The Fall Armyworm is the main corn pest around the globe, being responsible for losses from over 60 to 90% of crops.
The Fall Armyworm is the main corn pest around the globe, being responsible for losses from over 60 to 90% of crops.
The pesticides used to fight the worm are categorized as Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHP) and most of them are forbidden in other countries. In Mexico, they are the second leading cause of death by poisoning, not to mention all the people who present different illnesses.
These pesticides also affect organisms such as algae, birds, fish, mammals, and amphibians, breaking local ecosystems and adding up to climate change.
Agropip is an alternative based on piperamides produced through a synthetic metabolic pathway derived from black pepper and expressed into beer yeast.
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