MustGrow Joins Industry Consortium "Global Alliance Against TR4" to defeat Banana Fungal Disease Fusarium wilt TR4
MustGrow Biologics has joined the Global Alliance Against TR4, collaborating with major banana industry players such as Bayer, Chiquita, Del Monte, Dole, and Fyffes to combat Fusarium wilt TR4, a fungal disease threatening the $25 billion global banana industry.
MustGrow's mustard-derived biofungicide has shown 100% efficacy in laboratory settings and positive results in field trials, with no damage to banana plants. Under a commercial partnership, Bayer may continue developing MustGrow's technology, which aims to provide sustainable, organic crop protection solutions globally.
This alliance underscores the urgent need for innovative and sustainable solutions to ensure agricultural production's future and food security.
- MustGrow's biofungicide has shown 100% efficacy against TR4 in lab settings.
- Field trials showed positive results with reduced TR4 symptoms.
- No phytotoxic effects on banana plants at higher application rates.
- Collaboration with major industry players like Bayer, Chiquita, Del Monte, Dole, and Fyffes.
- The TR4 pathogen continues to threaten the $25 billion global banana industry, leading to severe economic and food security risks.
MustGrow joins alliance of international banana leaders, including Bayer, Chiquita, Del Monte, Dole, and Fyffes.
MustGrow is collaborating to bring its uniquely effective technologies to help address this global issue.
MustGrow's mustard-derived biofungicide has shown efficacy versus TR4.
Global Alliance Against TR4 and Banana Action Group logos
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan--(Newsfile Corp. - July 9, 2024) - MustGrow Biologics Corp. (TSXV: MGRO) (OTCQB: MGROF) (FSE: 0C0) (the "Company" or "MustGrow") is pleased to accept membership into the Global Alliance Against TR4 (https://iica.int/en/global-alliance), an international consortium of world-leading banana players committed to defeat Fusarium wilt TR4 ("TR4"), a fungal disease jeopardizing the future of bananas. MustGrow is collaborating to bring its uniquely effective technologies to help address this global issue, joining international banana leaders, including Bayer, Chiquita, Del Monte, Dole, and Fyffes.
"I celebrate the willingness of MustGrow to join forces in this endeavor to put an end to this hazard, and contribute in this manner to the food security and the economy of several families involved in the banana value chain," Gabriel Rodríguez Marqués, IICA Representative in Paraguay Executive Secretariat of the Global Alliance Against TR4. "I extend my gratitude and underscore the assurances of my highest consideration."
The deadly disease pathogen TR4 has been wreaking havoc and ravaging the
MustGrow vs. TR4
Under commercial partnership with Bayer, Bayer has the option to continue to build on MustGrow's work in treating TR4. MustGrow's approach harnesses the natural defense mechanism of the mustard plant to develop organic, safe, and effective biofungicides and biopesticides to treat a variety of pests, fungus, and disease, including TR4.
MustGrow's previously-disclosed work has demonstrated
Sustainable innovations and green technologies are necessary to ensure agricultural production continues to address food safety and security as well as soil health. MustGrow's rapidly developing solutions are focused on sustainable, safe, and effective, organic plant-based crop protection solutions that harness the mustard seed's natural defense mechanism to treat diseases, pests and weeds. MustGrow's technology has shown consistent efficacy in multiple global regions, in multiple crops, in multiple applications, over multiple years. The commercial development collaboration between Bayer and MustGrow demonstrates the importance of innovation in sustainable technologies in agricultural regions around the world.
Additional Sources
Bananas As We Know Them Are Doomed VICE News
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Why The World's Most Popular Banana May Go Extinct Business Insider
The world's bananas are in trouble BBC World Service
Why The Banana Business Of Chiquita And Dole Is At Risk CNBC
About Global Alliance Against TR4
At the Global Alliance Against TR4, our purpose is bringing together the world's efforts to defeat TR4, a fungal disease jeopardizing bananas' future. We're a worldwide, multi-stakeholder community, uniting food brands, value chain companies, researchers, trade associations, financial services, the public sector and civil society. We recognize that TR4 is an urgent threat, and that we can fight it more effectively together than we ever could alone. As the Global Alliance, we're co-ordinating research and training efforts at every stage, from the lab to the plantation. And we're raising funds and awareness through our business and public engagement campaign, The Banana Action Group.
About MustGrow
MustGrow is an agriculture biotech company developing organic biocontrol and biofertility products by harnessing the natural defense mechanism and organic materials of the mustard plant to sustainably protect the global food supply and help farmers feed the world. MustGrow and its leading global partners -- Bayer, Janssen PMP (pharmaceutical division of Johnson & Johnson), Sumitomo Corporation, and Univar Solutions' NexusBioAg -- are developing mustard-based organic solutions for applications in biocontrol to potentially replace harmful synthetic chemicals in preplant soil treatment and weed control, to postharvest disease control and food preservation. Bayer has a commercial agreement to develop and commercialize MustGrow's biocontrol soil applications in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Concurrently, with new formulations derived from food-grade mustard, the Company is pursuing the adoption and use of its Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI Listed®) and California's Organic Input Material (OIM) Program registered biofertility product, TerraSanteTM, in key U.S. states including California. Over 150 independent tests have been completed, validating MustGrow's safe and effective approach to crop and food protection and yield enhancements. Pending regulatory approval, MustGrow's patented liquid technologies could be applied through injection, standard drip or spray equipment, improving functionality and performance features. MustGrow has approximately 51.6 million basic common shares issued and outstanding and 54.1 million shares fully diluted. For further details, please visit www.mustgrow.ca.
Contact Information
Corey Giasson
Director & CEO
Phone: +1-306-668-2652
info@mustgrow.ca
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Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "estimates", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", "occur" or "be achieved". Examples of forward-looking statements in this news release include, among others, statements MustGrow makes regarding: the commencement of its membership into the Global Alliance Against TR4; the outcome or the ability of its technologies to combat TR4;; whether MustGrow's organic biofertility product will complement the Company's existing biocontrol programs in preplant soil fumigation, postharvest food preservation, and bioherbicide; the application of MustGrow's biofungicide, and the efficacy of MustGrow's technology. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of MustGrow to differ materially from those discussed in such forward-looking statements, and even if such actual results are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, MustGrow. Important factors that could cause MustGrow's actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include market receptivity to investor relations activities as well as those risks described in more detail in MustGrow's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2023 and other continuous disclosure documents filed by MustGrow with the applicable securities regulatory authorities which are available at www.sedar.com. Readers are referred to such documents for more detailed information about MustGrow, which is subject to the qualifications, assumptions and notes set forth therein.
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