It’s always a bit of a lucky dip when you go to a library – especially if the library is a collection of fungi and bacteria!
Reaching into a freezer to pull out a sample of freeze-dried fungal spores stored at minus 80 degrees was the start of a search for an Australian fungi that could kill...
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Forbes
2025.03.04
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Rice, the world’s most consumed staple, provides 20% of global daily calories, and feeds billions. Yet, its production is under increasing pressure from pests and diseases, with Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) ranking among the most devastating. Farmers have few solutions that are truly effective,...
CropLife
2025.03.01
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Despite the constraints of the current farm economy and tighter budgets across the agriculture industry, the global market for biopesticides continues to expand with a growth forecast of $8.94 billion from 2024 through 2029, according to market research firm Technavio.
Improved and verifiable...
CropLife
2025.03.01
3
For biofertilizer, 2024 represented more of the same in terms of market growth – slow and steady. And according to Dr. Trey Cutts, Vice President of Commercial Ag Science at Tidal Grow AgriScience, this trend should continue throughout the 2025 growing season as well for the segment.
“In 2025,...
Philippine Information Agency
2025.02.25
1
The Department of Agriculture (DA) Cagayan Valley is offering the use of its drone in drawing maps and in applying fertilizers in farms across the region.
DA Regional Executive Director Rose Mary Aquino said their drone services for biofertilizer utilization under the Masagana Rice...
euronews
2025.02.21
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As regulatory delays risk driving innovation away from Europe, a newly announced plan of the EU executive aims to speed up approvals for biopesticides and biocontrol technologies.
The European Commission is set to overhaul the current framework for marketing the two, announcing new EU rules to...
impressivetimes
2025.02.14
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Central University of Haryana (CUH), Mahendergarh, has signed its first Technology License Agreement with M/S RCICO Liveable Seven Blu Reform Farmer Producer Company Limited, Jhajjar, for its innovative Phosphate and Potassium Solubilizing Bacterial (PPSB) formulation. This significant...
openpr
2025.01.28
4
North America holds the largest share of the market in biopesticides, due to strong support from regulations and a growing need for sustainable agriculture, as well as a large adoption rate for organic farming. In the US and Canada, stringent regulations pertaining to the application of chemical...