Evaluation of new products and technologies by crop protection professionals is an important step in developing new products for production agriculture.

In early 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency granted registration for ProAct^TM, a new plant health regulator. ProAct is based on Harp-N-Tek^TM, a proprietary harpin protein technology from EDEN BIOSCIENCE. Used as a foliar spray to cotton and other crops, ProAct is a second-generation harpin product that contains 1% harpin_αβ as the active ingredient. Harp-N-Tek products activate internal defense and growth mechanisms in plants. These mechanisms improve vigor, stamina, nutrient uptake, and reproductive growth and initiate natural self-defense mechanism, which in turn improves overall plant health and yield potential.

In large scale, commercial tests conducted by a licensed, independent crop consultant located in northern Alabama, early season applications of ProAct were evaluated in 2004 and 2005 field trials. These tests examined and recorded results for plant growth, maturity measurements, and yield.