Development of novel biopesticide products for insect plant pests

Nutrilife®植物产品是加拿大领先的植物营养和有害生物管理产品制造商。自2014年以来，医用大麻市场一直在增长，随着娱乐性大麻的生产、分销和销售合法化，到2020年，医用大麻市场将以更快的速度扩张。随着最近大麻工业的变化，加拿大卫生部制定了新的条例，规定在大麻生产中使用杀虫剂进行虫害管理。为娱乐和医疗市场维持稳定的大麻生产供应链，将需要可持续的虫害管理工具。加拿大卫生部对使用未经授权的虫害防治产品实行严格管制，因此使用经认证的产品至关重要。大麻植物容易受到几种害虫和真菌疾病的侵袭，特别是双斑蜘蛛螨（荨麻叶螨）和白粉病（Erysiphales spp.）。对供人类消费的商品中农药残留的日益关注，促使消费者对天然产品产生需求，以替代合成化学农药。Nutrilife®生产和销售用于害虫管理的天然产品。该项目将开发和测试NutriLife的新配方，并建立相关功效数据，以注册一种基于植物成分（即精油）的新型叶面喷雾剂，该喷雾剂具有杀真菌和杀虫特性。我们将使用西红柿和工业大麻作为大麻的替代品进行死亡率、驱避剂和植物毒性研究。大麻只是潜在的农业市场（即温室作物）之一，这些市场将受益于使用天然成分制造的安全、无毒和有效的生物农药。Nutrilife新配方的验证和测试将为大麻和一系列其他园艺作物提供合成化学产品的替代品。

Nutrilife® Plant Products, is a leading Canadian manufacturer of plant nutrients and pest management products for cannabis plants. Since 2014, the medicinal cannabis market has been growing and is set to expand even more rapidly in 2020 with legalized production, distribution and sale of cannabis for recreational purposes. With the recent changes in the cannabis industry, Health Canada (PMRA) has introduced new regulations for pesticide use for pest management in cannabis production. Maintenance of a stable supply chain of cannabis production for recreational and medical markets will require sustainable tools for pest management. Strict regulation by Health Canada regarding use of unauthorized pest control products makes the need to use certified products critical. Cannabis plants are subject to the attack of several pests and fungal diseases, particularly two-spotted spider mites (Tetranychus urticae) and powdery mildew (Erysiphales spp.). Growing concerns regarding pesticide residues in commodities for human consumption has created consumer demand for natural products as alternatives to synthetic chemical-based pesticides. Nutrilife® manufactures and markets naturally-derived products for pest management. This project will enable development and testing of NutriLife's new formulations and build associated efficacy data for registration of a novel foliar spray based on plant ingredients (i.e. essential oils) that has fungicidal and insecticidal properties. We will engage in mortality, repellent and phytotoxicity studies using tomatoes and industrial hemp as proxies for cannabis. Cannabis represents just one of the potential agricultural markets (i.e., greenhouse crops) that will benefit from access to a safe, non-toxic and effective bio-pesticide manufactured with natural ingredients. Validation and testing of Nutrilife's new formulation will provide an alternative to synthetic chemical-based products for cannabis in addition to a range of other horticultural crops.