It provides effective solutions against Wheat Leaf Rust, Rice Sheath Blight, Soybean Cyst Nematodes, and Fusarium in Maize
LPC Naturals (lpcnaturals.com), a division of Lackawanna Products Corporation, a privately-owned commodity trading company diversified in marketing agricultural commodities, announced that growers and researchers have provided compelling evidence from field trials that their Beauveria bassiana products, SPE-120 and SBb 2.5, can have major beneficial effects against some of the main causes of the world’s crop losses in wheat, rice, maize, and soybean.
We truly believe this is a game changer,” said Dr. Paul Rushton, LPC Naturals’ Chief Scientific Officer. “We are looking not only at a change in the way people grow crops, but also a change in the way people think about growing crops. Using our innovative natural products can bring major benefits against the world’s leading causes of crop diseases and reduce the dependency on chemicals. Results from farmers and growers show that the future of farming is natural rather than chemical.”
Crop pathogens and pests reduce the yield and quality of agricultural production. They cause substantial economic losses and reduce food security at household, national and global levels. Recently, international researchers based in France, the United States, and the Netherlands established the losses by leading pests and pathogens globally in wheat, rice, maize, soybean and potato (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0793-y). The leading causes of crop loss were Wheat Leaf Rust, Rice Sheath Blight and Fusarium in maize, and Soybean Cyst Nematodes. Field trials now indicate that our products can have major beneficial effects against these pests and pathogens.
“The ability of our products to reduce the impact of one of the world’s major diseases in crop plants would in its own right be a significant step forward.” added Nicholas Bianco, Director of Business Development at LPC Naturals. “Reducing the effects of the major diseases in corn, wheat, rice, and soybean is quite staggering. The bonus is that LPC Naturals SPE-120 and SBb 2.5 products can reduce the impact of many diseases, not just the most economically important ones.”
Chief Marketing Officer Christopher J. Lent added “We are hoping to be able to help growers immediately as they start to plant cover crops and winter wheat. We are also developing exciting new products for indoor farming that will be available in 2020.”
