Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : April 2002

New on Dialog: AGROProjects, a Unique Source for the Agrochemical Industry

AGROProjects (File 235), known for comprehensive, up-to-date information on international agrochemical R&D activities, comes to Dialog. AGROProjects from PJB Publications offers dynamic insight from discovery to launch, enabling users to successfully track the progress of the R&D pipeline of the agrochemical sector.

AGROProjects is a thoroughly researched database of technical and commercial data providing information on:

Products

Over 300 active ingredient and 170 combination products are listed. Products include herbicides, PGRs, safeners and gameticides, fungicides, acaricides, insecticides and nematicides. A significant number of these are biopesticides.

Company Profiles

Over 75 company profiles are listed including all major companies operating in the agrochemical market. In addition to general background information, the company profiles report on joint ventures and agreements with other companies.

AGROProjects is researched and compiled with input from PJB Publications' in-house databases, external sources, and the companies concerned. The database is comprehensively updated 4 times a year.

What Does AGROProjects Allow You To Do?

AGROProjects is an essential product for R&D sales, marketing, and technical professionals. It is designed to assist you with

• Monitoring competitor R&D activity including information on products in research, development, and early launch phases, products which have been launched in their target market segments, and discontinued products
• Identifying licensing/business opportunities
• Tracking the patent activities of agrochemical companies

Companion Files and Other Relevant Sources for Agrochemicals on Dialog

The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industry News Database (PHIND) (Files 129/130) from PJB Publications contains AGROW, the companion news source to AGROProjects. AGROW is available in fulltext and articles from that source can be retrieved by entering JN=AGROW?.

Other relevant sources for the agrochemical sector include The Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects (DOSE) (File 307) from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). DOSE is a unique guide to the impact of chemicals on organisms and the environment and covers over 4,000 chemicals. The Pesticide Fact File (File 306) from the British Crop Protection Council is a factual data compilation on pesticides providing detailed scientific data on component chemical and biological active ingredients used in agrochemical formulations worldwide. AGROProjects complements these factual sources by providing insight into the R&D and commercial activities in the agrochemical sector.

Search Features

File 235 is designed to be compatible with other Dialog files. Use /CO, CO= to search for a company name, /DN, DN=, /NA, NA= to search for a Product Name, and /ST for Country and Status, e.g., S BAYER(W)CORP/CO; S DN=SODIUM TETRATHIOCARBONATE; S (FRANCE(S)LAUNCHED)/ST. Use MA= to search for a Mode of Action, and /TN, TN= to search for a Brand Name, e.g., S MA=FUNGAL GROWTH INHIBITOR; S TN=ACCENT GOLD.

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