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Marrone Bio announced that it has signed an exclusive international distribution agreement with Agricultural Materials, or AMC-TR, a supplier of agricultural inputs in Turkey. AMC-TR was established in Turkey in 2001. They are affiliated with Agrimatco, which is a provider of agricultural inputs and services to farmers in the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, The Balkans and Gulf countries. Through this agreement, AMC-TR plans to register and commercialize two of MBI's products: Majestene, a bionematicide for nematode control, and Grandevo, an advanced bioinsecticide that suppresses and manages early insect populations, protecting crops from the start while helping to prolong the lifespan of other pesticides.

Marrone Bio Innovations announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Hop Tri Investment Corporation for three MBI products in Vietnam and Cambodia. Hop Tri plans to register and commercialize three MBI products: The bioinsecticide GRANDEVO, which prevents the development of damaging populations of sucking and chewing insects, flies and mites to boost yield and quality. The biofungicide REGALIA, which stimulates a plant's innate ability to fight diseases and improves key functions such as root mass, structural integrity and photosynthesis. The bionematicide MAJESTENE, which can be applied at planting as a soil and seed drench and in-season in-furrow through chemigation, provides long nematode and wireworm reduction for improved quality and yield. The three products will be available for use by growers on vegetables, fruits and rice - all key crops in the region. MAJESTENE will also be available for use on coffee and black pepper, the latter of which Vietnam leads in production and export worldwide.

Marrone Bio has submitted the registration package for its new bioherbicide, MBI-014, to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Weeds are a major source of yield losses for most cropping systems. According to various market research reports, herbicides account for 40% of the $50B global pesticide market. Of the approximately $7.2B chemical pesticides sold in the U.S. each year, nearly $4B are chemical herbicides.