Bioherbicides: The Biggest Product Gap

While biological segments, like biofungicides and biopesticides, have flooded the market in recent years, the bioherbicide segment continues to lag behind in development.

Steve Pearce, Co-founder and Chairman of Accumont, and Pam Marrone, Ph.D., Co-founder and Executive Chair of the Invasive Species Corp., discuss bioherbicide market evolution, challenges for broader adoption, and the future of breakout products.

The Unmet Need

Globally, there is a large demand for new herbicide modes of action to control resistant weeds, Marrone says.

“This is frequently mentioned as the biggest unmet need in the market at present,” Marrone says. “So, the market is wide open for bioherbicides. At the Invasive Species Corp., our approach focuses on microbes that produce complex, novel mixtures of natural product compounds that we optimize in fermentation.”