agriculture pest News
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Bayer CropScience acquires European distribution rights for biofungicide Contans from Belchim Crop Protection
Bayer CropScience announced today that it has acquired the sole European distribution rights for the biological fungicide Contans™ WG from Belchim Crop Protection NV effective October 1, 2014. This acquisition further strengthens Bayer CropScience’s crop protection portfolio and is another step in building up a comprehensive range of biologicals as part of integrated crop solutions. ...
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Alfa Chemistry Offers Aldehyde-functionalized Pheromone for Pest Management and Insect Trace Tracking
Studies on pheromones are now gaining increasing popularity among scientists. On June 8, 2022, the US-based chemical supplier Alfa Chemistry announced that the company commenced offering aldehyde-functionalized pheromones for researchers worldwide. It should be noted that alcohol-functionalized pheromones, another type of pheromones released earlier this year, have been well-received and ...
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Marrone Bio Innovations Celebrates Fifth Year of Success
Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI), a leading provider of effective, natural pest management products for agriculture and water resource management, today announced it is celebrating its five year anniversary. Since incorporating in June 2006, MBI has experienced rapid growth as it delivers on its mission to fill unmet pest management needs in agriculture and water resource management. Over the past ...
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Marrone Bio innovations celebrates fifth year of success
Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI), a leading provider of effective, natural pest management products for agriculture and water resource management today announced it is celebrating its five year anniversary. Since incorporating in June 2006, MBI has experienced rapid growth as it delivers on its mission to fill unmet pest management needs in agriculture and water resource management. Over the past ...
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USDA Seeks Public Review and Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Herbicide-Resistant Corn and Soybeans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released on Friday 3 2014 its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) as part of its review to determine whether to deregulate genetically engineered (GE) corn and soybean plants that are resistant to several herbicides, including one known as 2,4-D. APHIS is performing an assessment of these GE ...
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Alfa Chemistry Starts to Provide Alcohol-functionalized Pheromone for Pest Management
The management of Alfa Chemistry announces that the company is now also committed to becoming a leading manufacturer and supplier in the field of insect pheromones. Earlier this month, alcohol-functionalized pheromones were released, which is another step to further enrich its offering of various specialty chemicals. Pheromones serve as messengers that affect the behavior of insects and thus have ...
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Marrone Bio Innovations Files Patent for a Unique Bacillus Species
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI) a leading global provider of natural pest management products for the agricultural and water treatment markets, announces the submission of a patent application encompassing a new Bacillus sp. strain F727, to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This strain was first discovered from soil collected in California by one of MBI's employees. The chemistry ...
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Alfa Chemistry: Carboxyl-functionalized Pheromone Plays A Role in Pest Management
After launching alcohol-functionalized pheromones and aldehyde-functionalized pheromones in the previous months, the US-based chemical supplier Alfa Chemistry recently announced the release of carboxyl-functionalized pheromones for researchers worldwide. Over the past cascade, insect pheromones have exhibited intriguing potential in pest management and insect trace track. Serving as effective ...
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