b"I N D U S T R Y N E W S Delivering the news you need to know. Submissions welcomeemail us at news@seedworldgroup.com. duces key active ingredients for the crop protection industry, including Prothioconazole, an important fun-gicide which protects Brazil's soybean crops against Asian Soybean Rust. This plant will improve ADAMA's ability to supply Prothioconazole-based products using our in-house capabilities. This additional capac-ity will support the launch of several new products to the Brazilian market within the next five years.Solynta Signs Agreement to Develop True Potato Seeds for KenyaDutch company Solynta has signed an agreement with FreshCrop Limited, Kenyas largest producer of seed tuber, to collaborate on the development of hybrid true potatoes for Kenya, a news release said. The release noted the partnership aims to put an end to the shortage of clean starting material in the region, allowing farmers to benefit from access to disease-A new study backed by Fundao de Amparo free seed tubers. With seed tubers grown from Pesquisa do Estado de So Paulo (FAPESP) andSolyntas non-GMO breeding technology, farmers can published in ISME Journal discovered 522 genomesgrow potatoes with specific beneficial traits and opti-mize their yield considerably, with limited risk.of archaea ISME Journal and bacteria linked to the roots and soil of two Brazilian plant speciesNew Partnership to Offer Pheromone-Based found in the montane savanna ecoregion. HundredsBiological Crop Protection SolutionsBayer and French company M2i Group have of microorganisms were identified, proving theannounced a partnership to provide pheromone-ecoregion to be a biodiversity hotspot, as well asbased biological crop protection products to fruit the potential of a multitude of unclassified andand vegetable growers across the globe. Under the agreement, Bayer will act as the exclusive distributor undescribed new organisms. This discovery couldof specific M2i products that target lepidoptera pests act as the foundation for biological substitutein crops including stone and pome fruits, tomatoes development of chemical fertilizers utilized byand grapes, according to a release. M2i Group has expertise in the development, formulation and manu-farmers, specifically those with phosphorus. facturing of complex molecules. Bayer plans to inte-grate a variety of M2is pheromone products, such as Carbon Emissions from Fertilizers Could beits press application technology, within a complemen-Reduced by as Much as 80% By 2050 tary system composed of digitally enabled solutions Researchers have calculated the carbon footprint forthat encompass pest monitoring tools to offer grow-the full life cycle of fertilizers, which are responsible forers insights into pest pressures and application time-approximately 5% of total greenhouse gas emissionslines, in addition to synthetic and biological products and found that carbon emissions could be reducedgeared towards grower needs.to one-fifth of current levels by 2050. The research-ers, from the University of Cambridge, found that twoCorteva Makes Another Biologicals Acquisition thirds of emissions from fertilizers take place afterthis Yearthey are spread on fields, with one third of emissionsCorteva announced the signing of a definitive agree-coming from production processes. ment to acquire Stoller Group, Inc., one of the largest independent biologicals businesses in the industry. BUSINESS NEWS Houston-based Stoller boasts a forecasted revenue ADAMA Opens New Multi-Purpose Plant infor 2022 of $400 million with operations and sales in Brazilover 60 countries. Corteva believes the acquisition will ADAMA announced the opening of a new multi-pur- bring immediate scale and profitability, according to a pose plant (MPP) in Taquari, Brazil. The new plant pro- release.36/ SEEDWORLD.COMLATAM"