Plant Protection

One possible cause of the alarming bee mortality we are witnessing is the use of the very active systemic insecticides called neonicotinoids. A previously unknown and harmful effect of neonicotinoids has been identified by researchers at the Mainz University Medical Center and Goethe University Fran more

Lonza announced that it has acquired Zelam, a research-focused chemical company based in New Zealand, which develops and manufactures products for crop protection, specializing in fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, foliar nutrients and additives. Zelam also develops and manufactures products for more

FMC Corporation announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cheminova A/S, a wholly owned subsidiary of Auriga Industries A/S. Cheminova is a multinational crop protection company based in Denmark. FMC will fund the all-cash acquisition through a mixture of debt and existing cash more

On 12 December 2017, the European Commission reapproved the use of glyphosate, the world's most widely used active ingredient in herbicides and possibly the most heavily debated plant protection product since DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), for another 5-year period ( 1 ). Less than a week la more

IJMS, Vol. 19, Pages 854: Synthesis and Characterization of Stimuli-Responsive Poly(2-dimethylamino-ethylmethacrylate)-Grafted Chitosan Microcapsule for Controlled Pyraclostrobin Release International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms19030854 Authors: Chunli Xu Lidong Cao more

Molecules, Vol. 22, Pages 1817: Tryptophan-Containing Cyclic Decapeptides with Activity against Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules22111817 Authors: Cristina Camó Maria Torné Emili Besalú Cristina Rosés Anna Cirac Gemma Moiset Esther Badosa Eduard Bardaj more