28/12/2016
Adoption of Biocontrol Products Around the Globe Continues to Grow
India
India’s biological product segment during the 2014-2015 growing season was about $500 million, with the bulk of that (about $315 million) from biostimulants, said Ketan Mehta, CEO, Ecosense Labs. (India) Pvt. Ltd.
That segment can be further broken down with seaweed extracts, humics, amino acids, chelates accounting for about $230 million and microbials, biological nutrient elicitors, and enhancers accounting for the other about $85 million.
Biocontrol products are about $185 million market in India, Mehta says. Of that, about $20 million comes from plant extracts (neem, pyrethrum, karanjin, garlic and other products). Semiochemicals (pheromones for ag and storage) account for about $15 million. About $115 million is spent on microbials (bacterial, fungus, viruses, etc.). The remainder is attributed to macrobials and products for home/garden usage. India has more than 150 registrants of botanicals and more than 200 registrants of microbials.
India’s Most Popular Biocontrols
Botanicals: Azadirachtin, Pyrethrum, Karanjin, Garlic
Products made with these botanticals help provide control of caterpillars, mites sucking pests and fungal diseases.
Microbials : Trichoderma, Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Beauveria, Metarhizium, Verticillium
Products made with these microbials help provide control of mites, sucking pests, caterpillars and fungal/bacterial diseases.
Semiochemicals : Pheromones are used to help treat Heliothis, Spodoptera, Fruit fly, Yellow/Rice Stem Borer, Tuta absoluta, Pink Bollworm, Indianmeal Moth, Cigarette beetle, Sweet Potato Weevil, and others