By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday April 26, 2023

Apr 26, 2023 | 2:35 PM

Syngenta has entered into a strategic partnership with a biologicals company to research, develop, and commercialize new biocontrol solutions to manage key pests in a variety of crops.

It will be based on Biotalys’ AGROBODY technology and will offer a new mode of action to broaden farmers’ access to novel technologies that counter the threat of pest resistance.

Camilla Corsi, head of Crop Protection Research at Syngenta, said this will combine research and development capabilities with the protein-based innovations of the AGROBODY platform.

“We are determined to play a pivotal role in addressing critical farmer needs around the globe,” she said.

Corsi said with resistance development and increasing regulatory and environmental pressures, growers are eager to explore biological solutions that limit the impact on the environment and biodiversity.

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Ontario pepper growers will have a new weapon in their arsenal to control strains of Anthracnose in their fields this year.

ADAMA Canada has obtained an emergency registration for Captan 80 WSP, a fungicide proven effective in managing the fungal disease including the new Colletotrichum Scovilei strain.

ADAMA Canada Area Business Manager Drew Thompson said Anthracnose can devastate a pepper crop and the new strain has proven to be even more aggressive.

“We’re pleased to see the emergency registration granted in time for the 2023 crop year,” he said.

According to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Colletotrichum Scovilei strain is particularly worrisome because it led to more than 80 per cent of fruit in infected fields showing at least one lesion by late August.

ADAMA Canada asked the Pest Management Regulatory Agency for permission to register Captan as an emergency use. This is an extension from 2022 for the same product.

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The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) has selected its new officers and directors.

Mike Dungate was elected as President, Julie Dickson Olmstead as Vice President, and Darlene McBain as Secretary-Treasurer, bringing their extensive experience in the agri-food sector to the CCFI’s leadership team.

In addition to the newly elected officers, three directors were re-elected, including Jean-Marc Ruest, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and General Counsel of Richardson International, Darlene McBain, Director of Industry Relations at Farm Credit Canada, and Adele Buettner, Founder and President of AgriBiz Communications.

The board of directors as welcomed Michael Graydon, CEO of Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada (FHCP), as a new director

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