Exosect has signed an international distribution agreement with Makhteshim Agan Industries (MAI) group of companies, a distributor of branded off-patent products.

Exosect, a leading provider of intelligent pest management solutions, said the agreement will cover distribution of the Exosex technology for use in top fruit and other potential crops in Australia (Farmoz), Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark (Mabeno), France (Makhteshim Agan France), Spain (Aragro) and New Zealand (Agronica).

Managing director of Exosect, Martin Brown, said: “It is an important step for Exosect to have signed this agreement with Makhteshim Agan. We believe this collaboration will enable MAI companies to bring to the market environmentally conscious pest control systems which aim to support MAI’s integrated pest management (IPM) programme and, importantly, provide support to growers for whom pesticide residue levels are a key issue.”

Exosect’s growing product range is based on patented Entostat, a unique powder technology used as an electrostatic carrier system for insect control agents.

The powder is formulated with species-specific pheromones, which results in an active mating disruption delivery system to assist in the control of the population of the targeted pest.

Peter Chalmers, general manager - portfolio at MAI in Australia and New Zealand (MAANZ) added: “Exosex gives the grower an innovative choice to be used in IPM systems. This system will specifically address the requirement of Australian and New

Zealand growers to supply produce suitable for export to markets that has a zero tolerance for insect infestation.”

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