News from ISCA on Integrated Pest Management
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January 14, 2021
Transgenic plant grows insect sex pheromones needed for green pest control in agriculture
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The camelina plant, a source of cooking oil for centuries, is on its way toward revolutionizing pest control in agriculture. Scientists at ISCA, Inc., a green agtech company based in Riverside, Calif., and their collaborators in Sweden and Nebraska have successfully “grown” insect sex pheromone precursors in genetically modified strains of camelina […]
December 23, 2020
ISCA CEO cites successful year amid challenges
The year 2020 presented unprecedented challenges to all of us, to say the least. Yet for ISCA, Inc., 2020 was marked by many successes in advancing worldwide our line of green insect-control products that protect crops with pheromones and other naturally occurring semiochemicals without polluting the environment. Here are a few words from ISCA CEO […]
November 13, 2020
Brazilian ag giant Bom Futuro and ISCA sign agreement for greener soybean, corn, and cotton production
The world’s largest private soybean producer, Bom Futuro, and ISCA, Inc., a green agtech company based in Riverside, Calif., USA, have signed an agreement that will bring environmentally safe semiochemical and pheromone-based insect controls to soybeans, cotton, corn, and other major row crops. The Brazil-based Bom Futuro and ISCA’s subsidiary in Brazil, ISCA Tecnologias, Inc., […]
October 27, 2020
ISCA selected by Barclays partnership has a high growth venture solving a world challenge
Oct. 27– NEW YORK – After a rigorous selection process involving hundreds of world-class companies, ISCA Technologies, Inc., a green agtech company based in Riverside, Calif., has been chosen to join 12 other growth-stage ventures at the 2020 Unreasonable Impact Americas program, which this year is being offered as a fully digital experience. Agenor Mafra-Neto, […]