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Marrone Bio Innovations’ Regalia® is Top

Biofungicide Brand in California

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBII) (MBI), an Despite the reduced fungicide use in January through
international leader in sustainable protection and plant April 2020, Marrone Bio saw an uptick in the demand for
health solutions, announced that its flagship bio fungicide, Regalia and its newly approved bio fungicide, Stargus, on
Regalia, holds more than 25% market share* of the foliar several crops including wine grapes and stone fruits.
bio fungicide segment in California; outperforming direct
competitors during January through April 2020. Stars, MBI’s newest bio fungicide that provides
broad-spectrum disease control through multiple modes
“Regalia’s performance is a testament to its efficacy for of action, saw strong adoption amongst California grow-
managing plant diseases and improving crop health,” said ers after its January 2020 approval by the California De-
Kevin Hammill, a chief commercial officer for Marrone partment of Pesticide Regulation. Since then, several label
Bio Innovations. “Its performance has been proven on updates, including the addition of hemp and pome fruits,
domestic and international specialty crops for more than were made for all states with updates pending in Califor-
ten years. While the 2020 fungicide market in California nia. Key diseases on grapes and strawberries are expect-
is down overall, we are pleased to see that when growers ed to be approved for California in late 2020.
used a bio fungicide, they chose Regalia more often than
direct competitors. Regalia is MBI’s flagship bio fungicide that improves
yield and harvest quality by stimulating the plant’s ability
“As with Regalia, grower response for Stargus has been to fight disease. The preventative nature of Regalia pro-
very positive. Field trials are showing promising results vides early control of a variety of plant diseases on a wide
and I am confident the product will continue to gain mar- range of specialty crops including hemp and cannabis (la-
ket share as we continue grower education and outreach,” beled as marijuana in Canada).
concluded Hammill.
Both Regalia and Stargus are exempt from maximum
California’s conventional and organic fungicide market residue limits (MRLs), have zero-day pre-harvest intervals,
was down 14% January through April 2020 due to fewer and are Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) listed
disease pressures resulting in fewer fungicide applica-
tions. Almonds, in particular, saw the greatest reduction in
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