Syngenta has decided not to commercialise Canadian company Innovotech’s (Edmonton, Alberta) bactericidal seed treatment, Agress (oxysilver nitrate). Syngenta agreed to conduct North American trials with the seed treatment last year (Agrow No 588, p 3). Innovotech is disappointed that Syngenta has decided not pursue its “right of first refusal”, but looks forward to working with other companies that have expressed interest in the product. “Agress continues to show excellent results in recently ...

The Belgian Tessenderlo Group’s US subsidiary, Tessenderlo Kerley Inc (TKI - Phoenix, Arizona), has acquired the global crop protection assets of Bayer CropScience’s carbaryl insecticide/acaricide business for an undisclosed amount. Bayer has retained the non-crop carbaryl business. Carbaryl is marketed under the Sevin brand and associated trade marks in 40 countries. It is used for broad-spectrum pest control on tree fruits, nuts, vegetables and other crops. The acquisition covers trade ...

Monsanto and Makhteshim-Agan Industries’ (MAI) US business, MANA Crop Protection, have extended their US herbicide promotion deal to include MANA’s cotton herbicide, Direx 4L (diuron). Several MANA products were included in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Plus programme, which was started in 2010 (Agrow No 603, p 3). Direx 4L is effective against glyphosate-resistant pigweed (Amaranthus palmeri) and marestail (Conyza canadensis), MANA points out. MAI acquired DuPont’s global non-mixture diuron ...

Chinese genomics company BGI (Beijing) and US microarray technology company Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) are to collaborate on the development and commercialisation of genomic microarrays. The non-exclusive partnership will exploit a portfolio of plant and livestock microarrays for genotyping analysis, spanning applications such as marker-assisted trait selection, parentage, quality control and traceability. The collaboration will give access to a broad range of well-annotated and ...

Agro-Kanesho (Japan) purchased the site of Bayer CropScience’s Yuki Research Center in Japan. US biopesticide company AgraQuest entered into Latin American distribution deals for its biofungicide, Sonata (Bacillus pumilus strain QST 2808), with Guatemalan distributor DuWest and Ecuadorean company Interoc. Belgian agrochemical company Agriphar agreed to acquire Spanish pesticide distributor Laboratorios-Alcotán. American Vanguard appointed Mitsui & Co subsidiary Certis Europe as the primary ...

The UK agrochemical development company, Eden Research (Finstock, Oxfordshire), has entered into a regional licensing agreement with Environmental Solutions North Africa (ESNA) for Eden’s terpene-based pesticides. The deal covers professional applications in Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. ESNA has agreed to pay Eden £170,000 ($255,000) plus royalty payments once sales begin. ESNA will bear the cost of obtaining product registrations, which will benefit ...