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Grape growers in Mexico have a new tool to fight powdery mildew, a common fungal disease, after the country became the first in the world to approve the commercial sale of an RNA-based biofungicide.
Oifirax, developed by the U.S. company GreenLight Biosciences, uses RNA molecules to silence a gene essential for the survival of the disease-causing fungus Erysiphe necator.
The Mexican government announced the product’s commercial approval earlier this August, following a 9-month regulatory process involving the country’s health, agricultural, and environmental authorities.
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