Engage Agro USA Launching Bio-Fungicide

Engage Agro USA, LLC announced that it has reached a long term agreement with Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. to be the exclusive marketer of Regalia® PTO*(Professional Turf & Ornamental), an extremely effective bio-fungicide.

"We are very excited to be launching Regalia® PTO this spring and the trust Marrone Bio Innovations has placed in us. Regalia® PTO fits well with our strategy to bring new proprietary solutions to the marketplace." said Trevor Thorley, President of Engage Agro USA, LLC. Marrone Bio Innovations also announced the agreement in a separate press release.

Regalia® PTO is an advanced bio-fungicide that triggers a plant's natural defenses to inhibit a broad spectrum of damaging fungal and bacterial diseases including Dollar Spot on turf and Powdery and Downy Mildew on ornamentals. Regalia® PTO can be used alone or in combination with most commercially available fungicides and is proven to make protection programs better by enhancing plant growth and improving turf and ornamental quality.

Featuring multi-site activity with a new mode of action, Regalia® PTO offers professionals an excellent tool to manage disease and delay the development of resistance to other fungicides. In 2012, the Fungicide Resistance Action Committee's (FRAC) created a new code, designed as P5, for Regalia® PTO's active ingedient, Reynoutria sachalinensis, which features a unique Induced Systemic Resistance (ISR) mode of action. Regalia® PTO is OMRI certified and can be used in organic production.