CropsNIAB's Aoife O'Driscoll and Harper Adams' Tom Pope say biofungicides, breeding, field blends, spore-trap tools and sprayable RNAi could reduce reliance on chemicals, but efficacy data and regulation are still hurdles.
FruitsThe plant-derived product triggers grapevines' own defences against Botrytis, leaves no residue and needs no pre-harvest interval; it goes on sale from October 2026.
CropsAscribe Bio's Phytalix switches on the plant's own defences rather than poisoning the fungus, giving growers a new rotation option against resistant diseases; efficacy data are company-reported.
Embrapa researchers isolated 14 strains of five Trichoderma species from native scrub and irrigated melon fields in Bahia and Piauí; strains from farmed soil kept growing at 35 °C, outcompeted Rhizoctonia and Macrophomina head-on and cut other pathogens' growth by more than 70% with volatile compoun
A binding supply and distribution agreement converts the November 2025 MoU: Syngenta will sell Amoéba's AXP20, a lysate of Willaertia magna C2c Maky, for all cereals except maize across the EU-27, UK, Ukraine and Switzerland, with first registrations expected in Q3 2028 and spring 2029 use; septoria
