Corteva Agriscience and Eden Research announce that Ecovelex has been granted a temporary approval in Italy for use as a bird repellent seed treatment in corn for the 2024 growing season.

Developed jointly by Corteva Agriscience and Eden, Ecovelex works by creating an unpleasant taste or odour that repels birds, leaving the seeds safely intact and the birds unaffected.

The product is based on Eden’s plant-derived chemistry, registered in the EU, U.S. and elsewhere, and formulated using Eden’s Sustaine microencapsulation system.