AgraQuest Hires Pacific Northwest Regional Sales Manager.DAVIS Davis, city (1990 pop. 46,209), Yolo co., central Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1917. It is an education center with light industry; machinery, processed foods, and computer equipment are produced. The extensive Univ. , Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--April 13, 1999-- AgraQuest is pleased to announce the hiring of Jeffrey Perrotti as Pacific Northwest regional sales manager. In anticipation of registration and sales of Serenade serenade [Ital. sera=evening], term used to designate several types of musical composition. Opera and song literature yield numerous examples of the serenade sung or played by a lover at night beneath his beloved's window; outstanding is (tm), AgraQuest's new proprietary biological fungicide fungicide (fŭn`jəsīd', fŭng`gə–), any substance used to destroy fungi. Some fungi are extremely damaging to crops (see diseases of plants), and others cause diseases in humans and other animals (see fungal infection). , AgraQuest is hiring sales staff in key growing regions for specialty crops such as apples, pears, grapes and vegetables. Perrotti came to AgraQuest from Cascade Ag Services, where he was wholesale manager, Pacific Northwest. Before Cascade, he was branch manager, Helena Chemical Co. for 10 years. Before becoming branch manager, he was sales representative, having established a Northwest presence for Helena. Perrotti has a B.S. in horticulture nursery management from Washington State University Washington State University, at Pullman; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1890, opened 1892 as an agriculture college. From 1905 to 1959 it was the State College of Washington. , Pullman. AgraQuest discovered Serenade through its targeted,proprietary screening system, less than a year after the 1995 founding of the company. Since then, the company moved the product through the commercial development process in unprecedented record time. In over 200 field trials in 1998 and 1999 using commercial conditions and equipment, Serenade showed comparable or improved efficacy over current fungicide standards against a range of important vine, fruit and vegetable diseases, such as bacterial blights, scab, powdery pow·der·y adj. 1. Composed of or similar to powder. 2. Dusted or covered with or as if with powder. 3. Easily made into powder; friable. Adj. 1. mildews and Botrytis Botrytis a common fungal cause of spoilage in stored meat. bunch rot/gray mold. Over $1 billion are spent annually to control these diseases worldwide. "We are pleased that AgraQuest has attracted such a qualified individual for this key position," said Kurt Schwartau, AgraQuest's vice president of sales and marketing. AgraQuest discovers, develops and markets effective, environmentally friendly and safe natural products for farm, home and public health pest management. AgraQuest is backed by several influential growers and agribusinesses and internationally recognized venture capital organizations. Besides its biofungicide Serenade, AgraQuest has a full pipeline of other bioinsecticide and biofungicide product candidates for agriculture. The company is also marketing LAGINEX(R), an effective and environmentally friendly product for controlling mosquito larvae Larvae, in Roman religion Larvae: see lemures. in water. |
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