Development of novel biopesticide products for insect plant pests

NutriLife®植物产品公司是加拿大领先的大麻植物营养素和病虫害防治产品制造商。自2014年以来，医用大麻市场一直在增长，并将在2020年随着娱乐目的大麻的合法生产、分销和销售而更加迅速地扩大。随着大麻行业最近的变化，加拿大卫生部(PMRA)为大麻生产中的害虫管理引入了新的农药使用规定。 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。加拿大卫生部对未经授权的虫害防治产品的使用进行了严格的监管，这使得使用认证产品的必要性变得至关重要。大麻植物容易受到几种害虫和真菌疾病的侵袭，特别是二斑蜘蛛(Tetranychus Urticae)和白粉病(Erysiphales spp.)。对人类消费商品中农药残留的日益关注，促使消费者产生了对天然产品作为合成化学农药替代品的需求。NutriLife®生产和销售用于虫害防治的天然衍生产品。 该项目将使NutriLife的新配方得以开发和测试，并为注册一种基于具有杀菌和杀虫特性的植物成分(即精油)的新型叶面喷雾建立相关的功效数据。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、驱虫剂和植物毒性研究。大麻只是一个潜在的农业市场(即温室作物)，它将受益于使用天然成分生产的安全、无毒和有效的生物杀虫剂。对NutriLife的新配方的验证和测试将提供一种替代大麻的合成化学产品，以及一系列其他园艺作物。

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.