Marrone Bio Innovations To Distribute Isagro’s Bio-Tam 2.0 In The Western U.S.

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. and IsagroUSA, Inc. (Isagro) have announced a distribution agreement under which Marrone Bio will distribute the Isagro Trichoderma based biofungicide to agricultural crop markets in California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona under the Bio-Tam 2.0 brand.

Bio-Tam 2.0 is part of the next generation of biofungicides with a combination of two species of beneficial Trichoderma fungi. Bio-Tam 2.0, formulated as a wettable powder, is used in the management of soil-borne diseases including: Fusariumspp., Phytophthora spp., Pythium spp., Rhizoctonia spp., Sclerotinia spp., Sclerotium rolfsii, Thielaviopsis basicola, and Verticillium spp, as well as Armillaria sp. and Rosellinia sp. These soil-borne root and collar rot diseases affect a wide range of vegetable, fruit, row, and ornamental crops.

Bio-Tam 2.0 can be used on most crops, including fruiting vegetables, leafy vegetables and cucurbits, and is a tool to reduce the stress of disease infections associated with many soil-borne pathogens. Bio-Tam 2.0 colonizes the crop roots and surrounding soil. It acts as a protectant, forming a barrier that is antagonistic to disease infection. Bio-Tam 2.0 also attacks the pathogen cell walls with enzymes that actively inhibit disease infection.