US EPA OKs Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03

Date:04-13-2015

The US EPA has recently announced the approval for Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03. In April 2013, Technology Sciences Group, Inc., on behalf of Anatis Bioprotection Inc., submitted an application for a new manufacturing-use pesticide product containing the new active ingredient Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03 at 100.0% concentration in powder form and the end-use product, Bioceres (Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03 at 20.0% concentration) to the U.S.EPA.

Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03 is a naturally occurring bacterium and was originally isolated in 2000 from Lygus lineolaris found dead in a field in Sherrington, Quebec, Canada. The natural occurrence of Beauveria bassiana strains located in soils and insects is well documented in the US and worldwide.