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We discuss some of the companies developing alternative 'green' solutions for improving plant yields. Companies in this feautre include: Plant Impact; Plant Health Care; Agrisoma Biosciences; Agraquest; Aquaspy Group; Eden Research; Exosect and Tyrotech.
First published in Cleantech magazine, May 2008. Copyright Cleantech Investor 2008
AgraQuest Inc.
California based AgraQuest is a biotechnology company which focuses on developing environmentally friendly pest management products from naturally occurring micro-organisms. Its BARITONE™ bio-insecticide, which was launched on to the US market earlier this year, is a microbial insecticide which is effective on lepidopterous insects, including loopers, armyworms and moths. It is derived from the kurstaki strain BMP 123 of the naturally occurring bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). AgraQuest also has fungicide products including SERENADE® and SONATA®. The company received the Presidential Green Chemistry Award from the US EPA for SERENADE®.
According to the founders of AgraQuest, although over 50% of human drugs are derived from natural sources like plants and micro-organisms, only 7% of all pesticides are obtained from similar sources. AgraQuest aims to develop a portfolio of natural products that will offer superior alternatives to existing synthetic chemical or genetically modified pest management products.
Agrisoma Biosciences Inc.
Vancouver, Canada based Agrisoma has developed technology which works through genetic modification to improve the yields in biofuel crops, particularly canola and soy. Agrisoma is discussed in depth by guest writer Ross McDonald - read feature.
AquaSpy Group Pty Ltd
Australia based AquaSpy, formerly known as Agrilink, has developed a range of sensors, telemetry and software systems that can reportedly deliver up to 50% savings in water use in the agriculture sector. The result is significant yield and quality increases (doubled yields have been reported in the case of cotton) as well as substantial savings in terms of maintenance and energy costs. The applications work by measuring the water content in the soil on a real time basis and relating this to what is needed at different growth stages, enabling irrigation to be optimised.
AquaSpy has also developed modified versions of its award winning technology for irrigation control applications outside of agriculture, in sectors such as golf courses and urban turf management, and is actively selling its systems on both the Australian and American continents.
The company is backed by an international syndicate of venture capital investors including WHEB Ventures of the UK, which has invested over A$5 million. Rob Wylie of WHEB Ventures believes that solutions which can help conserve water and address the threat of drought will be increasingly sought after in the future. He points out that one of the biggest drives by agricultural companies such as Monsanto is to generate seed varieties which are resistant to drought. AquaSpy'systems are being used by these companies to help them optimise their approaches.
Eden Research plc
Eden Research, listed on the UK's PLUS market, is developing fungicides, bactericides and nematicides by working with the natural defence mechanisms of plants, in the form of terpene chemistry. Terpene chemistry is combined with a unique encapsulated delivery system which permits the terpenes to be delivered to a plant over a period of time, thereby increasing the level of protection. The encapsulation technology allows terpenes and other biologically active ingredients to be applied using conventional agricultural spraying equipment, something which was not possible previously due to their relatively low molecular weight.
Eden's 3AEY product has been tested with positive results as a preventative for botrytis, the grey mould that can destroy grapes and other fruits as they approach maturity. It is expected to be approved and launched commercially at the end of this year, with first sales due to come through in 2009. The product will be marketed by Cheminova, a Danish company with a share of around 2% of the world plant pesticide market. Hardman & Co. Research estimates that the market for botrytis control products is worth €540 million. Beyond grapes, development work is under way at Eden on a further seven potential products. Interestingly, 3AEY has also been demonstrated to improve yields.
Exosect Ltd
Exosect is a UK company which has developed a cost effective way of controlling insects without the use of insecticides. Its patented technology, based on pheromone containing electrostatic powder delivery systems, operates by an active mating disruption process where the target insect is in effect programmed to cause confusion and disrupt mating amongst its own population. This 'active' approach to mating disruption leads to a reduction in mating, egg laying and consequent crop damage with the benefit of very few pheromone dispensers.
Exosect has developed a range of these organic approved "Intelligent Pest Management" products. With applications for agricultural crops and stored products, they have even recently been used in the Imperial War Museum and the House of Commons for the control of clothes moth.
Exosect has received several rounds of funding led by WHEB Ventures, totalling over £5.5 million since December 2004. The company has completed field demonstration and registration trials in over 25 countries and has launched its first products in the US, South Africa and New Zealand, with launches in Europe and India expected over the next twelve months.
Plant Impact plc
David Dent considers Plant Impact, which is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, to be foremost among the companies pursuing what he describes as the "third way" – a combination of 'green chemistry' and intelligent design solutions. One of the products developed by David Marks, Chief Technical Officer at Plant Impact, Bug Oil®, is described by Dent as "a brilliantly simple product based on three essential oils working in synergy to provide a very effective preventative and curative pesticide". Plant Impact recently signed a deal with DVA Agro GmbH for distribution of BugOil® as Bionic™, specifically for ornamental rose production in Tanzania.
Other innovative products include InCa, a plant supplement which improves crop product quality by combining a calcium salt with an auxin mimic to ensure the calcium arrives at the part of the plant which needs it most. InCa offers improved fruit quality, longer shelf life and resistance to climate stress. Plant Impact has signed a five year agreement with US based Miller Chemical & Fertilizer Corporation for the distribution of three products including InCa. Field trials on InCa, in conjunction with Miller, have demonstrated significant advantages in fruit crops, notably apples and pears. A Miller field trial, the first field trial conducted using InCa on arable crops, demonstrated a reduction in the negative effects of drought stress on soya crop by increasing the yield by 17.5%, from 2.69 tonnes/hectare to 3.16 tonnes/hectare.
According to Dent, Plant Impact's products "owe their success more to understanding the market need and designing products from basic principles to meet that need as opposed to seeking a magic bullet molecule".
Plant Health Care Inc.
Pittsburgh, US based Plant Health Care Group (PHC) has developed a range of natural plant products. Its most developed product is Myconate®, a "natural synthetic" compound which encourages plant growth by stimulating existing mycorrhizal fungi in the soil and helps crops cope with stressful conditions such as drought. It works on maximising yield by increasing root mass. PHC s management claims that the typical increase in yield, e.g. 7% for corn, would generate an increase in financial return to a corn farmer of around 25%. The company has a ten year marketing agreement for Myconate® with Bayer CropScience, which has exclusive rights to the product as a seed treatment on corn, soybean, cotton and sunflower. The product will be launched in conjunction with Bayer products in the 2010 season. PHC is in non exclusive discussions on commercialising Myconate® for use on other cereals, fruits and nuts. The product has been found in tests to increase yields in carrots, for example, by as much as 30%. Management expects it to have major applications in the future on cellulosic energy crops.
PHC acquired assets from NASDAQ listed Eden Bioscience Corporation last year. These assets include IP and licences, notably the Harpin technology. According to PHC, Harpin is the only known product effective on cyst nematodes, which affect over 150 million acres of soybeans in the US and South Africa. PHC is working in conjunction with Monsanto on evaluation and commercialisation of Harpin.
Plant Health Care plc listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2004, raising £7 million.
TyraTech Inc
TyraTech has developed a proprietary chemoreceptor screening process to identify both individual, and combinations of, natural oil compounds that bind to neurological and olfactory receptors of insects and parasites, thus killing or repelling them. The company has partnered with Syngenta Crop Protection and Kraft Foods, amongst others. It listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange last year, raising £25 million – and was valued at £110 million at the time of the placing.
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Cincinnati - The Milwaukee Brewers' decision-makers acknowledge that right-hander Yovani Gallardo has not been the same pitcher in 2013 as in the past, and they're trying to decide if they can do anything about it.
"We're trying to figure out some things with him," manager Ron Roenicke said Saturday. "We'll get it figured out."
Gallardo went 44-26 with a 3.68 earned run average over the previous three seasons. But he has scuffled for the most part through eight starts this year, never more so than Friday night, when it took him 100 pitches to get through four torturous innings in a 4-3 loss to Cincinnati.
The loss dropped Gallardo's record to 3-2 with a 4.70 ERA. In 46 innings, he has allowed 53 hits and 16 walks while striking out 31. Opponents are batting .290 against Gallardo, who has a 1.50 WHIP.
Simply put, Gallardo's stuff has not been as good this year. His command has been off, and for the second season in a row his velocity is down. According to FanGraphs, Gallardo averaged 92.7 mph with his fastball in 2010, 91.8 mph last year and 90.6 mph thus far this season.
That's a drop of 2 miles per hour over two seasons, a development that Gallardo can't explain.
"If it's there, it's there. If it's not, it's not," he said. "The past few games, the velocity has been the same. So it's not an issue."
Roenicke said he wasn't sure why Gallardo is not throwing as hard as in the past.
"He says he's fine, so I don't know why that is," said Roenicke. "He's throwing all his pitches. He seems to recover the next day OK, so I don't know."
There has been talk about whether Gallardo's participation in the World Baseball Classic in the spring was a factor in his slippage. More likely is that he has worn down from the number of pitches thrown in recent years.
In 2012, Gallardo far exceeded 3,000 pitches for the fourth consecutive season. His 3,480 pitches ranked first in the National League and fourth in the majors. He already has thrown 780 pitches this season.
Gallardo always has been a high pitch-count pitcher because of the innings he logs (782 over the previous four seasons) and the strikeout totals he compiles (at least 200 for four consecutive years). But his strikeout rate is only 6.07 per nine innings this season, compared with 9.0 or better in each of the four previous seasons.
That drop shows the difficulty Gallardo is having putting away hitters when he gets two strikes on them. What, if anything can be done remains to be seen.
"Consistency is what I'm used to in Yovani," said Roenicke. "That's what I thought we'd get this year and we need it. With our young guys, we need it.
"It's too long of a period (of struggling) for him because he's been so good for so many years. To see him scuffle at times, we're trying to figure it out."
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Whenever leadoff hitter Norichika Aoki slumps for an extended period at the plate, Roenicke usually gives him a day off. And, inevitably, Aoki comes back strong.
That happened again after Aoki was given a day off May 1 (he pinch hit that day). In the seven games afterward, he batted .500 (13 for 26), raising his average from .247 to .301. Aoki was accustomed to more off days when he played in Japan and at times wears down under the heavier schedule.
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So, what does Aoki do when he gets a day off?
"I was able to use the day off to think about my hitting but at the same time not do everything, just relax," said Aoki, who got on base five times Friday night against the Reds. "I try to rest as much as possible."
Roenicke said he can tell when Aoki needs a rest by watching his swings.
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Caetano Veloso, one of Brazil's most iconic recording artists, will be feted as the Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy. Veloso will be honored during a dinner Nov. 14 in Las Vegas, on the eve of the 2012 annual Latin Grammy awards which will be broadcast live on the Univision Network from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
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Songs from Veloso's catalog will be performed by guest artists and friends, with a portion of net proceeds from the gala benefitting Fundacion Viva Cazuza in Brazil, a non-profit HIV prevention and treatment organization for young people.
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Forced into exile in London from 1968-1972 during an early portion of the Brazil's military rule, Veloso developed a signature sound that incorporated influences from around the world. A major global star, Veloso has recorded over 40 albums and published five books. In 2003 he performed during the annual Academy Awards and this year, released Live at Carnegie Hall, an album documenting a 2004 concert with friend David Byrne. His most recent album, "Especial Ivete, Gil e Caetano," a collaboration with Gilberto Gil and Ivete Sangalo, was released earlier this year.
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Security Cameras Installed Near Trail Where Queens Jogger Was KilledEight new security cameras were placed on the perimeter of Spring Creek Park in Howard Beach where 30-year-old Karina Vetrano was murdered while running through the park on Aug. 2.
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Father Of Slain Queens Jogger Pleads With Public For Help In Finding Daughter's KillerIt's been just over a week since Phil Vetrano discovered the body of his daughter, Karina Vetrano, in a marshy area in the Spring Creek federal park land near the Belt Parkway in Howard Beach.
Reward Doubled In Howard Beach Jogger Murder CaseThe reward was doubled Tuesday for information leading to an arrest in the slaying of a jogger in Howard Beach, Queens last week.
Community Meeting Held In Queens To Discuss Search For Jogger's KillerKarina Vetrano, 30, was strangled and possibly sexually assaulted last Tuesday after she left for a run in the Spring Creek federal park land near the Belt Parkway, police said.
Grief-Stricken Community Says Goodbye To Jogger Killed In QueensMourners have gathered for Karina Vetrano's funeral at St. Helen Church Saturday, about a mile from where she was killed in Howard
Wake Held For Jogger Killed In Queens As FBI Joins InvestigationInvestigators were once again back on the scene Friday at 161st Avenue and 79th Street in Howard Beach searching for evidence in the death of Karina Vetrano.
$10,000 Reward Offered For Information In Death Of Queens JoggerPolice said Karina Vetrano was found strangled to death and possibly sexually assaulted on Tuesday. Her body was discovered by her father in a grassy area around 161st Avenue and 78th Street in Howard Beach.
John Gotti, Grandson Of 'Teflon Don,' Arrested On State Narcotics Charges John Gotti, grandson of the deceased mob boss John Gotti nicknamed "Teflon Don," has been arrested and charged with six others in connection with a drug distribution ring, sources said.
Friends And Family Hold Vigil For Howard Beach Jogger As Police Search For Killerhe New York City medical examiner said a 30-year-old jogger whose body was found in marsh land near a bike path in Queens was strangled as police believe she was sexually assaulted.
FDNY Contains Massive Brush Fire In Howard Beach, QueensCrews were called to the scene near 88th Street and 165th Avenue in Howard Beach just after midnight.


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Jonathan Vilma Shares His Experience Of Defeating Manning In 2010
Jonathan Vilma, who was the Saints linebacker in Super Bowl XLIV, shares his thoughts and secrets of how to go about beating Peyton Manning, as his Saints did in 2010.
?In my opinion, you have to study him,? Vilma said from the 30 Rock set of Pro Football Talk at the Super Bowl. ?Don?t just study the offense. You?ve gotta study him. His mannerism, his throws, who he likes to throw to."
However, that was four years ago, and it must be believed that Manning has learned from previous mistakes.
The challenge for the Seahawks is to find whatever hints and clues reside in Manning?s game now.
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I never cease to be amazed at the flux the online world goes through. Today one thing is the hot item, the next it's something else. Blogging was all the rage, now it's tweeting. Facebook is on the upswing, MySpace is dying, and sites like 1Up here is such a small niche that it's not even close to being main stream.
Who are we on here? We're gamers of some sort or another. Me, I'm a PC Gamer but there's Console folks on here as well, sharing a common melting pot. I quit posting on here a long long time ago because I felt it was a waste of time. Afterall, who really cared enough to want to read my ramblings? I don't do all the fancy image uploading, poetic speeches, colorful texts. It's not who I am. I know how to do them, I ran a few different websites in my life and have done a couple of commercial websites.
I've decided for the moment to revisit 1Up because I have some friends on here and this is the one place I can find them. My one and only group hasn't been deleted yet even though it's as dead as Disco. I'll see if I can't revive it at least partially.
Lets see how long this trip to fantasy land lasts before a new FotM arises to take all of our attention away.


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As ambassador to Iceland, Luis Arreaga returns to UWM for lifetime award
As a diplomat, Luis Arreaga has learned the art of fitting in and representing his country to the best of his ability.
So, when a couple of friends at his latest posting in Iceland suggested they all take a dip in the chilly North Atlantic waters, Arreaga gamely agreed to go.
Arreaga, the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, raced into the water and lasted about 45 seconds before retreating. As he wrote in his blog: "Having cold, numb extremities is a new experience and swimming with them is even stranger. I think I'll do it again."
Arreaga, 61, recalled the story Friday during a one-hour conversation at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
He was back in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from the UWM Alumni Association.
"It has given me a high set of standards to live by," he said. "I don't think I deserve it, but I will accept it."
Arreaga said he was genuinely moved by the honor. The award triggered memories of student life like playing pool, meeting friends and studying. He even recalled the days when students held a fundraiser by whacking a beat-up car with a sledgehammer.
But the lifetime award, rarely given, also reflects on Arreaga's 32 years in public service, working on issues of economic development, health care and refugee relief.
"I remember Ambassador Arreaga as calm, pleasant, friendly, hard working and eager to perform well," wrote UWM emeritus economics professor Markos J. Mamalakis, who supervised Arreaga's doctoral thesis.
Born in Guatemala, Arreaga started his American journey in Milwaukee, where he arrived as an 18-year-old.
He came here in search of an education. But he came away with so much more. It was here where he met his future wife, Mary Kelsey, when they were members of the fencing team at Milwaukee Area Technical College. They married in 1973 and soon started a family.
Arreaga, who became a U.S. citizen in 1975, continued his studies at UWM. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees, including a PhD in economics and a master's degree in management.
Not bad for someone who was a little bored with his introductory economics classes. But it was while studying what effect a single crop, jute, had on a single country, Bangladesh, that he began putting together the pieces of an economic and intellectual puzzle.
He was hooked.
At one time, he thought he might want to rise in the ranks of a multinational corporation. But his interests changed.
"It was time to face the music," he said. "I didn't see myself working for a corporation."
He joined the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he worked for 11 years before becoming a diplomat.
Through his career, his work has been rewarding in so many ways, both personally and professionally. He recalled a gift of friendship he received from two low-level local employees in El Salvador. It was a simple painting. But to him, it was a treasure for what it represented.
In Peru, he was there for the onset of hyperinflation, "to see it develop and unfold."
As a professional economist, it was amazing to witness such an event, he said, but he also felt for people "who tried to spend the money on the day they got paid."
In Geneva, where he coordinated U.S. government assistance for relief in the wake of the genocide in Rwanda, the work was draining as daily briefings were filled with a list of horrors that had taken place.
"It reminds you how cruel humanity can be," he said.
His overseas postings for the State Department have also taken him to Canada, Panama and Spain.
In 2010, he was sent to Iceland, and he embraced the culture and also worked tirelessly to promote U.S. interests.
"It's an important country for the U.S., a relationship we need to nurture," he said.
His term as U.S. ambassador to Iceland ends in a few weeks. He'll return to Washington, D.C., for a new assignment.
He will take over as deputy assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
Another challenge awaits him in a long career of service that has taken him and his family around the globe.
Being a diplomat runs in the family. His oldest daughter, Melania, who long ago was in day care on the UWM campus, is now in the Foreign Service.


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Northbound Interstate 65 is reduced to one lane in Bullitt County again Sunday.
Contract crews are working between the Bullitt-Hardin county line and Lebanon Junction Road to replace sections of concrete pavement.
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CHICAGO (AP) - Shaquille O'Neal, infuriated by a hard foul, threw two roundhouse punches at Chicago center Brad Miller late in the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' game against the Bulls on Saturday night.
O'Neal faces an automatic one-game suspension for throwing a punch, and the penalty will likely be longer given the amount of rage O'Neal vented.
The Bulls went on to beat the Lakers in overtime, 106-104.
O'Neal was clobbered by Charles Oakley and Miller as he received the ball in the low post.
O'Neal immediately turned and went after Miller, throwing a roundhouse right that missed and a second that connected as Miller had his back turned.
O'Neal jumped on Miller in a huge pileup along the baseline, with Oakley trying to pry O'Neal off. Miller emerged from the pile shirtless, smiled a bit and walked off.
O'Neal stayed on the court for a few minutes before being led off along with Oakley.
Rick Fox received two technicals for arguing with the referees while they were trying to sort things out.
Miller received a flagrant foul category 2, which carries an automatic ejection, and O'Neal was charged with a punching foul. O'Neal picked up a technical foul earlier in the game for whacking Miller across the head with his forearm.
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All About Eve vs. Sunset Boulevard
In 1950, two instant classics about the cruelty of show business, both starring older dames, went at it for Best Picture. Joe Mankiewicz's All About Eve--starring Bette Davis as an aging actress whose entire life is usurped by an unctuous fan--clobbered Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, with Gloria Swanson as a faded screen star who's plummeting into dementia, the business having turned its back on her eye-rolling acting style and needy personality.
Well, Eve won--in fact it nabbed six Oscars--and, though it's a cracklingly witty story and a perfectly cast romp, I have to say I've finally found the bravery to admit in public that Sunset is the better flick. It's darker, deeper, more surprising, and more trenchantly insightful. And it's based on an original screenplay, not an adaptation, with dark cinematic flourishes (it opens with William Holden narrating, though he's dead in the pool), whereas Eve is all talk, without all that many visual swirls to it, aside from a juicy appearance by a rising star named Marilyn Monroe.
What's more, Swanson should have won Best Actress for her brilliant array of slithery neuroses, making Norma Desmond both monstrous and seductively appealing as she slides hands first into cuckooland. Instead, she and Davis canceled each other out and Judy Holliday grabbed the prize for the pleasant and way more innocuous Born Yesterday. She must have felt like Eve Harrington winning the award!
Of course the battle between these two classics doesn't end there. Both of them inspired a mid-level Broadway musical, so which of THOSE do you prefer--Applause or Sunset Boulevard?
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