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Active ingredients from Bayer are protecting agricultural products

Strategies for healthy harvests

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Keeping an eye on the tiny enemy: Dr. Thomas Bretschneider (left) and Dr. Ralf Nauen view macroscopic images of whiteflies. The hungry pests pose a global threat to the agricultural industry.

Fruit and vegetable farmers everywhere are facing a growing problem: pests and harmful fungi have skyrocketed in number in some regions and many of them have developed resistances to conventional protection agents. Whiteflies, spider mites and late blight are causing billions of dollars in damage to harvests around the globe. Yet the world’s burgeoning population requires basic foodstuffs as well as fare rich in vitamins and minerals.

Effective against pests and nontoxic to beneficial organisms
Crop protection agents that effectively combat these kinds of agricultural pests must also be nontoxic to humans, the environment and beneficial organisms. Researchers at Bayer CropScience are now coming to farmers’ aid with a clever combination of chemical and biological methods. Read about the new active ingredients and strategies the experts are developing to safeguard harvests worldwide.