Development and Commercialization of Fungicides and Bactericides for

Horticultural Crops

Improving and Integrating Disease Management for Pulse Crops

Damian A. Sowa, M.Sc.Commercial Director

The ProblemLack of Effective & Available Bactericides Grower identified need Bacterial diseases are rampant in pulse &

horticultural crops Bacterial bean blight, tomato canker, etc Very few available solutions

Streptomycin to be removed from market Copper products ineffective Resistance forming in fungi & bacteria

Innovotech’s ProposalAgressTM

All-in-one bactericide & fungicide for horticultural crops Reduce spray times & amounts Integrated solution

Pulse crop pest management integration Genetics, seed treatment & spray Spray same as seed treatment Multiple targets for bacteria & fungi

The Green BulletTM

Activated silver compound Broad spectrum bacteria & fungi control Low-resistance formation potential Inexpensive Environmentally friendly

Potential organic pesticide Very low use rates Decomposition products naturally occurring Safe to crops up to 100x use rate

Development of Agress™

Support from pulse grower groups (AB, Sask, Canada)

Support from AAFC, AARD Trials being conducted across Canada by

partners University, AAFC, AARD, private growers

Bean Blight Seed Treatment

Naturally infested bean seed.

Untreated (left) Agress™ treated (right).

Brown discoloration and wilt due to bacterial blight disease

Bean Blight Seed Treatment

AGRESS Untreated

Naturally infested bean seed.

Agress™ treated (left), untreated (right)

Reduced emergence due to bacterial blight disease

Bean Blight Foliar Spray

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Bean plants inoculated with foliar bean blight

Agress™ treated (top), untreated (bottom)

Integrated Pest Management Test blight-resistant seeds, seed treatments &

blight-control sprays Use control test groups, different seed

treatments & sprays

GM – ST – Spray Susc – ST – Spray GM – ST Susc – ST GM – Spray Susc – Spray GM Susc

Tomato Bacterial Diseases

Untreated Water Parasol Agress

Agress is an effective post-infection treatment of tomato canker, bacterial spot, and bacterial speck.

Water Agress

Tomato Canker

Tomato Spot

Tomato Botrytis

Agress is an effective post-infection treatment of botrytis on tomato

Agress treated (top) untreated (bottom)

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Tomato Seed Treatment

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Water Agress (0.1%) Silver P (0.1%) Parasol WP

Agress eradicated 100% of diseases found on naturally infested tomato seeds compared to water.

2010 Research Targets Potato seed treatment & foliar spray

Late blight, fusarium dry rot, silver scurf

Grape foliar spray Botrytis

Brocolli Downy mildew, alternaria

Pulses Ascochyta, White mold

Conclusion

AgressTM occupies a unique, broad role in agriculture industry

Will be brought before PMRA/EPA in late 2010 Need to maximize reach of product