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Crop Protection News keeps you informed on the latest advancements in safeguarding crops from pests, diseases, and environmental stresses.
From biopesticides and integrated pest management (IPM) to new chemical solutions and resilient crop varieties, this category covers innovations designed to protect yield and quality while promoting sustainable farming practices.
Discover how research in biologicals, precision application technologies, and pest-resistant genetics is helping farmers reduce crop loss and reliance on traditional pesticides.
Stay updated on emerging threats, regulatory changes, and the science driving safer, more effective crop protection solutions worldwide.
Resurrect Bio, a UK-based biotechnology startup seeking to revolutionize the agricultural industry, announced the successful completion of a seed investment round amounting to £1.61M to develop disease-resistant crops. The investment […]
CF Industries (NYSE: CF), one of the world’s largest nitrogen fertilizer manufacturers, has announced a new collaboration with CHS Inc., America’s top agribusiness cooperative. The two companies plan to reduce […]
Through its Industrial Solutions business, Dow (NYSE: DOW) has launched an online tool, DOW™ Crop Solver, designed to expedite agricultural formulation development. The tool, optimized for desktop and mobile use, […]
Nutrition Technologies, an innovative insect sector company, announced its new bioactive organic fertilizer, Diptia™, on May 5, 2023. Diptia™ is designed and formulated to combat fungal plant diseases and protect […]
As the negative impacts of chemical pesticides on the environment and human health are well established, European policies are struggling to meet the goal of reducing chemical pesticide use by […]
Orkin, a leading pest control service and protection provider, has recently announced the creation of the Orkin Professorship in Urban Entomology at the University of Georgia. The endowment was established […]
Syngenta Crop Protection and Biotalys have announced a new collaboration to research, develop and commercialize innovative biocontrol solutions to manage pests in various crops. The solution will be based on […]
CJB Applied Technologies, a contract chemical development company, recently welcomed Dr. Brian Sook as their new Senior Formulation Chemist. With a wealth of experience in the industry, Dr. Sook joins […]
The discovery of airborne sounds emitted by stressed plants represents a significant breakthrough in our understanding of plant behavior. The ability to record and classify these sounds provides new insights […]
In 2006, Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering RNA interference (RNAi), the process of turning off specific cell genes. […]
An international project addressing invasive pests has received further funding to help implement monitoring tools for smallholders in India. For example, the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is known to cause […]
A second fundraising round by BioGenerator garnered $2 million for Agragene, Inc., a sustainable agricultural technology firm creating cutting-edge biological crop pest control technologies. In this fundraising round, OAS, the […]
On March 15th, 2023, Representatives Jimmy Panetta and Jim Baird reintroduced the Plant Biostimulant Act, establishing a more consistent process for approving commercial plant biostimulant use and requiring further federal […]
The partnership between Grace Breeding and Evolva is a significant step towards sustainable agriculture. With the collaboration of these two companies, farmers will have access to a revolutionary bio-fertilizer that […]
Samsara Inc., a leading Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, has announced that its Connected Operations™ Cloud has been selected by Nutrien Ag Solutions, the world’s largest provider of agriculture […]
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