by Chantal Allam, NCBiotech writer February 3, 2021 .
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Novozymes, the world’s largest industrial biotechnology company with U.S. headquarters in North Carolina, is branching out into “pest control agritechnology.”
The Danish company, which maintains a campus in Franklinton and an R&D facility in the Triangle, says it is pioneering a “promising” enzyme-based technology to control major pests in agriculture, expanding beyond its current base of microbial products.
The end result could mean saving billions of dollars in damage each year.
“While early, we see a lot of potential in the enzyme biocontrol technology to complement our current innovation and provide highly efficacious yet sustainable pest-control solutions for farmers globally – making a real impact in addressing the major challenges to chemical pesticide usage,” said Ester Baiget Arnau, Novozymes’ president and CEO.
Novozymes, the world’s largest industrial biotechnology company with U.S. headquarters in North Carolina, is branching out into “pest control agritechnology.”
The Danish company, which maintains a campus in Franklinton and an R&D facility in the Triangle, says it is pioneering a “promising” enzyme-based technology to control major pests in agriculture, expanding beyond its current base of microbial products.
The end result could mean saving billions of dollars in damage each year.
“While early, we see a lot of potential in the enzyme biocontrol technology to complement our current innovation and provide highly efficacious yet sustainable pest-control solutions for farmers globally – making a real impact in addressing the major challenges to chemical pesticide usage,” said Ester Baiget Arnau, Novozymes’ president and CEO.
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FMC Corporation Collaborates with Novozymes to Co-Develop Enzyme Solutions
February 1, 2021 GMT
FMC Corporation Logo. (PRNewsFoto/FMC Corporation)
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC), a leading global agricultural sciences company, has entered into a strategic collaboration with Novozymes, the world leader in biological solutions, to research, co-develop and commercialize biological enzyme-based crop protection solutions for growers around the world.
Collaboration between the two companies will concentrate on enzyme-based biocontrol technology for the global fungicide and insecticide markets under a multi-year global agreement. The partnership will focus on developing solutions for controlling key soybean fungal diseases such as Asian Soybean Rust (ASR), in addition to combination products with FMC’s leading diamide insecticide technology for controlli