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Articles & Whitepapers
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Protix Receives 45M€ in Funding to Scale Production of Insect Proteins
Today, the insect supply industry reached a significant milestone with Netherlands-based Protix, the leading insect company, closing 45M€ in funding – delivered by Aqua-Spark, the first investment company focused on sustainable aquaculture, Rabobank, BOM and various private investors. Protix breeds insects for animal feed, as insects offer a low-impact protein alternative that can be ...
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Using leaf area meters: Assessing roosting sites for Melon fly and Oriental fruit fly - Case study
Assessment of Attractiveness of Plants as Roosting Sites for the Melon Fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae, and the Oriental Fruit Fly, B. dorsalis. The Researcher Dr. Grant McQuate is a researcher with the ...
News
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Oenosans lime fertilizer was specially developed for use in viticulture
How Oenosan benefits to the prosperity of winegrowers Oenosan is taken from the Greek word ‘Oinos’, which means wine. Indeed, this ingenious lime fertilizer was specially developed for use in viticulture. ...
Alfa Chemistry Offers Aldehyde-functionalized Pheromone for Pest Management and Insect Trace Tracking
Second Genome Announces Milestone Accomplished in Collaboration with Bayer, Demonstrating Broad Application of Company`s Machine Learning Platform to Identify Novel Proteins for the Development of Next-Generation Insect-Control Solutions
AgEagle Aerial Systems and The ArcView Group to Co-Host Hemp Town Hall Virtual Event on March 4, 2021
Agricultural Industry Veteran Toni Bucci Joins the AgBiome Innovations Team
Equipment & Solutions
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Insect Oviposition Brushing Machine
In insect rearing facilities, females are often allowed to oviposit (i.e. deposit eggs) on moist paper strips. Commonly, the eggs are collected after paper drying by laboratory personnel - using fine brushes to manually brush the eggs into containers for maturation. As this process is very time consuming and thus not suitable for high-throughput mass rearing facilities, we developed the VSI ...