ASCENZA AGRO (Portugal)

ASCENZA AGRO (Portugal) is a Portuguese crop-protection company headquartered in Torres Vedras, Portugal, according to its Wikidata entry. It operates the ascenza.pt website and presents itself as a provider of crop protection products for agriculture, with a product portfolio spanning fungicides, insecticides and acaricides, and herbicides. The company's public identity is built around the ASCENZA brand, which it uses for both the corporate entity and its line of plant-protection products. The company's website highlights a 60-year heritage, using the slogan "60 ANOS A CULTIVAR O FUTURO" (60 years cultivating the future) and a timeline of "60 ANOS DE CRESCIMENTO" (60 years of growth) built on dedication, confidence, efficiency and innovation. This suggests a long-established agricultural business that has evolved into a modern crop-protection supplier. The exact founding year is not stated in the supplied evidence, so it is left unset here. ASCENZA's product range includes well-known formulations such as Lexapor 200 SC, an insecticide based on chlorantraniliprole for the control of lepidopteran and some coleopteran larvae; Mesopec 100 SC, a residual and systemic herbicide based on mesotrione for maize and sweet corn; and Spyrit Max, a penetrating and systemic fungicide combining cymoxanil and propamocarb for the control of potato downy mildew. The product catalogue also lists fungicides such as Actlet F, Actlet C, Actlet Evo, Allurion, Bago de Ouro 98.5%, herbicides such as Batuta, and insecticides and acaricides such as Biavrio 480 SC and Blade. These products are aimed at a wide range of crops, including vines, tomato, potato, cereals, olives, citrus, pome and stone fruit, vegetables and small fruits. The company serves agricultural professionals, with a registered-user area on its website providing technical documents, crop information and quick access to favourite products. It also promotes the CIAV (Centro de Informação Antivenenos) emergency number 800 250 250, reflecting a focus on safe use of plant-protection products. ASCENZA communicates with the farming community through campaigns such as "ASCENZA On The Road" and product launches such as Blexia, described as "Conectados e inspirados pela natureza" (Connected and inspired by nature). ASCENZA AGRO (Portugal) is positioned as a dedicated crop-protection specialist for European and international agriculture, combining a long heritage with modern formulation science. Its portfolio addresses major disease, pest and weed pressures across Mediterranean and temperate crops, and its website functions as both a product information hub and a membership platform for growers and distributors.

ASCENZA AGRO (Portugal) is a Portuguese crop-protection company based in Torres Vedras, Portugal, as recorded in its Wikidata entry. The company's website presents a 60-year heritage, using the slogan "60 ANOS A CULTIVAR O FUTURO" (60 years cultivating the future) and a timeline titled "60 ANOS DE CRESCIMENTO" (60 years of growth) built on dedication, confidence, efficiency and innovation. This indicates that the business has roots going back several decades in Portuguese agriculture, although the exact founding year is not provided in the available evidence. The ASCENZA brand is used for a portfolio of plant-protection products covering fungicides, insecticides and acaricides, and herbicides. The company's website functions as a product and information hub, with a registered-user area offering technical documents, crop-specific information and quick access to favourite products. The product catalogue includes formulations such as Lexapor 200 SC, an insecticide based on chlorantraniliprole (anthranilic diamide family, IRAC MoA group 28) for control of lepidopteran and some coleopteran larvae; Mesopec 100 SC, a residual and systemic herbicide based on mesotrione for grass and broadleaf weed control in maize and sweet corn; and Spyrit Max, a penetrating and systemic fungicide combining cymoxanil (FRAC group 27) and propamocarb (FRAC group 28) for preventive and curative control of potato downy mildew. Other listed products include Actlet F, Actlet C and Actlet Evo fungicides for downy mildew in vines, tomato and potato; Allurion, a potassium phosphonate fungicide for a wide range of crops; Bago de Ouro 98.5%, a sulphur fungicide for powdery mildew; Batuta, a diflufenican herbicide; and Biavrio 480 SC and Blade insecticides. The company addresses a broad set of crops, including vines, tomato, potato, cereals, olives, citrus, pome and stone fruit, vegetables and small fruits, and communicates with growers through campaigns such as "ASCENZA On The Road" and product launches such as Blexia, described as "Conectados e inspirados pela natureza" (Connected and inspired by nature). It also promotes the CIAV (Centro de Informação Antivenenos) emergency number 800 250 250, reflecting a commitment to safe use of plant-protection products. The website also publishes agricultural news and outlooks, such as an article dated 2026-07-28 on EU agricultural production remaining resilient amid fertilizer cost pressures and climate uncertainty. ASCENZA AGRO (Portugal) is positioned as a dedicated crop-protection specialist for professional agriculture, combining a long heritage with modern formulation science. Its headquarters in Torres Vedras places it within Portugal's important agricultural region, and its product range targets the major disease, pest and weed pressures of Mediterranean and temperate crops. The available evidence does not specify ownership, parent company, listing status or executive leadership, so those details are left unset.

• Company website highlights a 60-year heritage with the slogan '60 ANOS A CULTIVAR O FUTURO' and a timeline of '60 ANOS DE CRESCIMENTO'.

  [1]Ascenza | Proteção de Culturas para a Agriculturaascenza.pt
• ASCENZA On The Road campaign featured on the homepage.

  [1]Ascenza | Proteção de Culturas para a Agriculturaascenza.pt
• New product Blexia promoted under the tagline 'Conectados e inspirados pela natureza'.

  [1]Ascenza | Proteção de Culturas para a Agriculturaascenza.pt
• Article dated 2026-07-28 on EU agricultural outlook published on the website.

  [1]Ascenza | Proteção de Culturas para a Agriculturaascenza.pt

Crop-protection specialist with a 60-year heritage, offering fungicides, insecticides and herbicides for professional agriculture, with a focus on innovation, efficiency and safe use.

• Lexapor 200 SC

  Insecticide based on chlorantraniliprole (200 g/L or 18.28% w/w), anthranilic diamide family, acting by contact and ingestion on lepidopteran and some coleopteran larvae; IRAC MoA group 28. Registration number AV 02407. Packaging: 200 mL, 1 L.

• Mesopec 100 SC

  Residual and systemic herbicide based on mesotrione, indicated for control of grass and broadleaf weeds in maize and sweet corn.

• Spyrit Max

  Penetrating and systemic fungicide with cymoxanil (50 g/L or 4.7% w/w) and propamocarb (400 g/L or 37.6% w/w as hydrochloride), for preventive and curative control of potato downy mildew; FRAC groups 27 and 28. Registration number AV 02475. Packaging: 200 mL and 10 L.

• Actlet F

  Fungicide with active substances folpet and metalaxyl-M, for downy mildew in vines.

• Actlet C

  Fungicide with active substances copper and metalaxyl-M, for downy mildew in tomato, vines and potato.

• Actlet Evo

  Fungicide with active substances cymoxanil, folpet and metalaxyl-M, for downy mildew in vines.

• Allurion

  Fungicide based on potassium phosphonates, for a wide range of crops including lettuce, pear, strawberry, tomato, vines, apple, avocado, blueberry, citrus and others; targets alternaria, downy mildew, olive peacock spot, root and collar rot, apple scab and pear scab.

• Bago de Ouro 98.5%

  Sulphur-based fungicide for powdery mildew in cucumber, melon, pea, tomato, vines and pumpkin.

• Batuta

  Herbicide based on diflufenican, for weed control in cherry, pear, vines, apple, almond, apricot, barley, cereals, citrus, olive, peach, plum, stone fruit, triticale and wheat.

• Biavrio 480 SC

  Insecticide/acaricide based on spinosad, for control of grape berry moth, thrips and tomato leafminer in lettuce, pear, tomato, vines, apple, apricot, arugula, eggplant, nectarine, peach, pepper, watercress and chervil.

• Blade

  Insecticide/acaricide based on pyriproxyfen.

1. 1Ascenza | Proteção de Culturas para a Agriculturaascenza.pt
2. 2Lexapor® 200 SC | Ascenzaascenza.pt
3. 3Produtos | Ascenzaascenza.pt
4. 4Spyrit® Max | Fungicida para o míldio da batateiraascenza.pt
5. 5ASCENZA AGRO (Portugal) - Wikidatawikidata.org