Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 8/10/22


Just as the chemical era of crop protection began in the 20th Century at the end of World War II in the mid-1940s, many see the 21st Century as the biological era of crop protection. Biological insecticides, herbicides and fungicides are still in their infancy, but many companies are banking on the technology to be the driving force of crop protection in the decades to come. Agbiome, a privately held ag biotechnology company based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., is recognized as a leader in the burgeoning biologicals market.

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