Institute of Pesticide Bioassay, Zhejiang Research Institute of Chemical Industry, established in 1998, is one of leading pesticide research institutes in China. There are three groups including insecticide, fungicide and herbicide in our institute. Currently, the institute has a research faculty of 15 people working in biological screening of compounds for development of new pesticides using both classical and highthrough-put techniques. Since the establishment, the institute has finished more than 30 projects funded by the Eighth-five, Ninth Five, and Tenth-Five Programs of China, and applied for more than 12 patents in China and overseas. The main products developed by our institute are ZJ0273、ZJ0702、ZJ0712. These products are being commercialized and used in integrated pest management programs. |