Taiwan B&B Industry News

Taiwan B&B Industry News

Published: 2019.01.25
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Research Fellow
Agricultural Technology Research Institute, Taiwan R.O.C.

In Taiwan, there are three categories of biopesticides: natural product pesticides, biochemical pesticides and microbial pesticides. All the safety assessment data by the GLP laboratory should be submitted for pesticide registration since July 1, 2018. Currently, a total of 55 biopesticide licenses has been issued in Taiwan, including 4 natural product pesticides, 9 biochemical pesticides and 42 microbial pesticides.

Among all 42 biopesticides, Bacillus thuringiensis which consists 23 kinds has the most, followed by Bacillus subtilis that consists of 10 kinds. By late June in 2018, there are 33 biofertilizer licensed products, 30 of them are phosphate solubilizing bacteria, 2 of them are potassium solubilizing bacteria, and 1 of them is arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

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