Biopesticide ACTINOVATE from FuturEco Bioscience receives EU approval

The active ingredient of the biopesticide ACTINOVATE (Streptomyces lydicus strain WYEC 108) from FuturEco Bioscience has been authorized by the European Union. The Implementing Regulation (EU No. 917/2014) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and will enter into force in September.

 

The applications of Streptomyces lydicus strain WYEC 108 that have been approved include control of soil diseases caused by seed and soil borne fungi such as Fusarium, Pythium, Rhizoctonia and Phytophthora in vegetables, seed coating, turf grass and ornamental crops.

 

Inclusion in the European list of plant protection substances, not only give the possibility to register ACTINOVATE for biological control of fungal diseases in agricultural crops in European countries, but also recognizes the efficacy and safety of the product for the food chain and the biodiversity of the environments in which it’s applied. "This approval allows us to be able to put ACTINOVATE on the market in the short term known to be effective, in all countries of the European Union. It is a milestone that confirms the vocation of leadership in the supply of low-risk plant protection products as biopesticides, where Futureco Bioscience is firmly committed” said José Manuel Lara, Director of Regulatory Affairs of Futureco Bioscience. 

 

Futureco Bioscience is positioned as the Spanish company with more microbial active substances authorized at European level and the SME that has obtained more authorizations in an independent way.