1. Development and Commercialization
of Fungicides and Bactericides for
Horticultural Crops
Improving and Integrating Disease
Management for Pulse Crops
Damian A. Sowa, M.Sc.
Commercial Director

2. The Problem
Lack of Effective & Available Bactericides
 Grower identified need
 Bacterial diseases are rampant in pulse &
horticultural crops
 Bacterial bean blight, tomato canker, etc
 Very few available solutions
 Streptomycin to be removed from market
 Copper products ineffective
 Resistance forming in fungi & bacteria

3. Innovotech’s Proposal
AgressTM
 All-in-one bactericide & fungicide for
horticultural crops
 Reduce spray times & amounts
 Integrated solution
 Pulse crop pest management integration
 Genetics, seed treatment & spray
 Spray same as seed treatment
 Multiple targets for bacteria & fungi

4. The Green BulletTM
 Activated silver compound
 Broad spectrum bacteria & fungi control
 Low-resistance formation potential
 Inexpensive
 Environmentally friendly
 Potential organic pesticide
 Very low use rates
 Decomposition products naturally occurring
 Safe to crops up to 100x use rate

5. Development of Agress™
 Support from pulse grower groups (AB, Sask,
Canada)
 Support from AAFC, AARD
 Trials being conducted across Canada by
partners
 University, AAFC, AARD, private growers

6. Bean Blight Seed Treatment
Naturally infested bean seed.
Untreated (left) Agress™ treated (right).
Brown discoloration and wilt due to bacterial blight disease

7. Bean Blight Seed Treatment
Naturally
infested bean
seed.
Agress™
treated (left),
AGRESS Untreated
untreated
(right)
Reduced
emergence due
to bacterial
blight disease

8. Bean Blight Foliar Spray
60 % Disease Incidence
40
20
0
Water Kocide Parasol Agress
Bean plants inoculated with foliar
bean blight
Agress™ treated (top), untreated
(bottom)

9. Integrated Pest Management
 Test blight-resistant seeds, seed treatments &
blight-control sprays
 Use control test groups, different seed
treatments & sprays
GM – ST – Spray Susc – ST – Spray
GM – ST Susc – ST
GM – Spray Susc – Spray
GM Susc

10. Tomato Bacterial Diseases
Tomato
Canker Agress is an effective
post-infection treatment
of tomato canker,
bacterial spot, and
bacterial speck.
Untreated Water Parasol Agress
Tomato
Spot
Water Agress

11. Tomato Botrytis
Disease Severity
3
2
1
0
Water Lance Agress
Agress is an effective post-
infection treatment of botrytis
on tomato
Agress treated (top) untreated
(bottom)

12. Tomato Seed Treatment
100
80
60 Agress eradicated
100% of diseases
40 found on naturally
infested tomato
20 seeds compared to
water.
0
Fungi Bacteria
Water Agress (0.1%) Silver P (0.1%) Parasol WP

13. 2010 Research Targets
 Potato seed treatment & foliar spray
 Late blight, fusarium dry rot, silver scurf
 Grape foliar spray
 Botrytis
 Brocolli
 Downy mildew, alternaria
 Pulses
 Ascochyta, White mold

14. Conclusion
 AgressTM occupies a unique, broad role in
agriculture industry
 Will be brought before PMRA/EPA in late 2010
 Need to maximize reach of product