DAVIS, Calif. (Feb. 20, 2026) — California fruit and vegetable growers have two new Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tools available to them for effective and sustainable pest management in a variety of specialty crops with the granting of labels for Arino™ insecticide/nematicide and Bronte™ insecticide/nematicide.
“These California registrations expand growers’ access to high-performance IPM tools with field-validated efficacy for enhanced insect resistance management strategies,” said Nevada Smith, ProFarm head of marketing, North America.
Arino is now registered for use in California on almonds, pistachios, grapes, stone fruit, potatoes and citrus to help control mites, mealybugs and lepidopteran pests, including naval orangeworm.
Bronte is now registered for use in California on strawberries, caneberries, leafy vegetables, tomatoes, peppers and melons to help control mites, lygus, whiteflies, loopers and armyworms.
Both products are powered by RinoTec™ Technology. RinoTec Technology refers to the organism, whole fermentation solution, and the process used to create the complex mixture of metabolites, proteins and enzymes that mitigates plant-damaging insects and nematodes. One of the most active biochemical metabolites serves as a marker compound for quality assurance.
This technology offers new, unique mechanisms of action with the potential to replace or reduce the use of standard synthetic pesticides used to help manage soil-dwelling and foliar crop pests on millions of acres.
In 2024, RinoTec received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Chemistry Challenge Award, recognizing its environmental and economic benefits as a next-generation crop protection innovation.
“Arino and Bronte reflect our commitment to delivering practical, effective and economically viable solutions for growers,” Smith added. “California is one of the most demanding regulatory and agronomic environments in the world. These registrations mark another milestone for Pro Farm Group and are tied to our strategic plan of arming growers with novel, effective and more sustainable crop protection solutions to help them meet industry and consumer demands.”
Arino and Bronte are exempt from residue tolerances and have established MRLs for export. The products have minimal PPE requirements, a 4-hour reentry window after application and a 0-day preharvest interval.
Contact your local ProFarm representative for more details and the location nearest you. Performance data and more information about each product are available at ProFarmGroup.com.
About Pro Farm Group
Pro Farm Group is an industry leader in the discovery, development and commercialization of pest management and plant health technologies for agriculture. ProFarm offers a portfolio of innovative solutions that complement conventional crop protection programs to help customers control pests, improve plant health and increase crop yields while reducing the environmental pesticide load, decreasing chemical residues on food and fighting the development of pest resistance. For more information, visit ProFarmGroup.com.
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