How does the recent breakthrough in chitin synthase structure affect future agrochemical demand for chitin-related products?
From a market perspective, this is more about intellectual property and R&D pipelines than immediate chitin demand. The real commercial impact will come in 5-10 years when new pesticide molecules reach registration. For chitin producers, the more relevant near-term signal is the growing use of chitin oligosaccharides as plant immunity elicitors in biostimulants — a segment expanding faster than traditional pesticide markets.
