孟山都公司在 2018 年暂停 NemaStrike 种子处理

Monsanto’s Brian Naber, U.S. commercial operations lead, 已发出公开信 detailing the circumstances surrounding the St. Louis-based biotech giant’s decision to press pause on its 2018 commercialization of the highly-anticipate NemaStrike Technology seed treatment.

公开信全文发布如下,并进行了一些编辑:

“To our grower customers:

在孟山都,我们不断努力为像您这样的种植者提供范围广泛的创新产品,以帮助您可持续地种植作物。当涉及到这些产品时,您也是我们做出关于如何以及何时将这些产品投放市场的决定的关键原因。

认识到线虫是农民每年面临的最麻烦的害虫之一,我们开发了新的种子处理产品 NemaStrike Technology,以帮助您对抗这种具有挑战性的害虫。含有 NemaStrike 技术的产品具有前所未有的潜力,可以帮助农民准确有效地保护他们的作物免受那些破坏性线虫的侵害。

为准备全面推出产品,孟山都公司在美国各地对玉米、大豆和棉花进行了三年的田间试验。这些试验表明,NemaStrike 技术可以提供超过竞争标准的产量保护性能优势,在玉米中为 7 bu/A,在大豆中为 3 bu/A,在大豆中为 80 磅。棉花皮棉/英亩。此外,2017 年开展了一项强大的 Ground Breakers 计划,该计划涵盖了 400 多名能够安全使用 NemaStrike 技术的种植者,早期结果是积极的。这些真实世界的经验加强了环境保护署 (EPA) 在批准 Acceleron NemaStrike ST 之前所做的广泛评估,并证明该技术是有效的,并且可以在遵循标签说明时安全使用。

However, as we prepared for the commercial launch for seed treated with Acceleron NemaStrike ST, there have been limited cases of skin irritation, including rashes, that appear to be associated with the handling and application of this seed treatment product. We are evaluating these cases, and in those we’ve examined so far, the proper use of required personal protective equipment (PPE) appears to be an important factor.

作为一家公司,安全和管理是我们的首要任务。出于谨慎考虑,我们将暂停 NemaStrike 技术的 2018 年商业化,同时评估与这些案例相关的情况。我们预计我们将在今年春天继续开展 Ground Breakers 计划。

We did not make this decision lightly, but you, our growers, as well as our employees and partners are the heart of our company. We want to ensure that all have the best possible experience with any of our products. We will provide additional information to you, including which alternative Acceleron Seed Applied Solutions products will be available in commercial products for the 2018 season.”