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    Brazil's Embrapa company launches Acera, a new biological pesticide for preventing and controlling Spodoptera frugiperda

    • Last Update: 2021-05-07
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    World Agrochemical Network Chinese website reported: Recently, Embrapa Company of Brazil has developed a new foodmate.
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    The product will be commercialized by Ballagro Agro Technology.
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    Bacillus thuringiensis is a bacterium that produces specific proteins that kill pests, but is harmless to humans and other vertebrates.
    Unlike chemical pesticides, Acera is harmless to the environment.
    The product needs to be sprayed on the leaves to be effective.
    When the caterpillars feed on the leaves, it will be affected by the effect of this protein.
     
    Embrapa researcher Valicente said that the biggest advantage of this Bt-based biological product is that it neither affects the environment nor harms the user population.
    In addition, it will not kill natural enemies of pests or pollute rivers and springs, thus contributing to sustainable development.
    Acera is registered to control the larvae of Spodoptera frugiperda and Spodoptera frugiperda in soybeans, corn, cotton and other crops.
    The two Bt strain isolates used as raw materials for bio-products come from the corn and sorghum of Embrapa.
     
    Valicente said: "Every year, due to many complex problems, people find that the resistance of the main pests that genetically modified varieties can prevent and control has increased.
    Therefore, in order to reduce losses in agricultural production, chemical control has also been used on genetically modified crops.
    All of these will cause serious damage to the economy, society and the environment.
    By combining two different and complementary Bt bacterial strains together, Acera has the effect of preventing caterpillars from developing resistance to the product.
     
    In view of the above reasons, Valicente believes that the use of new microbial insecticides is an important alternative method for controlling soybean looper and Spodoptera frugiperda on the main affected corn, soybean and cotton crops.
    And biological pesticides are also beneficial to the sustainability of crops.
    Compared with chemical pesticides, due to the biological specificity of biological pesticides, they only attack target pests and promote the balance of biodiversity to a higher level, while the natural enemies of chemical pesticides remain in the field.
     
      Ballagro is a Brazilian company that has been developing biological control technology for agriculture since 2004.
    The company’s product and marketing manager Lecio Kaneko said: “We are committed to innovation and technological research and have developed biological control technologies to manage the growth of pests and diseases.
    In addition, Brazil’s growing demand for sustainable management tools will promote this product.
    Gain a good reputation in the domestic market.
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      Lecio Kaneko recalled that the partnership with Embrapa began in 2014, with the goal of developing a biopesticide to control pests such as Spodoptera frugiperda and Helicoverpa armigera (Helicoverpa armigera).
    The two parties jointly developed Acera, and they expect that the product may be used for the control of more other harmful insects in the future.
     
      Kaneko attributed the high efficiency of biological products to the diversity of Cry and VIP proteins produced for these newly isolated strains, as well as the fermentation and formulation technology developed specifically for Acera.
     
      Frederico Ozanan Machado Durées, head of Corn and Sorghum at Embrapa, pointed out that the current situation of Emrapa and the prospects for new biological inputs are very impressive.
    The company has been committed to research, development and innovation for decades, focusing on the classification and utilization of useful microorganisms to alleviate the environmental stress of cultivated plants, including pest control, phosphorus and potassium solubilizers and nitrogen fixers.
     
      He also said that the product is also one of Embrapa’s innovative challenges, namely to increase the participation of biological inputs to control harmful insects, promote growth, supply nutrients, replace antibiotics, and other applications in conventional production systems or ecological-based production systems.
    Agricultural industrial applications.
     
      Researchers are currently studying the feasibility of using Acera through drones.
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      Bacillus thuringiensis is a bacterium that produces specific proteins that kill pests, but is harmless to humans and other vertebrates.
    Unlike chemical pesticides, Acera is harmless to the environment.
    The product needs to be sprayed on the leaves to be effective.
    When the caterpillars feed on the leaves, it will be affected by the effect of this protein.
     
      Embrapa researcher Valicente said that the biggest advantage of this Bt-based biological product is that it neither affects the environment nor harms the user population.
    In addition, it will not kill natural enemies of pests or pollute rivers and springs, thus contributing to sustainable development.
    Acera is registered to control the larvae of Spodoptera frugiperda and Spodoptera frugiperda in soybeans, corn, cotton and other crops.
    The two Bt strain isolates used as raw materials for bio-products come from the corn and sorghum of Embrapa.
     
      Valicente said: "Every year, due to many complex problems, people find that the resistance of the main pests that genetically modified varieties can prevent and control has increased.
    Therefore, in order to reduce losses in agricultural production, chemical control has also been used on genetically modified crops.
    All of these will cause serious damage to the economy, society and the environment.
    By combining two different and complementary Bt bacterial strains together, Acera has the effect of preventing caterpillars from developing resistance to the product.
     
      In view of the above reasons, Valicente believes that the use of new microbial insecticides is an important alternative method for controlling soybean looper and Spodoptera frugiperda on the main affected corn, soybean and cotton crops.
    And biological pesticides are also beneficial to the sustainability of crops.
    Compared with chemical pesticides, due to the biological specificity of biological pesticides, they only attack target pests and promote the balance of biodiversity to a higher level, while the natural enemies of chemical pesticides remain in the field.
     
      Ballagro is a Brazilian company that has been developing biological control technology for agriculture since 2004.
    The company’s product and marketing manager Lecio Kaneko said: “We are committed to innovation and technological research and have developed biological control technologies to manage the growth of pests and diseases.
    In addition, Brazil’s growing demand for sustainable management tools will promote this product.
    Gain a good reputation in the domestic market.
    "
     
      Lecio Kaneko recalled that the partnership with Embrapa began in 2014, with the goal of developing a biopesticide to control pests such as Spodoptera frugiperda and Helicoverpa armigera (Helicoverpa armigera).
    The two parties jointly developed Acera, and they expect that the product may be used for the control of more other harmful insects in the future.
     
      Kaneko attributed the high efficiency of biological products to the diversity of Cry and VIP proteins produced for these newly isolated strains, as well as the fermentation and formulation technology developed specifically for Acera.
     
      Frederico Ozanan Machado Durées, head of Corn and Sorghum at Embrapa, pointed out that the current situation of Emrapa and the prospects for new biological inputs are very impressive.
    The company has been committed to research, development and innovation for decades, focusing on the classification and utilization of useful microorganisms to alleviate the environmental stress of cultivated plants, including pest control, phosphorus and potassium solubilizers and nitrogen fixers.
     
      He also said that the product is also one of Embrapa’s innovative challenges, namely to increase the participation of biological inputs to control harmful insects, promote growth, supply nutrients, replace antibiotics, and other applications in conventional production systems or ecological-based production systems.
    Agricultural industrial applications.
     
      Researchers are currently studying the feasibility of using Acera through drones.
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