Crop protection, shelf life, and food-safety research proven with real growers on three continents.
Agricultural research has been at the center of our program from the beginning. Over a decade of work, PHP37 was taken out of the laboratory and into working farms, packing operations, and export supply chains — the environments where food security is actually won or lost.
In Costa Rica, we partnered with an international agricultural cooperative on a year-long field program against coffee rust, the fungus that threatens coffee production worldwide. The trials were independently monitored by third-party testers, and the program remains one of the strongest demonstrations of what this platform can do for a crop under real-world pressure.
Working with the largest grower-importer of melons in the United States and the largest melon exporter in Honduras, our research targeted the millions of pounds of produce lost to spoilage each year. Field programs in Casa Grande, Arizona extended testing to melons, lettuce, peppers, and tomatoes, including feasibility work on replacing chlorine in packing workflows.
Seed treatment research showed the qualities an ideal program needs: broad-spectrum performance at very low concentrations, gentle on the seed and seedling, with polymer-based delivery. As registrations are secured, these research lines are positioned to become commercial programs for growers, packers, and processors.