Several pheromone-based products have been developed for pest control by the PHERA project: - PheroDrop - GPS-guided drone fitted with a system of revolving cartridges that drop blobs of a biodegradable pheromone formulation (Novagrica). - Hydrodegradable dispenser for irrigated fields designed to control diamondback moth in cruciferous vegetables (Novagrica). - Biodegradable ampoule dispenser designed to control the striped rice stem borer in rice in Southern Europe (SEDQ Healthy Crops). - Dismate YSB and Dismate FAW dispensers for control of the yellow stem borer and the fall armyworm in Asia and Africa can remain effective for up to 150 days (Russell IPM). - A hybrid form of integrated pest management, combining a sprayable pheromone formulation (SPLAT - picture) with an attract-and-kill product (NOCTOVI) ISCA lnc. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dUFxCnUS #PHERA #pheromones
About us
The PHERA Project seeks to further sustainable agriculture and food security through the creation of a whole new industrial sector in Europe. It is envisaged that PHERA will help establish a new industry for mating disruption products for row crop production worth more than €600 million by 2027, creating approximately 300 new jobs. The PHERA Project is focusing on alternatives to chemical-based pest control in large-scale row crops. Pheromones – the perfumes used by insects to attract each other – can be dispensed in a field to prevent pests from reproducing. Mating Disruption is safe for other insects, animals and humans. The PHERA consortium aims to scale up pheromone production and application technology towards row crop commercialisation. The consortium uses a new yeast fermentation technology based on renewable raw materials to produce pheromones at industrial scale at a fraction of the cost of current synthetic alternatives. The PHERA consortium consists of companies specialised in pheromone application, namely SEDQ Healthy Crops (Spain), ISCA Europe (France), Russell IPM (UK) and Novagrica (Greece) as well as in bio-based pheromone production – BioPhero (Denmark). The consortium is supported by scale-up expertise from BPF (Netherlands) and life-cycle assessment capabilities from Fraunhofer (Germany). This project receives funding from the Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation Programme granted by the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking The project runs from 2020 to 2022.
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External link for The PHERA Project
- Industry
- Biotechnology Research
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Brussels
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2020
- Specialties
- biocontrol, fermentation, pest control, mating disruption, and pheromones
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Brussels, BE
Updates
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During the PHERA project’s lifespan, the consortium partners have overseen close to 50 field trials. The results confirm that pheromone-based mating disruption can be used to control insect pests in row crops, reducing crop damage and increasing yields in a sustainable way. The field trials have looked at insect pests that can cause significant losses to crops like corn, rice, soybean, cabbage, and other vegetables, which are vital for food security and economic stability in many regions worldwide. The field trials were executed by SEDQ Healthy Crops (Spain), ISCA lnc. (France), Russell IPM (UK) and Novagrica (Greece). #PHERA #pheromones
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A new article in the Project Repository Journal gives an excellent overview of the field-related results of The PHERA Project, including numerous field trials across the world and many new pheromone-based products. Read the article in full: https://lnkd.in/dUFxCnUS #pheromones #biosolutions #PHERA
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