The group's principal activities are to develop, manufacture and market innovative natural products for agriculture to improve plant protection and crop production worldwide. the group has recently initiated marketing activities designed to promote the distribution and sale of its first product, messenger. messenger is a water-soluble, granular powder that is topically applied either independently or in conjunction with traditional chemical pesticides. the group is currently concentrating its efforts in the united states on high-value crops, such as citrus, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, strawberries and other horticultural and specialty crops. in 2001, the major customer of the group was united agri products.