Best Agrolife Gets International Patent for Its Ternary Insecticidal Formulation Ronfen

18 December 2024, New Delhi: Best Agrolife has been granted an international patent for its novel ternary insecticidal combination that effectively controls the entire sucking pest complex, including whitefly, jassids, aphids, and thrips with a single application. 

The granted patent covers the composition of Pyriproxyfen, Diafenthiuron, and Dinotefuran in a unique suspension concentrate formulation and has been granted by the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) covering the countries of Bénin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Centrafrique, Comores, Congo, Côte d’lvoire, Gabon, Guinée, Guinée Bissau, Guinée Equatoriale, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Sénégal, Tchad, Togo.

Internationally, sucking pests are one of the most serious threats to agricultural crop productivity, causing significant quantitative and qualitative losses. Losses due to sucking pests are estimated to harm 18-20 percent of annual crop productivity. As much of these losses happens in the fields just before harvest, the impact can be devastating in developing countries such as the nations in the African continent.

The diverse modes of action of this formulation includes active ingredients that work through different mechanisms. “Pyriproxyfen” disrupts insect growth and reproduction, while “Diafenthiuron” targets the nervous system of pests, and “Dinotefuran” acts systemically to penetrate the plant and control pests internally. This diverse action stalls development of resistance.

This formulation is being successfully sold in India under the brand name of “Ronfen” and has garnered praise from farmers throughout India as a cost effective and efficient combination. Year on year, the sale of “Ronfen” has been steadily increasing with wider adoption. The combined sale of “Ronfen” since introduction has exceeded Rs 400 crores with farmers using “Ronfen” to treat acreage of more than 2.4 million acres.

Best Agrolife Limited, has been actively pursuing and expanding its intellectual property portfolio of 100+ national filings and 20+ international filings in OAPI, ARIPO, EU, USA, Thailand, UAE, Brazil, Argentina, Philippines, Cambodia, Yemen, Bangladesh and Bhutan. 

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