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By Margy Eckelkamp, The Scoop magazine
We asked, you answered. With the votes tabulated, Indigo Ag’s Biotrinsic Nemora FP has officially been named the winner of The Scoop’s 19th annual New Product of the Year contest.
Why Biologicals Are Making Waves
Applied as a seed treatment for soybeans, Biotrinsic Nemora FP is Indigo Ag’s second-generation, EPA-registered biological nematicide containing the proprietary active Pseudomonas oryzihabitans strain SYM23945.
PJ Smith, senior global product manager, says in building the brand, the goal is, “When people hear Nemora, they immediately think, ‘no more nematodes.'”
Nemora uses the power of endophytic crop protection to multiply rapidly, providing full-season protection for soybean cyst nematode. According to Indigo research, Nemora reduces SCN egg hatch rate by up to 68% and primes the plant’s defenses for healthier, more resilient crop growth.
“Within one soybean growing season, there might be anywhere from four to six life cycles for nematodes. So, when you think about an up to 70% reduction each time, we’re having a pretty dramatic life cycle on those nematodes living in the soil,” Smith says.
Unique when compared to SCN traits, Nemora is a broad-spectrum nematicide and not race specific. Nemora also recruits a diverse and specialized community of plant-growth-promoting bacteria in the soil, which can improve soil health while setting up plants for success.
“What makes this product unique is that when Nemora starts on seed, it starts at about 10,000 organisms per seed, and only one month after planting, we’re seeing over 10 million organisms per plant,” he says.
In U.S. small-plot trials between 2021 and 2023, Nemora outperformed untreated checks under nematode pressure. It delivered an average yield increase of 2.2 bu. per acre and won 77% of the time in high-pressure fields. This is comparable to the yield potential of chemical nematicides, without causing phytotoxicity or reduced plant emergence.
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