Aug 13, 2024

BioConsortia releases latest bionematicide product results

BioConsortia Inc. has released the latest results of bionematicide field testing that could control nematodes.

BioConsortia, a Davis, California, based agricultural tech company that discovers, designs and licenses advanced microbial products to reduce the ecological impacts of agriculture while ensuring crop productivity, publicized the development during an industry meeting in Brazil.  The company also shared latest yield findings from Brazilian trials of ALWAYS-N seed treatments and conducted meetings with commercial partners.

In a presentation to the participants at the BioControl and BioStimulant – LATAM meeting, Debora Wilk, BioConsortia’s director of plant pathology, released the latest results of SOLVARIX bionematicide testing in Brazil.  Wilk shared the strengths of SOLVARIX bionematicide and its strong fit for the Brazilian market.

“SOLVARIX, in both USA and Brazil, has demonstrated direct control of important nematode pests and increased corn yields 578 kilograms per hectare (8.6 bushels per acre) on average,” Wilk said in a news release.  “The product is highly consistent, delivering increased yields in 91% of all trials, and outperforms leading chemical nematicides in both yield contribution and consistency.”

The Brazilian bionematicide market is growing rapidly, from 160 million Brazilian Reales in 2014 to 1.6 billion Reales in 2021.  The growth reflects the emergence of nematodes as a critical yield-destroying pest in Brazilian agriculture and a lack of sufficient chemical products to meet the pest challenge.

“BioConsortia’s microbial seed treatment products are an excellent fit for nematode challenges impacting key crops in Brazil like corn, soybean, sugarcane, cotton and vegetables,” Marcus Meadows-Smith, the company’s CEO, said in the release.  “Based on a patented strain of spore-forming microbes isolated using our powerful AMS strain discovery system, SOLVARIX is shelf stable for two years and on-seed stable for an additional two years. This eases grower handling and storage of the product and opens a new addressable market among Brazil’s seed companies.”

BioConsortia is pursing registrations and anticipates launching SOLVARIX bionematicide through seed and crop protection partners, initially in Brazil and USA beginning in 2026, with global commercialization to follow.

BioConsortia develops microbial products that protect plants, enhance fertility and increase yields while improving the sustainability of agriculture. Pioneering the use of directed selection within microbial communities, its patented Advanced Microbial Selection process and GenePro genomics and gene-engineering platform enable the company to predict, design and release the natural power of microbes.