Idemitsu Kosan's Microbial Pesticide Boto-Pika Now Indicated for Gray Mold and Powdery Mildew of Vegetables.Tokyo, Japan, Mar 15, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Idemitsu Kosan recently announced that it had obtained additional approval for Boto-Pika Water-dispersible Powder, the company's proprietary microbial microbial pertaining to or emanating from a microbe. microbial digestion the breakdown of organic material, especially feedstuffs, by microbial organisms. pesticide, as of March 8. With this approval, the pesticide is now indicated for 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. mildew mildew, name for certain fungi and protists, for the diseases they cause in various crops, and for the discoloration (and sometimes the weakening and disintegration) they cause in such materials as leather, fabrics, and paper. on 219 kinds of vegetables and gray mold that affects strawberries and green peppers specfically. Idemitsu Kosan aims to increase sales of the pesticide, which was originally released in September 2005, from an estimated 50 million yen (US $423,000) in fiscal 2005 to 200 million yen (US $1.7 million) in fiscal 2008. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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