Plant Health Care PLC Plant Health Care ProAct® Wins Top Industry Award
November 21 2018 - 1:01AM
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Plant Health Care PLC
21 November 2018
21 November 2018
PLANT HEALTH CARE plc
("Plant Health Care" or the "Company")
Plant Health Care ProAct(R) Wins Top Industry Award from
Agrow
Plant Health Care(R) , a leading provider of novel
patent-protected biological products to global agriculture markets,
is pleased to announce ProAct was named Best New Biological Product
on 12th November in London at the Agrow Awards.
Highlights:
- ProAct (Harpin ab) has been recognised as Best New Biological
Product at the Agrow Awards, a prestigious global industry
event
- Research has shown how ProAct works to improve citrus quality,
leading to increased production of export quality fruit
- Plant Health Care is leveraging these results to drive sales
into citrus and other fruits into export fruit markets in the
Americas and Africa
ProAct, which is based on Harpin ab, improves the quality of
fruit, so that more are graded for export, thereby increasing
returns to growers. Research at Instituto Valenciano de
Investigaciones Agrarias, in collaboration with Plant Health Care,
showed that ProAct stimulates the mobilisation of calcium in the
plant cell wall of citrus fruits, leading to a stronger peel, which
is less susceptible to fruit splitting. Moreover ProAct, as a
biological product, is certified for residue free fruit and
vegtables.
Angel Marin, General Manager of Plant Health Care España S.A.,
received the award on behalf of the Company.
Harpin ab, the active ingredient in ProAct, has been used on
over 13 million acres on multiple crops. Sales have been growing at
over 20% a year for the past 5 years.
Chris Richards, Executive Chairman and Interim CEO of Plant
Health Care noted: "This award is recognition that Plant Health
Care, as a science-based company, can bring new benefits to growers
with low toxicity, biological products. We now plan to take these
results from Spain into other key citrus growing areas, such as
Florida, South Africa and North Africa."
For further information, please contact:
Plant Health Care plc
Chris Richards, Executive Chairman and Interim CEO Tel: +1 919 926 1600
Jeff Tweedy, COO
Arden Partners plc - Nomad and Broker
John Llewellyn-Lloyd / Dan Gee-Summons Tel: +44 (0) 20 7614
5900
IFC Advisory - Financial PR
Graham Herring / Miles Nolan / Zach Cohen Tel: +44 (0) 20 3934
6633
Company website: www.planthealthcare.com
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