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Syngenta Launches First Commercial Product Since Pasteuria Acquisition

Syngenta, a Swiss agribusiness company, has launched its first commercial product since acquiring Alachua-based Pasteuria Bioscience in September 2012 for $113 million. The breakthrough seed treatment, CLARIVA, is based on Pasteuria technology and will act as a nematicide. CLARIVA consists of naturally occurring soil bacteria that causes a negative effect on nematodes: microscopic worm-shaped soil...