more-in Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of DowDuPont, has launched Pexalon, a hopper management solution for paddy crop. The product comes in the backdrop of farmers facing the menace of aggressive plant-hoppers attacking rice crop. The problem has resulted in many cases of crop burning, loss of income and severe distress to farmers and their families, according to the company. The losses in grain yield might vary from 10% in moderately affected fields to 70% in severely affected fields, if proper control measures are not initiated at the right time, said K.V.Subbarao, South Asia leader of Corteva Agriscience. Along with Pampapathy Gurulingappa, Zonal Biology Programme Leader of the company, he was briefing media at the launch in Hyderabad on Monday. Pexalon is a result of extensive research and developed specifically for the Asian rice market, Mr. Subbarao said, adding that the product was being manufactured in Hyderabad and would be available in the market by August. To queries, he said Corteva Agriscience had established a third party production facility here. According to the release, Pexalon would help Indian rice-growers address the long-standing challenge of damaging pests, specifically the brown plant-hoppers and white-backed plant-hoppers. Corteva Agriscience would become an independent, publicly traded company on completion of a previously announced spinoff by June 2019.

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