Horti Daily | Article Link | August 7, 2018
Biorational crop protection products offer major benefits in terms of resistance management and can be used effectively in programmes with other products.
To maintain the life of plant protection products and avoid resistance developing, pest and disease control products should be rotated. In fact t [...]
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Resistance and Rotation – the Value o...
Horti Daily | Article Link | August 7, 2018
Biorational crop protection products offer major benefits in terms of resistance management and can be used effectively in programmes with other products.
To maintain the life of plant protection products and avoid resistance developing, pest and disease control products should be rotated. In fact t [...]
What Growers Need to Know About Biope...
Growing Produce | Article Link | August 6, 2018
Similar to contact fungicides like copper and chlorothalonil, most biopesticides, when deposited on the upper surface of leaves, cannot move through them to the lower surface, where infection can occur, like translaminar and systemic fungicides can. Drop nozzles allow you to reach below the lea [...]
Marrone Bio Innovations Appoints Larg...
Company Forms Advisory Council to Advise the Board and Management’s Strategic Vision for the Company
August 02, 2018, Davis, Calif. — Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI) (NASDAQ: MBII), a leading provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, today announce [...]
A Grower’s Perspective: Why I Use Bio...
Growing Produce | Article Link | By Carlos A. Lazcano | July 26, 2018
We have been testing biostimulant materials for more than 14 years at J&D Produce, Inc., mainly to improve nutrient uptake in high pH soils. During this period and through several trials, we have identified a wide range of responses to build protocols that help under d [...]
Organic pesticides OK’d for Californi...
Sustainable Food News | July 26, 2018 | Article Link
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI), a manufacturer of certified-organic and natural pest management products for crops, said Wednesday its Grandevo CG and Regalia CG biopesticides have received label approval from California regulators, allowing them to be used on cannabis crops in the sta [...]
Grandevo CG and Regalia CG Approved b...
Innovative Tools for a New Era: Grandevo® CG and Regalia® CG Are Effective Tools for Controlling Economically Damaging Mites, Insect Pests and Plant Diseases and Boosting Yields and Quality for Cannabis
DAVIS, Calif., July 24, 2018 – Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBII) (MBI), a leading provider of bio-based pest management an [...]
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. to Pres...
DAVIS, Calif., July 24, 2018 – Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (the “Company” or “MBI”) (NASDAQ: MBII), a leading provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, today announced that management is scheduled to present at the Jefferies 2018 Global Industrials C [...]
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. to Pres...
DAVIS, Calif., July 24, 2018 – Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (the “Company” or “MBI”) (NASDAQ: MBII), a leading provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, today announced that management is scheduled to present at the Jefferies 2018 Global Industrials C [...]
How to Trial Biocontrols on Your Farm
Growing Produce | Article Link | By Carol Miller
Grimmway Farms field of carrots
Southern California-based Grimmway Farms is committed to being a leading supplier of organic produce. With that, biocontrols has become a large part of what the operation’s production plan. Finding the right products though takes time. Photo courtesy of Grimmw [...]
You Care Where Your Food Comes From. ...
Modern Farmer By Cascade Creatives / shutterstock.com / Article Link
Cannabis can be a destructive crop, with few who purchase it understanding its toll on the environment. One group is seeking to change that.
With it’s increasing legality across the United States, cannabis is going through growing pains.
Because it was illegal for so [...]
Marrone Bio Innovations to Host Virtu...
DAVIS, Calif., July 12, 2018 – Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (the “Company” or “MBI”) (NASDAQ: MBII), a leading provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, today announced that it will host a virtual roadshow webinar on July 26, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific [...]
Unlocking Growth in a Competitive Env...
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NEW YORK — Consumers weren’t necessarily clamoring for organic yogurt in 1983, the year Gary Hirshberg and Samuel Kaymen founded Stonyfield. Back then, Mr. Hirshberg recalled, “many people thought we were crazy and organic just meant you had to chew more.”
Today, Stonyfield is the leading organic yogurt brand, with $370 mil [...]
A Conversation with Pam Marrone
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | June 2018 | Article Link
INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: What personal and professional drivers compelled you to start Marrone Bio Innovations in 2006?
PAM MARRONE: After a series of unfortunate events, including 9/11, and a number of events that prevented me from getting the AgraQuest IPO done, I left AgraQuest and needed [...]
A Conversation with Pam Marrone
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | June 2018 | Article Link
INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: What personal and professional drivers compelled you to start Marrone Bio Innovations in 2006?
PAM MARRONE: After a series of unfortunate events, including 9/11, and a number of events that prevented me from getting the AgraQuest IPO done, I left AgraQuest and needed [...]
Grandevo CG and Venerate CG for Pest ...
Grandevo® CG and Venerate® CG Are Effective Tools for Controlling Economically Damaging Mites and Insect Pests
DAVIS, Calif., June 28, 2018 – Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBII) (MBI), a leading provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, is pl [...]
A Fresh Agenda Podcast: Pam Marrone, ...
Hosted by Christine Mendoza, 06/26/18
Pam Marrone is CEO of Marrone Bio Innovations of Davis, CA. Her company develops bio-friendly pesticides and pioneers new methods of organic growing and production. She is also a strong visionary leader who is also very team-focused. In our conversation she describes her start, the rough patches and the [...]
7 Reasons Conventional Farmers Consid...
Future of Agriculture | Hosted by Tim Hammerich | 06/22/18
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Part of the “Sustainability at Scale” Series sponsored by Marrone Bio Innovations
A big part of farming is managing pests. That management could involve chemical pesticides, integrated pest management, biopesticides, or other methods. What cannot be ignored [...]
Marrone Bio Innovations Joins the Rus...
DAVIS, Calif., June 25, 2018 – Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBII) (MBI), a leading provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, today announced that the company’s common stock was added to the Russell 2000 Index after the market closed on June 2 [...]
Using Biological Control for Invasive...
Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine. | 06/21/18 | By Seth Donrovich
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Since their introduction to North America in the mid-1980s, invasive zebra and quagga (dreissenid) mussels have been ravaging their newly adopted ecosystems. Dreissenid mussels have a high fecundity and ability to readily disperse due to their uniqu [...]
9 Tips for Succeeding as a Woman in a...
Entrepreneur Magazine | Pam Marrone | July 18, 2018
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Thirty years ago, when I was beginning my career, women were still something of an anomaly in corporate America, eyed suspiciously and often expected to quit imminently for domestic alternatives. Today, women are almost 47 percent of the workforce. But in many ways, in many indu [...]
Marrone Bio Innovations Co-Sponsors “...
Cannabis Growing Competition to Judge Colorado-based Growers on the Terpene Content, Yield and Potency of Plant
DAVIS, Calif., June 19, 2018 – Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBII) (MBI), a leading provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, is pl [...]
Podcast: Future of Agriculture 104: F...
Dr. Pamela Marrone is the founder and CEO of Marrone Bio Innovations, a company dedicated to finding practical, sustainable pest management solutions that are safe for people as well as the environment. She is also the founding Chair and former board member of the Biopesticides Industry Alliance, a cluster of over a hundred biopesticide and [...]
Eco threats stressing out bumblebee q...
Sustainable Food News | June 13, 2018
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Environmental threats are piling onto the stress faced by nest-building bumblebee queens, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside.
Unlike honeybees, which are perennial, bumblebee colonies arise each year from the work of a single queen to establis [...]
Biologicals Effective, Sustainable, a...
Western Growers | May/June, 2018 | Tim Linden
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Pam Marrone, a pioneer and leader in the bio-pesticide world, looks forward to the day when the majority of growers use biologicals because of their efficacies, not just because they offer other advantages.
She freely admits that biologicals are most often used today to stay below max [...]
New Biofungicide Fights White Mold
AgPro | Sonja Begemann | June 13, 2018
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Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. is introducing a new tool to help farmers fight pests in a variety of crops. The biological fungicide, Amplitude, is approved for the 2018 season and uses the same active ingredient as Stargus, another product from Marrone Bio.
Amplitude uses a strain of Bacillu [...]
