Eden Research product Cedroz™ granted temporary approval in Greece

Eden Research plc (AIM: EDEN), a leader in sustainable biopesticide and biocontrol technology, announced that Cedroz™ has been granted, according to Reg. EU/1107/2009, a temporary approval in Greece for use on potatoes against wireworms for the 2024 growing season.

Cedroz, whose distributor in Greece is Eastman Chemical; Eden's commercial partner in a number of countries, will now be permitted for use on potatoes against wireworms.

Wireworms are the larvae of click beetles which cause damage to potatoes by forming a mass of holes and mini-tunnels on the vegetables. This pest is becoming increasingly problematic in many crops and regions, and farmers have very few options (most of them based on synthetic insecticides) to minimise its negative impact on the harvest.

The Wireworm-infected area of potatoes grown in Greece alone is around 5,000 to 6,000 hectares, meaning that there is a sizeable, commercial opportunity for Cedroz beyond its consolidated uses as a post-planting nematicide in horticultural crops.

Sean Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Eden Research, commented:

"The granting of this temporary approval indicates that there are no other commercially available, viable alternatives to Cedroz for this particular use.

We have seen in previous trials, and even under a previously granted temporary approval in Italy on wireworms, that the product works well and, as such, we are confident that there is a strong business case for this use."