Marrone Bio Innovations’ Regalia Maxx Biofungicide Receives Registration in Brazil
17 December 2014 Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. a provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, that its Regalia Maxx Biofungicide has received a product registration from Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture. Brazil now joins Peru, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Columbia, the Dominican Republic and Mexico as Latin American countries having approved the use of Regalia Maxx to control a wide variety of bacterial and fungal diseases across an array of agricultural crops.
The product is the first plant extract-based fungicide approved in Brazil and is the first biopesticide with Induced Systemic Resistance, a complex mode of action which creates a defense response in the treated plants and stimulates additional biochemical pathways that strengthen the plant structure and act against the pathogen. The newly approved uses for Regalia Maxx in Brazil, include tomatoes, potatoes, and dried beans. Marrone Bio is working with its partner FMC to expand the label to include a broader array of crops and diseases, such as citrus and row crops.
Read more about the registration here.
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