Phyllom BioProducts, Vestaron announce extension of partnership

OAKLAND, CA and KALAMAZOO, MI – Phyllom BioProducts Corp. (Phyllom), and Vestaron, Corp. have announced they will extend their research collaboration first announced in August 2014.

Phyllom and Vestaron separately launched EPA registered products onto the market. The companies expect that biopesticides derived from the collaboration will demonstrate performance advantages such as improved crop/plant/animal health and the control of difficult and resistant pests or disease vectors. In addition, the companies believe that customers will find that crops are easier to manage because of new products with shorter pre-harvest and worker re-entry intervals, application flexibility, worker safety and other potential benefits.

Phyllom’s natural protein is derived from a microbe naturally found in soils and on plants around the world called Bacillus thuringiensis (BT). Phyllom harnessed the power of a patented strain called BT galleriae with a patented natural Cry protein that is effective against beetles, weevils and borers, including the difficult to control adult stage.

Vestaron’s technologies are based on powerful peptides derived from non-toxic components of the venoms of several different species. Vestaron’s products work differently from Phyllom’s proteins, and the two may exhibit synergistic interactions with each other.

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