SAGEA Group is a private and independent Contract Research Organisation (CRO) providing research, product development and regulatory services to the agrochemical, biocide, biopesticide and seed industries SAGEA Group is authorized by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Health to carry out field and laboratory trials in GEP and GLP. Studies are conducted in compliance with the main international guidelines: EPPO, CEB, ISO, BS, IRAC, IOBC/wprs, AFNOR and can be managed by specific softwares (e.g. ARM). The testing facilities located in Castagnito d'Alba (CN), Cormons (GO), Francolise (CE), Palagiano (TA), Bologna (BO) and Motta Sant'Anastasia (CT), cover the entire italian territory and make SAGEA able to work on most of the agricultural, forest and ornamental plant species, both in open field and protected conditions, in proprietary fields or commercial farms following GAP.