--- title: 2B Monthly State of the Industry description: "In the December 2022 edition of 2BMonthly, The Global BioControl & Biostimulants Newsletter, the 2B Editorial Team reached out to leaders in the bio-space to get their views on a wide range of factors that are impacting the industry. Certis Biologicals President & CEO Amy O’Shea was proud to share her insight for the newsletter and provide meaningful commentary to the questions posed by the team.  " --- [![Certis Biologicals](https://www.certisbio.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Certis_Biologicals_Logo_RGB.png?width=351&height=120&name=Certis_Biologicals_Logo_RGB.png "Certis Biologicals")](https://www.certisbio.com/) ![Find Your Solution](https://www.certisbio.com/hubfs/CertisUSA%202020/Images/Home%20Page/icon.png) FIND YOUR SOLUTION Product Type Bactericide Fungicide Herbicide Insecticide Miticide Molluscicide Nematicide Nutrient Crop Abiu Acerola Agave Ageratum Aglaonema Agricultural Area Ajuga Alfalfa Alfalfa: For Seed Alfalfa: Forage Alfalfa: Hay Alfalfa: Seed Allspice Almond Almond: Flowering Almond: Non-Bearing Almond: Ornamental Almond: Tropical Aloe: Vera Althea Alyssum Amaranth Amaranth: Chinese Amaranth: Grain Amaranth: Leafy Andromeda Andromeda: Japanese Angelica Anise Anise: Seed Anise: Star Anise: Sweet Annatto Annatto: Seed Aphelandra Apple Apple: Non-Bearing Apple: Ornamental Apricot Apricot: Japanese Apricot: Non-Bearing Apricot: Ornamental Apriplum Apriplum: Non-Bearing Aprium Aprium: Non-Bearing Aralia Aralia: Ming Arborvitae Aronia Berry Arracacha Arrowroot Artemisia Artichoke Artichoke: Chinese Artichoke: Globe Artichoke: Jerusalem Arugula Arugula: Roquette Ash Ash: Mountain Asparagus Aspen Tree Aster Aster: Indian Aster: Stokes Atemoya Athletic Field Avocado Avocado: Non-Bearing Azalea Azarole Bababerry Balm Balsam Apple Balsam Pear Bamboo Shoot Banana Barbados Cherry Barberry Barberry: European Bare Root Stock Barley Barrier Strip Basil Basil: Dry Basil: Fresh Basil: Sweet Bay: Sweet Bay: Sweet Leaf Bayberry Bean Bean: Adzuki Bean: Asparagus Bean: Broad Bean: Chinese Long Bean: Dry Bean: Dry Broad Bean: Dry Lima Bean: Dry Shelled Bean: Edible-Podded Bean: Fava Bean: Field Bean: Garbanzo Bean: Green Bean: Green Lima Bean: Guar Bean: Hyacinth Bean: Jack Bean: Kidney Bean: Lablab Bean: Lima Bean: Lupin Bean: Moth Bean: Mung Bean: Navy Bean: Phaseolus Bean: Pinto Bean: Rice Bean: Runner Bean: Scarlet Runner Bean: Shell Bean: Snap Bean: Succulent Bean: Succulent Broad Bean: Succulent Shelled Bean: Sword Bean: Tepary Bean: Urd Bean: Vigna Bean: Wax Bean: Yardlong Bearberry Bedding Plant Bee Balm Beech Beechnut Beet Beet Greens Beet: Garden Beet: Garden: Leaf Beet: Sugar Beet: Sugar: Leaf Beet: Table Begonia Bench Bentgrass Bermudagrass Berry Berry: Black Satin Berry: Dirksen Thornless Berry: Oregon Evergreen Bilberry Bingleberry Birch Birdseed Biriba Black Jack Blackberry Blackberry: Andean Blackberry: Arctic Blackberry: Aurora Blackberry: Boysen Blackberry: California Blackberry: Cascade Blackberry: Chehalem Blackberry: Cherokee Blackberry: Cheyenne Blackberry: Common Blackberry: Evergreen Blackberry: Logan Blackberry: Mammoth Blackberry: Marion Blackberry: Santiam Blackberry: Shawnee Blackberry: Thornless Evergreen Blackcap Blueberry Blueberry: Highbush Blueberry: Lowbush Bluegrass Bluegrass: Annual Bluegrass: Kentucky Borage Borage: Oil Seed Border Plant Bougainvillea Boxwood Boysenberry Brassica Brazil Nut Breadfruit Broccoflower Broccoli Broccoli: Cavalo Broccoli: Chinese Broccoli: Chinese Gai Lon Broccoli: Chinese White Flowering Broccoli: Raab Broccolo: Cavalo Brombeere Brussels Sprout Buckeye Buckthorn Buckwheat Buffaloberry Buffer Strip Bulb: Ornamental Burdock Burdock: Edible Burdock: Edible: Leaf Burnet Bush Tomato Bushberry Butternut Cabbage Cabbage: Abyssinian Cabbage: Chinese Cabbage: Chinese Bok Choy Cabbage: Chinese Mustard Cabbage: Chinese Napa Cabbage: Chinese Tight Headed Cabbage: Head Cabbage: Leaf Cacao Calabaza Calamondin Calendula Camellia Camomile Campground Camphor Tree Caneberry Canistel Canna Canna: Edible Canola Cantaloupe Cantaloupe: True Caper Bud Capulin Carambola Caraway Caraway: Black Cardamom Cardone Cardoon Carnation Carob Carrot Carrot: For Seed Carrot: Leaf Casaba Cashew Cassava Cassava: Bitter Cassava: Bitter: Leaf Cassava: Sweet Cassava: Sweet: Leaf Cassia Cassia Bark Cassia Bud Castor Catjang Catnip Cat's Whisker Cauliflower Cedar Cedar: Eastern Red Celeriac Celeriac: Leaf Celery Celery: Chinese Celery: Root: Leaf Celery: Seed Celtuce Cemetery Centaurea Centipedegrass Cereal Grain Cham-Chwi Chamomile Chard Chard: Swiss Chaya Chayote Chayote: Fruit Chayote: Root Che Cherimoya Cherry Cherry Laurel Cherry: Black Cherry: Flowering Cherry: Nanking Cherry: Non-Bearing Cherry: Ornamental Cherry: Pin Cherry: Sour Cherry: Sweet Cherry: Tart Chervil Chervil: Dried Chervil: Dried Leaf Chervil: Fresh Leaf Chervil: Turnip-Rooted Chervil: Turnip-Rooted: Leaf Chesterberry Chestnut Chestnut: Japanese Horse Chestnut: Non-Bearing Chestnut: Water Chickpea Chicory Chicory: Leaf Chicory: Red Chicory: Root Chinquapin Chipilin Chironja Chive Chive: Chinese Chive: Chinese: Fresh Leaf Chive: Fresh Leaf Chokeberry Chokecherry Christmas Tree Christmas Tree Plantation Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum: Edible Chrysanthemum: Edible-Leaved Chrysanthemum: Garland Chufa Chwinamul Cilantro Cilantro: Leaf Cineraria Cinnamon Citron Citrullus Citrus Citrus: Field Nursery Citrus: Hybrid Citrus: Non-Bearing Citrus: Non-Bearing: Greenhouse Citrus: Ornamental Clary Cloudberry Clove Clove Bud Clover Clover: For Seed Cockscomb: Feather Cocoa Bean Cocona Coconut Coffee Cole Crop Cole Crop: Greenhouse Coleus Collard Collard Greens Columbine Cone: Dried Conifer Conifer Plantation Conifer: Seed Orchard Container Stock Cooler: Evaporative Coralbell Coriander Coriander: Leaf Coriander: Seed Corn Corn Salad Corn: Field Corn: For Seed Corn: Seed Corn: Silage Corn: Sweet Cornflower: Mountain Coryberry Cosmos Costmary Cotoneaster Cotton Cottonseed Cover Crop Cowpea Crabapple Crabapple: Flowering Crabapple: Non-Bearing Crambe Cranberry Cranberry: Highbush Crassula Cress Cress: Garden Cress: Upland Cress: Winter Crocus Crop: Direct-Seeded Crop: For Seed Crop: Hydroponic Croton Cucumber Cucumber: Chinese Cucumber: Greenhouse Cucumis melo Cucurbit Cucuzza Culantro Culantro: Leaf Culantro: Seed Cumin Cuphea Currant Currant Tomato Currant: Black Currant: Buffalo Currant: Native Currant: Red Curry Curry: Leaf Custard Apple Cypress Cypress: Leyland Daffodil Dahlia Daikon Daikon: Leaf Daisy Dandelion Dandelion: Leaf Dang-Gwi Darrowberry Dasheen Dasheen: Leaf Date Daylily Daylily: Bulb Delphinium Dewberry Dewberry: Northern Dewberry: Southern Dianthus Dill Dill: Seed Dillweed Ditch Dizygotheca Dock Dogwood Dogwood: Flowering Dogwood: Kousa Dol-Namul Dracaena Dragon Fruit Dumb Cane Durian Dusty Miller Ebolo Echinacea Echium Edamame Eggplant Eggplant: African Eggplant: Greenhouse Eggplant: Scarlet Egyptian Star Elderberry Elephant Ears Elm Elm: Chinese Endive Episcia Equipment Escarole Eucalyptus Euonymus Euphorbia Evening Primrose Evergreen Fallow Land Fameflower Fatsia Feijoa Fennel Fennel: Common Fennel: Finocchio Fennel: Florence Fennel: Florence: Seed Fennel: Seed Fennel: Sweet Fenugreek Fern Fern: Boston Fern: Fiddlehead Fern: Holly Fern: Leatherleaf Fern: Ruffle Fescue Fescue: Chewing's Fescue: Fine Fescue: Red Fescue: Tall Ficus Field Crop Field Equipment Fig Fig: Weeping Filbert Filbert: Non-Bearing Filbert: Ornamental Fir Fir: Douglas Firethorn Flax Flaxseed Flower Flower Bed Flower: Annual Flower: Cut Flower: Edible Flower: Indoor Flower: Ornamental Flower: Outdoor Flower: Perennial Flower: Terrestrial Flowering Plant Foliage Plant Food Crop Foot Bath Mat Forage Crop Forest Forest Seedling Forest Tree Forestry Forsythia Framboise Fritillaria: Bulb Fritillaria: Leaf Fruit Crop Fruit Tree Fruit Tree: Non-Bearing Fruit Tree: Ornamental Fruit: Pome Fruit: Pome: Non-Bearing Fruit: Small Terrestrial Fruit: Stone Fruit: Stone: Non-Bearing Fruit: Subtropical Fruit: Tropical Fuki Gai Choy Garden Huckleberry Gardenia Garlic Garlic: Bulb Garlic: Great Headed Garlic: Great Headed: Bulb Garlic: Serpent Bulb Gazania Geranium Gherkin Ginger Ginkgo Ginseng Gladiolus Gloxinia Goji Berry Gold-of-Pleasure Golf Course Golf Course: Apron Golf Course: Greens Golf Course: Rough Golf Course: Tee Good-King-Henry Gooseberry Gourd Gourd: Edible Grain: Bagged Grain: Small Grain: Stored Grains of Paradise Grape Grape: Amur River Grape: Greenhouse Grape: Juice Grape: Non-Bearing Grape: Raisin Grape: Raisin: Non-Bearing Grape: Table Grape: Table: Non-Bearing Grape: Wine Grape: Wine: Non-Bearing Grapefruit Grapefruit: Japanese Summer Grapefruit: Non-Bearing Grapeholly: Oregon Grapevine Grass Grass Buffer: Around Crop Area Grass: Fodder Grass: For Seed Grass: For Sod Grass: Forage Grass: Hay Grass: Pasture Greenhouse Greenhouse Plant Greenhouse: Ornamental Greens Greens: Chinese Greens: Leafy Ground Cherry Ground-Elder Guar Guava Guava: Chilean Guayule Gypsophila Hanover Salad Hawthorn Hawthorn: Indian Hay Hay Crop Hazelnut Hazelnut: Non-Bearing Heartnut Hechima Hemp Hemp: Industrial Herb Herb: Greenhouse Herbaceous Plant Herbaceous Plant: Ornamental Heuchera Hibiscus Hickory Hickory Nut Himalayaberry Himbeere Holly Hollyhock Honeysuckle Honeysuckle: Edible Honeysuckle: Tatarian Hop Horehound Horseradish Horticultural Crop Hosta: Elegans Hoya Huauzontle Huckleberry Hullberry Hydrangea Hyotan Hyssop Ilama Impatiens Industrial Site Iris Irrigation System Ivy: Algerian Ivy: English Ivy: Grape Ivy: Tree Ixora Jaboticaba Jackfruit Jambu: Wax Jicama Jojoba Jostaberry Jujube Jujube: Chinese Juneberry Juniper Juniper Berry Jute: Leaf Kai-Lan Kalanchoe Kale Keriberry Kinep Kiwifruit Kiwifruit: Fuzzy Kiwifruit: Hardy Kohlrabi Kumquat Kurrat Landscape Lantana Laurel Lavacaberry Lavender Lawn Lawn: Commercial Lawn: Ornamental Lawn: Residential Leek Leek: Lady's Leek: Wild Legume Legume: Forage Legume: Forage: For Seed Lemon Lemon Balm Lemon: Non-Bearing Lemongrass Lentil Leren Lespedeza Lesquerella Lettuce Lettuce: Baby Lettuce: Bitter Lettuce: Butter Lettuce: Butter Crunch Lettuce: Crisphead Lettuce: Head Lettuce: Head: Spring Lettuce: Iceberg Lettuce: Leaf Lettuce: Romaine Lilac Lily Lily: Bulb Lily: Easter Lime Lime: Australian Desert Lime: Australian Finger Lime: Australian Round Lime: Brown River Finger Lime: Mount White Lime: New Guinea Wild Lime: Non-Bearing Lime: Russell River Lime: Sweet Lime: Tahiti Linden Lingonberry Lipstick Plant Lipstick Vine Litchi Livestock Watering System Loblolly Bay Locust: Honey Loganberry Longan Loquat Loquat: Ornamental Lovage Lovage: Leaf Lovage: Seed Lowberry Low-Bok Lucretiaberry Lunaria Lupin: Grain Lupin: Seed Lupin: Sweet Lupin: White Lupin: White Sweet Lupine Lychee Maca: Leaf Macadamia Macadamia Nut Macadamia: Non-Bearing Mace Mache Magnolia Magnolia: Oriental Magnolia: Southern Magnolia: Sweet Bay Malanga Mandarin Mandarin Orange Mandarin: Clementine Mandarin: Mediterranean Mandarin: Non-Bearing Mandevilla Mango Mango: Non-Bearing Mangosteen Maple Marigold Marionberry Marjoram Marjoram: Annual Marjoram: Pot Marjoram: Sweet Marjoram: Wild Marrow Vegetable Martynia Mayberry Mayhaw Maypop Meadowfoam Medlar Melon Melon: Bitter Melon: Chinese Preserving Melon: Citron Melon: Crenshaw Melon: Golden Pershaw Melon: Greenhouse Melon: Honey Ball Melon: Honeydew Melon: Hybrid Melon: Mango Melon: Persian Melon: Pineapple Melon: Santa Claus Melon: Snake Milkweed Millet Millet: Pearl Millet: Proso Milo Mint Mizuna Momordica Monarda Mora Berry Mulberry Mulberry: Contorted Mulberry: Weeping Muntries Mures Deronce Mushroom Mushroom House Muskmelon Mustard Mustard Greens Mustard: Chinese Mustard: Hare's Ear Mustard: Oil Seed Mustard: Seed Myrtle: Crape Naranjilla Narcissus Nasturtium Nectarberry Nectarine Nectarine: Non-Bearing Nectarine: Ornamental Nephthytis Nettle: Stinging Niger: Seed Nispero Non-Crop Area Non-Porous Surface Not Applicable Nursery Nursery Plant: Container Grown: Outdoor Nursery Tree: Bare Root Nursery: Outdoor Nut Tree Nut Tree: Non-Bearing Nut Tree: Ornamental Nutmeg Oak Oak: Bur Oak: Laurel Oak: Live Oat Oil Seed Crop Okra Okra: Chinese Olallieberry Oleander Olive Onion Onion: Beltsville Bunching Onion: Bulb Onion: Chinese Bulb Onion: Dry Bulb Onion: Fresh Onion: Green Onion: Japanese Bunching Onion: Macrostem Onion: Pearl Onion: Potato: Bulb Onion: Tree: Top Onion: Welsh Onion: Welsh: Top Orach Orange Orange: Non-Bearing Orange: Sour Orange: Sweet Orange: Tachibana Orange: Trifoliate Oregano Ornamental Plant Ornamental: Field Grown Ornamental: Greenhouse Ornamental: Herbaceous Non-Edible Ornamental: Indoor Ornamental: Outdoor Ornamental: Terrestrial Ornamental: Woody Oxeye: Smooth Oyster Plant Pachysandra Packing House Palm Palm Heart Palm: Date Palm: European Fan Palm: Oil Palm: Parlor Palm: Queen Palm: Washington Palm: Washingtonia Pansy Papaya Papaya: Non-Bearing Paprika Park Parsley Parsley: Chinese Parsley: Dried Parsley: Fresh Leaf Parsley: Root Parsley: Turnip-Rooted Parsnip Parsnip: Leaf Partridgeberry Paspalum: Seashore Passion Fruit Pasture Pasture: Grass Pasture: Hay Pawpaw Pea Pea Eggplant Pea: Black-Eyed Pea: Crowder Pea: Dried Pea: Dry Pea: Dry Shelled Pea: Dwarf Pea: Edible-Podded Pea: English Pea: Field Pea: Garden Pea: Green Pea: Pigeon Pea: Pisum Pea: Shelled Pea: Snap Pea: Snow Pea: Southern Pea: Split Pea: Succulent Pea: Succulent Shelled Pea: Sugar Snap Peach Peach Palm Peach: Flowering Peach: Non-Bearing Peach: Ornamental Peanut Pear Pear: Asian Pear: Flowering Pear: Non-Bearing Pear: Oriental Pear: Ornamental Pecan Pecan: Non-Bearing Pennyroyal Pentas Peony Peperomia Pepino Pepper Pepper: Bell Pepper: Black Pepper: Chili Pepper: Cooking Pepper: Greenhouse Pepper: Habanero Pepper: Hot Pepper: Jalapeno Pepper: Non-Bell Pepper: Sweet Pepper: White Pepperberry: Mountain Peppermint Periwinkle Persimmon Petunia Phalsa Phenomenalberry Philodendron Phlox Photinia: Red Tip Picnic Ground Pilea Pili Nut Pimento Pine Pine Nut Pineapple Pistachio Pistachio: Non-Bearing Pistachio: Ornamental Pisum Pittosporum Plant: Container Grown Plant: Outdoor Plant: Potted Plantain Plantain Lily Plantain: Buckhorn Play Ground Plum Plum: American Plum: Beach Plum: Canada Plum: Cherry Plum: Chickasaw Plum: Damson Plum: Flowering Plum: Japanese Plum: Klamath Plum: Non-Bearing Plum: Ornamental Plumcot Plumcot: Non-Bearing Pluot Pluot: Non-Bearing Poi Poinsettia Pomegranate Pomegranate: Non-Bearing Popcorn Poplar Poppy Poppy: Oil Seed Poppy: Seed Potato Potato: For Seed Potato: Seed Potato: Sweet Potato: Sweet: Leaf Pothos Powder Puff Plant Prayer Plant Prickly Pear: Cactus Primrose Primrose: English Privet Protea Prune Prune: Fresh Prune: Non-Bearing Prune: Ornamental Prune-Plum Pulasan Pulmonaria Pummelo Pummelo: Non-Bearing Pumpkin Purslane Purslane: Garden Purslane: Winter Pyracantha Quenepa Quince Quince: Chinese Quince: Flowering Quince: Japanese Quince: Non-Bearing Quinoa Radicchio Radichetta Radish Radish: Chinese Radish: Japanese Radish: Leaf Radish: Oil Radish: Oriental Radish: Oriental: Leaf Rain Tree: Golden Rambutan Rangeberry Rangeland Rape Rape Greens Rapeseed Rapini Raspberry Raspberry: Black Raspberry: Red Raspberry: Wild Raspberry: Yellow Ravenberry Recreational Area Rhododendron Rhubarb Riberry Rice Rice: Wild Roadside Rocket: Wild Root Crop Rose Rose Hip Rose of Sharon Roselle Rosemary Rossberry Row Crop Rue Rutabaga Rutabaga: Leaf Rye Ryegrass: Annual Ryegrass: Perennial Safflower Saffron Sage Salal Salsify Salsify: Black Salsify: Black: Leaf Salsify: Spanish Salsify: Top Sapodilla Sapote Sapote: Black Sapote: Mamey Sapote: White Satsuma Mandarin Savory Savory: Summer Savory: Winter Scallion Schefflera Schisandra Berry Sea-Buckthorn Seagrape Seakale Seed Crop Sequoia: Giant Serviceberry Serviceberry: Saskatoon Sesame Shade Tree Shallot Shallot: Bulb Shallot: Fresh Leaf Shepherdspurse Shrub Shrub: Ornamental Silage Skirret Sloe Snapdragon Sod Farm Sorghum Sorghum: Grain Sorrel Soursop Soybean Soybean: Edible Soybean: Foliage Soybean: Immature Seed Soybean: Stored Spanish Lime Spathe Flower Spearmint Spice Spice: Greenhouse Spinach Spinach: Chinese Spinach: Malabar Spinach: Mustard Spinach: New Zealand Spinach: Vine Spinach: Water Spirea Spruce Squash Squash: Acorn Squash: Butternut Squash: Crookneck Squash: Hubbard Squash: Scallop Squash: Spaghetti Squash: Straightneck Squash: Summer Squash: Summer Crookneck Squash: Summer Scallop Squash: Summer Spaghetti Squash: Summer Straightneck Squash: Winter St. Augustine Grass Star Apple Star Apple: White Starfruit Statice Stock Tank Strawberry Strawberry: Greenhouse Structure Sudan Grass Sugar Apple Sugarcane Sunberry Sunflower Surface Sweet Rocket Sweetsop Sycamore Syngonium Tallow Tree: Chinese Tallowwood Tamarillo Tamarind Tampala Tangelo Tangelo: Non-Bearing Tangerine Tangerine: Non-Bearing Tangor Tanier Tanier Spinach Tanier: Leaf Tansy Taro Taro: Leaf Tarragon Tatsoi Tayberry Tea Tea Oil Plant Tejocote Teosinte Terrestrial Non-Crop Site Terrestrial Non-Food Crop Thimbleberry Thyme Ti: Leaf Tobacco Tobacco: Binder Tobacco: Burley Tobacco: Dark Tobacco: Field Tobacco: Float-Bed Tobacco: Flue-Cured Tobacco: Greenhouse Tomatillo Tomato Tomato Tree Tomato: Fresh Market Tomato: Greenhouse Tomato: Process Tomato: Processing Tree Tree Crop Tree Farm Tree Nursery Tree Plantation Tree: Deciduous Tree: Deciduous: Plantation Tree: Ornamental Trefoil Triticale Tuber Crop Tulameen Tulip Turf Turf Area Turf: Cemetery Turf: Commercial Turf: Golf Course Turf: Golf Fairway Turf: Industrial Turf: Institutional Area Turf: Ornamental Turf: Park Turf: Residential Turfgrass Turfgrass: For Sod Turfgrass: Lawn Turmeric Turnip Turnip Greens Turnip: Leaf Turnip: Root Turnip: Top Udo Umbrella Tree Uniq Fruit Vanilla Vegetable Vegetable: Brassica Leafy Vegetable: Bulb Vegetable: Corm Vegetable: Fruiting Vegetable: Greenhouse Vegetable: Leafy Vegetable: Leafy Petiole Vegetable: Legume Vegetable: Legume: Leaf Vegetable: Root Vegetable: Root: Leaf Vegetable: Terrestrial Chinese Vegetable: Terrestrial Green Leafy Vegetable: Transplant Vegetable: Tuber Vegetable: Tuber: Leaf Vegetable: Tuberous Vehicle Verbena Vernonia Vetch Vetch: Seed Viburnum Vine Vine Crop Vine: Non-Bearing Vine: Ornamental Viola Violet Violet: African Violet: Chinese Violet: Chinese Leaf Walnut Walnut: Black Walnut: English Walnut: Non-Bearing Walnut: Ornamental Water: Non-Potable Watercress Watermelon Wax Apple Waxgourd: Chinese Wheat Wheatgrass Wheatgrass: Tall Wheatgrass: Western Willow Wintergreen Woodruff Woody Plant Work Area Wormwood Yam Yam Bean Yam: True Yam: True: Leaf Yarrow Yellow Rocket Yew Youngberry Yucca: Adams Needle Zarzamora Zebra-Plant Zinnia Zoysiagrass Zucchini Zuiki Pest Abiotic Stress Achlya Adelgid Adelgid: Cooley Spruce Gall Alga Alga: Red Alternaria Amorbia Ant Ant: Acrobat Ant: Big-Headed Ant: Cornfield Ant: Crazy Ant: Field Ant: Foraging Ant: Foraging Imported Fire Ant: Ghost Ant: Harvester Ant: Little Black Ant: Odorous House Ant: Pavement Ant: Red Imported Fire Ant: Thief Anthracnose Anthracnose: Colletotrichum Anthracnose: Fruit Anthracnose: Northeastern Anthracnose: Northwestern Anthracnose: Spot Aphanomyces Aphid Aphid: Apple Aphid: Bean Aphid: Black Margined Aphid: Cabbage Aphid: Cotton Aphid: Cowpea Aphid: Filbert Aphid: Green Peach Aphid: Hop Aphid: Melon Aphid: Pea Aphid: Potato Aphid: Red Aphid: Rose Aphid: Russian Wheat Aphid: Spotted Alfalfa Aphid: Woolly Aphid: Woolly Apple Armyworm Armyworm: Beet Armyworm: Bertha Armyworm: Fall Armyworm: False Armyworm: Lawn Armyworm: Southern Armyworm: Western Yellowstriped Armyworm: Yellowstriped Ataenius Bacteria Bacteria: Ice-Nucleating Bacterial Pustule Bagworm Ball Moss Batrachedra Beetle Beetle Larva: Colorado Potato Beetle Larva: Elm Leaf Beetle: Bark Beetle: Bean Leaf Beetle: Blister Beetle: Cereal Leaf Beetle: Colorado Potato Beetle: Cucumber Beetle: Dung Beetle: Elm Leaf Beetle: Flea Beetle: Fuller Rose Beetle: Green June Beetle: Japanese Beetle: June Beetle: Leaf Feeding Beetle: May Beetle: Mexican Bean Beetle: Potato Flea Beetle: Strawberry Beetle: Whitefringed Bentgrass: Colonial Billbug Black Dot Black Knot Black Pod Black Point Black Shank Black Stem: Spring Blackleg Blast: Bacterial Blast: Blossom Blast: Rice Blast: Shoot Blight Blight: Alternaria Blight: Alternaria Late Blight: Alternaria Leaf Blight: Alternaria Twig Blight: Ascochyta Blight: Bacterial Blight: Bacterial Leaf Blight: Blossom Blight: Botryosphaeria Panicle Blight: Botryosphaeria Shoot Blight: Botrytis Blight: Botrytis Blossom Blight: Botrytis Flower Blight: Botrytis Fruit Blight: Botrytis Leaf Blight: Botrytis Twig Blight: Brown Blight: Brown Rot Blossom Blight: Cercospora Early Blight: Cercospora Leaf Blight: Cercospora Needle Blight: Common Blight: Corynespora Blight: Coryneum Blight: Diplodia Tip Blight: Early Blight: Eastern Filbert Blight: Filbert Blight: Fire Blight: Flower Blight: Fruit Blight: Fusarium Blight: Fusarium Head Blight: Fusarium Seedling Blight: Gummy Stem Blight: Halo Blight: Late Blight: Leaf Blight: Monilinia Blossom Blight: Monilinia Tip Blight: Needle Blight: Panicle Blight: Phomopsis Blight: Phomopsis Leaf Blight: Phomopsis Stem Blight: Phomopsis Twig Blight: Phytophthora Blight: Pod Blight: Pseudomonas Blight: Pseudomonas Leaf Blight: Pythium Seedling Blight: Raceme Blight: Ray Blight: Rhizoctonia Foliage Blight: Rhizoctonia Leaf Blight: Rhizoctonia Seedling Blight: Sclerotinia Blight: Seedling Blight: Septoria Late Blight: Septoria Leaf Blight: Sheath Blight: Shoot Blight: Southern Blight: Southern Leaf Blight: Stem Blight: Tip Blight: Twig Blight: Volutella Leaf Blight: Walnut Blossomworm: Cranberry Blotch Blotch: Bacterial Blotch: Bacterial Fruit Blotch: Berry Blotch: Glume Blotch: Helminthosporium Spot Blotch: Leaf Blotch: Purple Blotch: Septoria Leaf Blotch: Sooty Blotch: Stagonospora Glume Blotch: Stagonospora Leaf Blotch: Watermelon Fruit Blotch: Web Bluegrass: Annual Bollworm Bollworm: Cotton Bollworm: Old World Bollworm: Pink Borer Borer: European Corn Borer: Lesser Cornstalk Borer: Mint Root Borer: Peach Tree Borer: Peach Twig Borer: Rice Stem Borer: Southwestern Corn Borer: Squash Vine Borer: Sugarcane Borer: Twig Botrytis Botrytis cinerea Brush Budworm Budworm: Black-Headed Budworm: Cabbage Budworm: Jackpine Budworm: Spruce Budworm: Tobacco Budworm: Western Spruce Bug Bug: Seed Bug: Squash Butterfly: Pine Cabbageworm: Cross-Striped Cabbageworm: Imported Canker Canker: Bacterial Canker: Bacterial Stem Canker: Citrus Canker: European Canker: Phoma Canker: Tomato Cankerworm Cankerworm: Fall Cankerworm: Spring Casebearer: Pecan Nut Caterpillar Caterpillar: Alfalfa Caterpillar: Eastern Tent Caterpillar: Florida Fern Caterpillar: Lepidoptera Caterpillar: Redhumped Caterpillar: Saddleback Caterpillar: Saddled Prominent Caterpillar: Saltmarsh Caterpillar: Salt-Marsh Caterpillar: Tent Caterpillar: Velvet Bean Caterpillar: Walnut Caterpillar: Western Tent Cepaea Cercospora Chafer Chafer: European Chafer: Northern Masked Chafer: Rose Chafer: Southern Masked Chickweed Chickweed: Mouseear Chinch Bug Cladosporium Cloverworm: Green Colletotrichum Complex: Cranberry Fruit Rot Complex: Pin Rot Complex: Rindworm Corn Earworm Cottonball Crabgrass: Large Cricket Cricket: Mole Cricket: Mormon Cucumber Mosaic Virus Curculio: Apple Curculio: Plum Curculio: Rose Cutworm Cutworm: Black Cutworm: Citrus Cutworm: Climbing Cutworm: Rough-Skinned Cutworm: Spotted Cutworm: Variegated Cutworm: Western Bean Damping Off Damping Off: Botrytis Damping Off: Fusarium Damping Off: Phytophthora Damping Off: Pythium Damping Off: Rhizoctonia Dandelion Decline: Vine Delphacid: Rice Dieback Dieback: Phomopsis Twig Dieback: Phytophthora Disease: Bacterial Disease: Coffee Berry Disease: Crown Disease: Foliar Disease: Fungal Disease: Fusarium Root Disease: Olpidium Root Disease: Phytophthora Root Disease: Pink Disease: Plant Disease: Pythium Root Disease: Rhizoctonia Root Disease: Root Disease: Soilborne Disease: Verticillium Soilborne Downy Mildew Downy Mildew: Peronospora Downy Mildew: Plasmopara Downy Mildew: Pseudoperonospora Dry Bubble Earwig Entomosporium 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Creeper Leafminer Leafminer: Citrus Leafminer: Liriomyza Leafminer: Pea Leafminer: Serpentine Leafminer: Vegetable Leafperforator Leafperforator: Cotton Leafroller Leafroller: Blueberry Leafroller: Filbert Leafroller: Fruit Tree Leafroller: Grape Leafroller: Mexican Leafroller: Oblique-Banded Leafroller: Omnivorous Leafroller: Pandemis Leafroller: Red-Banded Leafroller: Variegated Leaftier Leaftier: Celery Leaftier: Omnivorous Leafworm: Cotton Leatherjacket Lepidopterous Larva Lettuce Drop Lichen Locust Looper Looper: Alfalfa Looper: Cabbage Looper: Linden Looper: Omnivorous Looper: Soybean Lygus Bug Maggot Maggot: Cabbage Maggot: Onion Maggot: Seedcorn Mallow: Round Leaf Mapleworm: Greenstriped Mealybug Mealybug: Buffalograss Mealybug: Citrus Mealybug: Grape Mealybug: Longtailed Melanose Melonworm Millipede Mite Mite: Broad Mite: Rust Mold Mold: Black Mold: Black Head Mold: Blue Mold: Botrytis Gray Mold: Gray Mold: Gray Leaf Mold: Leaf Mold: Penicillium Mold: Pink Snow Mold: Slime 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NEWS RELEASES # 2B Monthly State of the Industry Release Date : January 6, 2023 SHARE [mailto:?subject=2B%20Monthly%20State%20of%20the%20Industry&body=Check%20out%20https://www.certisbio.com/news/releases/2b-monthly-state-of-the-industry](mailto:?subject=2B%20Monthly%20State%20of%20the%20Industry&body=Check%20out%20https://www.certisbio.com/news/releases/2b-monthly-state-of-the-industry) ![Amy OShea](https://www.certisbio.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Amy%20OShea.jpeg?width=274&height=361&name=Amy%20OShea.jpeg) Read her responses for a look inside what biologicals bring to the table now for growers and the issues that are affecting their global growth. **1. EU Farm to Fork goals and the current timelines (and attitudes) for introducing new microbial biologicals in Europe are in clear conflict. Should the industry be working to bring this inconsistency to the attention of the consumer?** It’s our belief that the industry working closely with regulatory agencies on this topic is paramount to ensure that growers continue to have safe and effective alternatives for crop protection. We are glad that industry leaders like IBMA have been collaborating with the EU Commission and regulatory agencies to close the gap between Farm to Fork objectives and the current reality. That current reality means that it is taking nearly a decade to bring a new biocontrol technology into the EU market. Growers need options to protect their crops and the environments in which they grow more quickly than that. Through this collaboration, we know that the EU Commission is looking for a legislative path to shorten that timeline and we are hopeful that we will see some changes very soon in 2023. The gap between consumer expectation and the long path to provide biocontrol solutions to growers must be closed or severe impacts could be felt all along the agriculture value chain. We are optimistic that 2023 will bring some meaningful change to Europe’s agriculture landscape.   **2. What can you share about the impact of the conflict in Ukraine and the resultant rising energy prices on your business?** No industry is immune to the spike in energy prices, including agriculture. Because a significant portion of our business is in European agriculture markets, we can see the effect this conflict is having in that region and on the broader global economy. Not only is this a direct driver, but ripple effects are being felt as inflation has increased grower input costs and devalued the Euro vs. the dollar. Companies like Certis that are headquartered in the US but do business globally are feeling this impact tremendously. Not only are manufacturers experiencing these effects, but growers are as well, with some high-technology greenhouse growers choosing not to plant due to rising energy and input costs. It’s incumbent upon us to address our challenges as well as those of our grower customers. We are using these circumstances as an opportunity to look inward. Finding efficiencies and synergies in our internal processes will ensure that we can pass as little cost as possible to our grower customers. And we are increasing our ability to provide technical support to growers as they make tough decisions about their inputs based on increased costs. 3. Do you think that the increase on fertilizer will have any impact on farmers’ willingness to pay for biostimulant products, particularly in row crops?  Many factors drive the willingness of growers to implement biosolutions into their crop programs, both in specialty and row crops. One factor in row crop adoption in particular is a response to record fertilizer input costs, but also is driven by favorable crop commodity prices. Growers utilizing biologicals to supplement or replace fertilizer and other inputs is a rapidly-growing market, particularly in non-legume crops. We feel that it is more critical than ever that  growers clearly understand the performance, value and ROI of bio-based products and the value they present, especially when input costs and crop prices stabilize to historic levels. Even after potential market stabilization, I still believe that consumer and CPG demand for food products grown with climate smart ag technologies will increase. Bio-based inputs are a key to achieving those regenerative and sustainable practices for many growers. Because of this and other factors, we envision biologicals to be a well-adopted, long-term solution in these crop sectors, not just opportunistic increases based on commodity price fluctuations. **4. Container freights have reduced in recent months. What are you seeing in the logistics and freight markets?** Certis Biologicals manufactures product both domestically and internationally and we ship to more than 55 countries. We have long felt the increased pressure from logistics challenges. A year ago, we were unable to secure an ISO tanker and transit time extended to 90+ days in many cases.    To mitigate those logistics challenges, Certis had to be agile and find alternatives, which required us to adjust our processing and storage activities. In addition, we put into place many new personnel members who are dedicated to finding efficiencies and alternative logistics plans through business intelligence and forecasting. They have implemented improvements that remain critical components to our business now and through the future.  Fortunately, some port backlogs that go back to 2020 are beginning to break free, resulting in improved transit times and some reduction in freight costs to certain regions. The availability of ISO tankers and shipping schedule availability has caused a decline in our shipment time to about 45 days. This gives us great hope that we can begin getting product to growers more quickly so that they can address their crop protection concerns. **5. When you talk with your teams, what are the topics they are getting excited about? What are they most concerned about?** The practice of farming is evolving at a much more rapid pace now than in past generations. It is an exciting time to be a part of new innovations like precision farming and robotics that are bringing growers more tools to efficiently answer the questions of food safety, security and nutrition. In the same vein, heightened consumer awareness into growing practices and how they affect the environment have ushered in changes in cultural practices and driven biological adoption in segments like row crops. I applaud this shift. As leader of a biologicals company, I am proud of the role that bio-based products play in integrated approaches to crop protection. As such, we know that we must continue to innovate so that growers can continue adapting to more holistic solutions-based approaches like IPM. With the increased awareness and focus comes many areas of concern, for the entire industry. Public opinion is having more of an impact than ever on regulatory restrictions, use practices, land use, resource protection and utilization. The industry is having to adapt to these changes, while we are also facing rising costs, labor shortages and supply chain issues. **6. We are seeing dramatic growth in biological markets in Brazil and many other parts of Latin America. What do you think is unique about this region that is driving this growth? Do you think this situation is unique to this region or can it be replicated elsewhere?** While Latin America is a rising market for biologicals, the fact is that bio usage is increasing dramatically in nearly every agricultural market globally. Interestingly, I find that every market has a somewhat unique set of circumstances that are driving that growth. For Latin America, what’s intriguing to us is that there is a differing set of circumstances around the growth in Brazil and the rest of the region. Brazil’s growth is heavily attributed to large-acreage crops such as soybean, maize, wheat, sugarcane and cotton. Primarily, the contributing factors have to do with managing resistance to traditional chemistries. For the rest of Latin America, specialty crops are driving adoption because of awareness of MRLs in export. Additionally, the region has many local producers of biopesticides that are playing an important role in expanding that market and adoption at the grower level. Through partnerships with many local producers and distributors, Certis Biologicals is seeing significant growth opportunity for us to bring our broad portfolio of solutions to growers in the region. 7. Are you experiencing interest from Private Equity and Venture funds with no Agricultural expertise, or otherwise experiencing inquiries from investors that might be looking to enter the ag and roll-up companies? While private investment is not a concern for Certis Biologicals as we are wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., we do know that there is staggering investment in the agriculture space right now. Because of the significant growth of biologicals, they are at the forefront of much of that interest and investment. Recently, we made the move to dedicate one of our leadership positions to business development and licensing. His role will be to leverage our strong commitment to science, the internal innovation possible through our manufacturing expertise and our existing access to global markets to partner with emerging technology companies. Many of our largest moves as a company have been made through partnerships with collaborators. We believe that this new position will lead to more growth in the overall sector while bringing new solutions to the growers who need them to protect their crops and the environment. About Certis Biologicals Certis Biologicals is the leading manufacturer, innovator, developer and marketer of proven biological solutions for use in commercial agriculture, professional greenhouse and the consumer markets. With biological products sold through a global distribution network and in collaboration with various technology, regulatory and sourcing companies in more than 50 countries, Certis Biologicals meets the challenges faced by today’s growers around the globe to feed a growing population while sustaining the natural resources and environments necessary for a healthy planet.  To learn more about Certis Biologicals, their portfolio of proven solutions, or their commitment to sustainability, visit [www.CertisBio.com](https://www.certisbio.com/) or follow the company through social media on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/certisbio), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/certisbio), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/certis-bio) and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/certisbio).  #### for media inquiries Heidi Gammuac [heidi.gammuac@adfarm.com](mailto:heidi.gammuac@adfarm.com) categories Certis News Team Product Archive In The News Partnerships Garden Greenhouse Manufacturing Insider NEWS TYPE Certis News In The News #### follow us: - - - [mailto:jamie@runswitchpr.com](mailto:jamie@runswitchpr.com) - ### Subscribe © 2026 Certis USA L.L.C. 9145 Guilford Road, Suite 175 Columbia, MD 21046 U.S.A. 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