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Provivi works with Lanxess to scale up production of insect pheromone

by Matt Blois
May 26, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 19

 

A chemical plant in Germany.
Credit: Lanxess
Lanxess is making Provivi's pheromone at this site in Leverkusen, Germany.

The crop protection company Provivi is boosting production of an insect pheromone that controls the European grapevine moth. The sex pheromone confuses male moths and makes it difficult for them to mate. To meet high demand after French regulators approved the product last year, Provivi worked with Lanxess to scale up production in Germany via a metathesis route. The firm has since signed a contract with Lanxess for another production campaign.

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