Health Canada Approves Innovotech Application For AgressTM Field Testing

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals
Article Date: 08 Jun 2009 - 7:00 PDT

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The Pest Management Regulatory Agency of Health Canada has granted Innovotech (TSV VENTURE:IOT) a Research Authorization for large-scale field trials for the 2009 season to test its novel seed treatment, AgressTM. This Research Authorization provides growers with an opportunity to assess the real-world ability of AgressTM to fight bacterial disease and its ease of use. In conjunction with cooperating growers, dry beans treated with AgressTM have been planted on farms in Alberta.

"These large-scale field trials give us an opportunity to test AgressTM on a commercial scale that would be used by a grower," says Damian Sowa, Product Manager, Innovotech. "We will also use the trials to validate our small plot results that showed AgressTM to be a superior and long sought replacement for Streptomycin in bacterial infestations of beans."

Research is currently underway to expand the applications of AgressTM to include the major crops in North America and additional disease classes.

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Innovotech Inc