Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. announced its first blueberry order in California. The Fresno-based customer will be using BVT's proprietary Vectorite with CR-7 (Clonostachys rosea CR-7) biological fungicide and natural precision agriculture system on their blueberry crops and has also committed to a demonstration trial on their cherry orchards. This newest customer was made aware of BVT's effectiveness through contacts in Oregon who use the BVT system.

The customer's goals are to improve fruit quality, increase yield and better manage disease. Expanding the use of BVT's system from blueberries to cherries will be highly efficient with almost no additional time or labor required since the cherry bloom will transition with the end of the blueberry bloom. The opportunity for BVT in California is significant.

The state is the country's larger berry market: an estimated 55,000 acres of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries make up 30% of all American berry acreage. As a 100% organic product that is naturally delivered, the BVT system dovetails perfectly into the California market, controlling disease and increasing yield while being exempt from key residue testing requirements.