Article Issue: September 2022

UPL Brasil has appointed Renato Seraphim as chief marketing officer. An agronomist by training, Seraphim has 25-years of experience in the crop protection and plant […]

Horizons Regional Council in New Zealand’s Manawatū-Whanganui region has applied on behalf of the National Biocontrol Collective for approval to import and release the bud-galling […]

Valent BioSciences LLC, a global biorational products leader in agriculture, public health, and forest health, has announced the promotion of Salman Mir to Executive Vice […]

The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking views on whether Defra should license the release of non-native augmentative arthropod biological […]

Biocontrol LATAM 2022 was held in Santiago, Chile in August. During the event, 2BMonthly editors took the opportunity to sit down with leadership from Red […]

Soybean red crown root rot (RCR), caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen, Calonectria ilicicola, is the most destructive disease affecting soybean production in Japan. To […]

Farmers have a new biocontrol tool to help fight one of Australia's most challenging agricultural weeds, flaxleaf fleabane, which causes grain crop revenue losses of […]

Flavonoids produced by sorghum leaves have shown promising results in combating fall armyworm larvae. When sprayed on the leaves of corn, sorghum flavonoids stunt the […]

Hala scale is a tiny insect that sucks all of the nutrients from the leaves of the hala tree (Pandanus tectorius), and if left untreated, […]

Researchers looking into extra-terrestrial farming might have found a solution for Mars. The group from Iowa State University have reported results using substrates that try […]

Ants can be more effective than pesticides at helping farmers produce food, according to new research. According to the paper ‘The effects of ants on […]

A study involving scientists from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)-CABI Joint Laboratory (Joint Lab) has highlighted the mass rearing capabilities of […]

New biomaterials could be used instead of chemical products and pesticides to help farmers manage their crops in a more eco-friendly and sustainable way, according […]

PlantwisePlus has been working in collaboration with partners in Kenya to implement a classical biological control strategy to manage papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus). The papaya […]

Eden Research plc, the AIM-quoted company focused on sustainable biopesticides and plastic-free formulation technology, announced the appointment of Richard Horsman as non-executive director. Horsman brings […]

UPL Corporation has appointed Mike Frank as the chief executive officer (CEO) of UPL's Global Crop Protection (CP) business that manages all CP assets outside […]

On September 12, US President Joe Biden signed a new Executive Order (EO): Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American […]

Heliae Development LLC has appointed Isabella Pacheco as business development and sustainability director. In this position, Pacheco will foster relationships throughout the food supply chain […]

On August 31 of this year, the European Commission (EC) formally adopted new rules designed to increase the availability of and access to biological plant […]

Lavie Bio Ltd., a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd., has appointed Guri Oron as chief executive officer. Oron brings over 20 years of experience at various […]

Heliae Agriculture’s seed treatment product derived from microalgae, PhycoTerra ST, has been approved for use in Canada. Launched in 2021 in the US, PhycoTerra ST […]

Nigeria and Morocco have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost the biotechnology sector. The MoU was signed in Abuja by the Nigerian Agency […]

Meristem has launched two patent-pending biological delivery systems – BIO-CAPSULE and MICROBILIZE. Both technology systems result from work with industry partners and are designed to […]

AgBiome, Inc. is collaborating with W. L. Gore & Associates to discover and improve methods for growing commercially important microbes. This collaboration will bring together […]

Earlier this year, the Dutch company, HortiPro, introduced a new pheromone line, SemeonPro. They have now expanded that range to include PheroNesi, a pheromone that […]

BioConsortia’s innovative microbial products and technical capabilities were on full display August 30 at its Davis, CA headquarters in an investor-focused technology showcase event. BioConsortia […]

Pivot Bio has launched a new class of products that integrates nitrogen with the seed during planting. PROVEN 40 On-Seed and RETURN On-Seed deliver nitrogen-producing […]

Vestaron announced the addition of $10M to its Series C fundraising, adding Grosvenor Food & AgTech as an additional investor, bringing the total raise to […]

The U.S. EPA has issued registration for NewLeaf Symbiotics’ TS201, which contains the gram-negative bacteria Methylorubrum extorquens, under the Terrasym brand. The company is working […]

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. (BVT) has been granted a patent for its Clonostachys rosea CR-7 microbial strain (CR-7) in Brazil for use as a […]

Summit Nutrients, LLC., a manufacturer and marketer of bio-nutritional and fertilizer products, has acquired AGVNT, LLC., an R&D company known for pioneering a technology platform […]

Groundwork BioAg has completed an $18 million Series B raise. The round was led by Climate Innovation Capital (ClimateIC) with participation from HSBC Global Asset […]

Swiss company Andermatt Group AG has become a majority shareholder (80 percent stake) in the Croatian company BIOinput d.o.o. Located in Varaždin, Croatia, BIOinput was […]

Koppert has launched Veraneio (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens – UMAF6614), a biological nematicide, for control of root lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus brachyurus) and galls (Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne […]

UPL Ltd. announced a new collaboration with Oro Agri, a Rovensa company, for the co-distribution and further development of Orange Oil, a biosolution effective against […]

Valent BioSciences LLC has announced investments at several of its key research and development facilities: A major expansion is planned for the Biorational Research Center […]

Sumitomo Corporation and MustGrow Biologics Corp. have signed an extension to their exclusive evaluation and option agreement to continue developing MustGrow’s mustard-based technology across the […]

Andermatt has established a new subsidiary in Mexico. In its starting phase, the company will be run by Felix Dubach, head of international market development […]

ICL and Evogene Ltd. announce a multi-year collaboration agreement between ICL and Lavie Bio Ltd., a subsidiary of Evogene. The collaboration will focus on developing […]

France-based seed producer Cérience has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Belgian biotech company Fyteko for European distribution of NURSEED HC for forage grasses and […]

Corteva, Inc. and Symborg announced that Corteva has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Symborg, an expert in microbiological technologies based in Murcia, Spain. Respected […]

Experts at two Midland universities in the UK are starting a new project to develop a photonic “nose” to monitor crops for pest infestations and […]