| PESTProjects | BIO-CARE |
RMB 1084 Pacific Highway
Somersby
NSW 2250
AUSTRALIA
| Tel: | +61 2 4340 2246 |
| Fax: | +61 2 4340 2243 |
Directors:
Gary K Bullard, David J Pulsford
COMPANY INFORMATION:
Bio-Care Technology was formed in 1988 from
the merger of Gary Bullard's company Root Nodule Pty Ltd and
David Pulsford's company Agricultural Laboratories Pty Ltd. Each
company had over 30 years experience in the manufacturing and
marketing of Rhizobium/Bradyrhizobium inoculants and the
merger created Australia's largest producer of these products. On
its formation, the company diversified in biopesticides. It
registered the first live genetically engineered biopesticide
(NOGALL) in 1988. It has also developed a series of
mycoinsecticides based on Metarhizium anisopliae including
the products BioGreen and BioCane. The company exports its
inoculants around the world and markets them through third
parties.
Bio-Care Technology concentrates on R&D,
production and formulation of its products. In 1991, the company
moved its production to modern facilities in Somersby, New South
Wales. It plans to continue evaluating and developing bacterial
and fungal control agents and to market them (through third
parties) worldwide.
AGREEMENTS:
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Department
of Primary Industry and Fisheries, Tasmania license to manufacture and market Metarhizium anisopliae DAT F-100 (P0062L) in Australia; |
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Luminis
Pty Ltd (University of Adelaide) exclusive licence to manufacture and market Agrobacterium radiobacter (strain K1026), in Australia and target markets throughout the world for control of crown gall disease; |
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Sugar
Research Development Corporation, Bureau of Sugar
Experiment Station (BSES) and CSIRO exclusive technology licence to manufacture and market Metarhizium anisopliae (strain FI-1045), in Australia for biocontrol of greyback canegrubs. |
PRODUCTS IN PESTPROJECTS:
| PRODUCT | USE | STATUS | AG NO |
| Metarhizium
anisopliae DAT F-100 BioGreen |
Mycoinsecticide for control of redheaded cock chafer in pasture | Launched in Australia in 1996 | P0062L |
| Metarhizium anisopliae FI-1045 BioCane | Biological control for grey back canegrubs | Launched in Australia in 2000 | P0089 |
FUTURE PESTPROJECTS
Bio-Care is working on the development of a
number of new biopesticides including M. anisopiae isolates
active against termites, beetle scarabs, wireworms, Japanese
beetles, taro beetles, greenhouse pests and sucking insects in
cotton.
Other projects include (i) Trichoderma
and Bacillus species effective against fungal diseases in
crops and turf, (ii) biofertiliser development and (iii)
biocontrol of crown gall in grapevines.