborg to scale up […]