Cardia subsid signs global moth control deal
Wednesday, 16 July, 2003
Cardia subsidiary Bioglobal has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Cotton Growers Services, a joint venture company owned by Bayer CropScience and Syngenta, for a product to control the Heliothis moth.
The exclusive agreement centres on Bioglobal's product Bio-Attract-Heli, which uses an attractant combined with a moth feeding stimulant and carrier mixed with insecticide. The product target female moths, preventing them from maturing and laying eggs, and is the only insecticide to target the adult moth. The product is applied to one row in 50, reducing the amount of insecticide used by up to 98 per cent.
About AUD$80 million is spent each year in Australia on control of the Heliothis moth in cotton crops, and the worldwide market is estimated to be close to AUD$720 million. Bioglobal plans to trial the product in the US market subject to approval by the US Department of Agriculture.
Under terms of the agreement, CGS will market and distribute the co-branded product in Australia. Bioglobal expects its first orders next month. The two companies will also work together to develop new products.
The agreement is similar to one set up with Bayer to market and distribute Bioglobal's LuciTrap technology for sheep blowflies last year.
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