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Laurence Gale MSC visits Syngenta’s research facility at Jealott’s Hill in Berkshire to see how new products come to market
ealott’s Hill Research Centre is the largest agribusiness research centre in the UK. It is here that pesticides, fungicides and other chemical products are tested prior to going to market. The level and depth of research
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testing, using Hit Discovery Screens. These screens detect a small number of active compounds amongst 50,000 inactive chemical compounds. Millions of combinations will be tested, not only on enzymes and receptors but also whole organisms - plants, insects and fungi. Compounds that show favourable results (usually around 10,000) then go through another series of tests, which are still miniaturised but now comprise the pest or pathogen on a small plant or leaf piece. The next stage is
My visit was arranged by Scotts and Syngenta, who have seen many of their products come to market after just such long and hard testing regimes. The process can take up to twelve years, and at some considerable cost. Here is how one of their latest
products, Medallion TL, a bio- inspired contact plus acting fungicide, came through this process. Just to set the scene, well over 50,000 chemical profiles will be tested at the start of the process, gradually reduced to the final one, which will be chosen for its unique performance qualities and characteristics, and all this at a cost of around $250m. Jealott’s Hill was founded in
1927, and has over eighty years of experience in plant sciences, Syngenta’s largest site for new
optimisation/selection of 1000- 2000 compounds. Promising chemicals are now tested on plants, insects or fungal diseases under conditions as close as possible to those in the growers’ fields. The glass houses at Jealott’s Hill can replicate any specific type of climatic conditions, including high rain fall. The skills of many researchers are required to convert a chemical lead into a development product Development continues only if a good candidate has been found. i.e. one chemical compound. Once a potential product has been found, the aim is to bring it to market. Its full biological profile is established by intensive field tests around the world. A variety of formulations are now put together to improve its performance. Registration and launch is the
plant protection, R&D, and product support, the Jealott’s Hill campus is 25 hectares in size, with another 350 hectares of farming land used for trials and testing of agricutural products. The site employs over 600 staff. Jim Morton, Education Officer
for Syngenta, showed me around various areas of the site. I was shown the first stages of chemical
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next stage. The large amounts of data generated throughout the long process are submitted for approval to independent registration authorities. The approval process is detailed and rigorous, and the sale of a product is only authorised when human and environmental safety is certain. It was very interesting to see these areas of work, visiting the labs, chemical compound store and seeing the robots that mix and
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