PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Arysta LifeScience Japan Introduces BotaniGard ® WP for IPM Tokyo (09 May 2012) – Arysta LifeScience is pleased to introduce BotaniGard ® WP (Beauveria bassiana strain GHA), a product of Laverlam International, Corp., for integrated pest management (IPM) in Japan. Since 2002, the microbial insecticide BotaniGard ® ES (Emulsifiable Suspension) has been promoted in the Japanese market by Arysta LifeScience to control thrips, whiteflies and Lepidoptera along with beneficial insects and mites (so called, “natural enemies”). Although effective against the target pests, some side effects were found to act against predatory mites such as Amblyseius swirskii. In response, Arysta LifeScience developed a new formulation of Beauveria bassiana. As a wettable powder, BotaniGard WP is much less harmful to predatory mites and is compatible with IPM programs in greenhouse vegetables such as strawberries, sweet peppers, eggplants and cucumbers. # # # About Laverlam International Corp. Laverlam International, located in Butte, Montana is a company with over 20 years experience in research and development of biopesticides. This biotechnological know-how has been applied to the development of a full line of products for the control of insect, nematode and disease pests affecting world agriculture. More information is available at http://www.laverlamintl.com/ . About Arysta LifeScience Corporation Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Arysta LifeScience is the world’s largest privately held crop protection and life science company with 2011 revenues of JPY125.8 billion (US$1.6 billion). An entrepreneurial provider of crop protection and life science products in more than 125 countries worldwide, Arysta LifeScience specializes in marketing and distribution of respected crop protection brands and life science products in harmony with the needs of global partners. More information on the company is available at: www.arystalifescience.com . Contact: Linda Frerichs Global Communications Manager Arysta LifeScience Corporation (919) 678-4948 [email protected]

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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release

Arysta LifeScience Japan Introduces BotaniGard® WP for IPM

Tokyo (09 May 2012) – Arysta LifeScience is pleased to introduce BotaniGard® WP (Beauveria

bassiana strain GHA), a product of Laverlam International, Corp., for integrated pest management

(IPM) in Japan.

Since 2002, the microbial insecticide BotaniGard® ES (Emulsifiable Suspension) has been

promoted in the Japanese market by Arysta LifeScience to control thrips, whiteflies and Lepidoptera

along with beneficial insects and mites (so called, “natural enemies”). Although effective against the

target pests, some side effects were found to act against predatory mites such as Amblyseius

swirskii. In response, Arysta LifeScience developed a new formulation of Beauveria bassiana. As a

wettable powder, BotaniGard WP is much less harmful to predatory mites and is compatible with

IPM programs in greenhouse vegetables such as strawberries, sweet peppers, eggplants and

cucumbers.

# # #

About Laverlam International Corp. Laverlam International, located in Butte, Montana is a company with over 20 years experience in research and development of biopesticides. This biotechnological know-how has been applied to the development of a full line of products for the control of insect, nematode and disease pests affecting world agriculture. More information is available at http://www.laverlamintl.com/. About Arysta LifeScience Corporation Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Arysta LifeScience is the world’s largest privately held crop protection and life science company with 2011 revenues of JPY125.8 billion (US$1.6 billion). An entrepreneurial provider of crop protection and life science products in more than 125 countries worldwide, Arysta LifeScience specializes in marketing and distribution of respected crop protection brands and life science products in harmony with the needs of global partners. More information on the company is available at: www.arystalifescience.com. Contact: Linda Frerichs Global Communications Manager Arysta LifeScience Corporation (919) 678-4948 [email protected]

http://www.laverlamintl.com/

http://www.arystalifescience.com/

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