Bio Bites

By adding these biological tools to our tank mixes we are able to make our traditional tools work again or work at a higher performance. This is crucial to the sustainability of agriculture while reducing overall environmental impact and producing crops in a way that adds value to growers.

Hydroelectric, fossil, and nuclear power plants that rely on freshwater, are particularly vulnerable to biofouling caused by invasive zebra and quagga mussels.

More resilient and sustainable approaches are urgently needed to minimize crop yield losses resulting from pest activity and reduce impacts of pest management on human health and the environment. Increasing implementation of biological approaches, including biological control, biopesticides, biostimulants and pheromones is a mutual high priority for sustainable agriculture leaders and practitioners, including those working in organic agriculture and Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

Pam Marrone spoke with Agri-Pulse recently on the state’s cancellation of chlorpyrifos and potentially more pesticide products, on policy barriers to the European market and on the next promising science on the horizon.

If you garden, farm, or endeavor to grow anything in the ground, you’ve become the target audience for a new product marketed under the vague, hyper-modern moniker “biostimulant.”

Marrone Bio Innovations, a US-based biopesticides specialist, has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership to collaborate on research and development efforts with Italy-based biostimulant firm Valagro.