Best Agrolife gets 20-years patent for 3-way insecticidal combination

Best Agrolife has received a patent valid for 20 years for the three-way insecticidal combination in India that will effectively control the entire sucking pest complex, including whitefly, jassids, aphids, and thrips together in various crops in just one spray alone. The company has applied for a product trademarkronfen, and the product will be out in the market with the onset of the next Kharif season. The insecticidal combination is titled ‘A synergistic insecticidal composition comprising a bioactive amount of Diafenthiuron and Pyriproxyfen’, and the patent covers the composition of Pyriproxyfen, Diafenthiuron, and Dinotefuran in a unique suspension concentrate formulation. Best Agrolife has a turnover of Rs 912.74 crore and the company says that as of March 2021 figures, the product is estimated to help Best Agrolife revenue grow by 40 per cent; overall it will contribute around 25 per cent of the total revenue in the coming year.