UPL Acquires Naturally Derived Fungicide OptiChos.

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India-based agri-inputs, crop protection and bio-solutions company UPL Ltd's (NSE: UPL) (BSE: 512070) UPL Group has acquired naturally derived fungicide OptiChos for its Natural Plant Protection business unit, the company said.

The NPP portfolio houses natural and biologically derived agricultural inputs and technologies.

OptiChos offers farmers a residue free, and bio-degradable broad spectrum disease control solution, with low environmental and human impacts.

The active ingredients of OptiChos were developed from the chitin-rich by-products of the shellfish industry by BioChos, a spin-off of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.

NPP's acquisition of OptiChos includes the registration data package and patents enabling the product to be used in mixture of a range of fungicides, providing the agricultural industry a variety of options.

OptiChos has already been submitted for approval for use in the European Union and NPP expects to be able to launch OptiChos products across the bloc in the next few years.

Outside the EU, UPL will identify other markets for OptiChos and launch registration and approval processes to make the product available to farmers.

OptiChos will be integrated into UPL's ProNutiva programme which integrates naturally based biosolutions with conventional crop protection products to offer farmers tailored and adaptable packages...

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