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Daily screening plants?🌱🌱Read how Bayer Crop Science has successfully validated #PlantEye for #automated #efficacy #screening on #soybeans! In their 2021 paper, the team, led by Lakshmi Praba Manavalan, demonstrated the need to advance beyond correlations to validate digital phenotyping for efficacy screening. 🔗 Check out the full story here! https://lnkd.in/eBqJYy7W 📊 Initially, they correlated traditional leaf area measurements with PlantEye’s digital leaf area, achieving an R² of 0.91. More importantly, they developed a method called the Overlapping Area Ratio (OAR) to verify if PlantEye could consistently select the same effective chemicals as traditional methods. This innovative OAR approach can be considered whenever validating sensors for phenotyping applications, ensuring both high correlation and practical effectiveness. 🔍 The team selected PlantEye for this study due to its proven ability to create non-destructive time series data fully automatically. This capability enables researchers to visualize effects as they occur, significantly shortening experiments and saving time in working hours. 🔗 Check out the full story here! https://lnkd.in/eBqJYy7W #AgriculturalResearch #DigitalPhenotyping

Meet Impetus Ag, 2nd-place winner of “The Radicle Natural Plant Protection Challenge Presented by UPL”, an initiative to advance natural and biological solutions to protect crops from biotic stresses. Impetus Ag’s technology creates novel proteins that bind naturally occurring toxins to targeted insects that cost growers billions of dollars in annual crop damage. The first two generations of our proteins significantly increase the speed and magnitude of lethality, while also broadening the spectrum of potential targets. Our technology has demonstrated activity in pests that have developed resistance to current Bt methods of control both in Impetus’ and third-party laboratories. Our proteins are effective with both topical and transgenic applications. UPL, Radicle Growth, Natural Plant Protection (NPP), Impetus Agriculture, Inc., martha schlicher   #AreYouUpForTheChallenge? #RadicleChallenge, #UPL, #NPP, #AgTech, #Agriculture, #Agricultureandfarming, #farmingtechnology, #FoodTech, #venturecapital, #innovation, #funding, #investing #openag, #openinnovation #opencollaboration #openagcenter #sustainability #agbiotech #plantprotection #cropprotection #naturalsolutions #bioticstresses

Ready to tackle crop disease and unlock higher yields? Check out this Tech Talk where our CCO, Norm Davy, shares how Tidal Grow® Spectra helped growers see substantial reductions in Tar Spot and Brown Rust, along with yield increases and potential ROI of up to 6:1. Watch the full talk and discover how this powerful fungicide, bactericide, and nematicide can help your crops thrive: https://heyor.ca/pMm9zv #sustainablefarming #agtech

🌿 ICLeaf: Leaf scanning technology for precision nutrient management 🌿 I'm glad to announce that our paper, "ICLeaf - Advancing Leaf Scanning Technology for Enhancing Fertilizer and Nutrient Efficiency" is published in the November 2024 issue of the Indian Journal of Fertilisers. Developed with the Agriculture Research Organization (ARO) and ICL Growing Solutions, ICLeaf uses X-ray fluorescence and near-infrared spectroscopy for rapid, non-destructive nutrient analysis in leaves. By integrating with Crop Advisor from Agmatix, it helps farmers optimize fertilizer use and promote sustainable practices. Seeing Indian farmers report improved yields and reduced costs is incredibly rewarding. #ICLImpact #Innovation #Sustainability #NutrientManagement #ICLeaf #Research

With Agmatix, Produce Companies unlock higher yields by identifying the best-performing input products for their crops, ensuring maximum protection with minimal chemical use. Discover how our platform can transform your growing season >> https://hubs.li/Q02Jsq5D0 #ProduceCompanies #DataAnalytics #AgTech #SustainableFarming #ProductPerformance #VarietyTesting

AgPlenus Hits Milestone With Corteva Agriscience in Herbicide Innovation AgPlenus Ltd. collaborates with Corteva Agriscience to mark a significant breakthrough in herbicide development, unveiling a new molecule family, APCO-12, with a unique Mode of Action (MoA). This pioneering discovery addresses the critical challenge of weed resistance, offering a novel solution in the herbicide market projected to expand significantly by 2024. With a commitment to sustainable agriculture, this partnership focuses on refining these innovative molecules for commercial use, employing advanced computational tools and R&D expertise to bring new, effective weed control solutions to farmers globally. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/ewbZ6ya2 #AgTech #SustainableAgriculture #HerbicideInnovation #WeedResistance #AgriculturalTechnology #CropProtection

🌱 Accelerating Agricultural Innovation: Syngenta Crop Protection and Ginkgo Bioworks Collaborate 🌱 Syngenta Crop Protection and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. (NYSE: DNA) have announced a new collaboration to accelerate the launch of a novel biological solution. This builds on their previous work on next-generation seed technology. 🔬 Optimizing Microbial Strain Development Ginkgo Bioworks will develop and optimize a microbial strain to meet productivity targets for a secondary metabolite from Syngenta’s biologicals pipeline. This will help expedite Syngenta’s go-to-market timeline. 💡 Advanced Capabilities Ginkgo will use its Ag Biologicals expertise and machine learning capabilities to enhance strain performance and discover new biological features. 🌍 Commitment to Sustainable Agriculture Camilla Corsi, Global Head of Research at Syngenta Crop Protection, emphasized the importance of biological solutions in sustainable agriculture and expressed confidence in Ginkgo’s capabilities to achieve productivity goals. 🤝 Expanding a Successful Relationship Magalie Guilhabert, Head of Ag Biologicals at Ginkgo Bioworks, highlighted the success of their previous collaboration and looked forward to achieving similar results with ag biologicals. Read the entire article here -> https://lnkd.in/eAXcZ2KR #AgricultureInnovation #SustainableFarming #BiologicalSolutions #Syngenta #GinkgoBioworks #AgTech #Collaboration #Sustainability

How do you help one of the world’s most important crops stand up to adverse weather? #TeamBayer scientists have discovered that when the stakes are high, the solutions can be close to the ground. In the new episode of Science Is Boss, our CEO Bill Anderson talks to Brianna White, Head of Trait Design and Sciences, in our Crop Science division about short-stature corn. A central element of a holistic cropping system under the brand name Preceon®, short stature corn is around 30% shorter than conventional plants. It’s seeing an "overwhelmingly positive" response from growers. Turns out big innovation can come in small packages! #shortcorn #biotech

Enhancing Agricultural Biologicals with Precision Agriculture Precision agriculture employs advanced technologies such as GPS, sensors, and data analytics to optimize the application of agricultural biologicals. By precisely targeting treatment areas, farmers can improve crop health, reduce environmental impact, maximize resource efficiency, and lower costs. Consumer Demand Driving the Use of Agricultural Biologicals The rising consumer preference for organic produce, driven by health and environmental concerns, incentivizes farmers to integrate agricultural biologicals. These alternatives provide eco-friendly substitutes to traditional pesticides and fertilizers, aligning with consumer preferences for sustainable farming practices. Recent Innovations in Agricultural Biologicals Market include RNA-based biopesticides, nano-biofertilizers, plant microbiome modulation, and bio-based soil amendments. #agrobiologicals #bioinputs #bioagents #biofertilizers #biocontrolagents #biostimulants

We’re excited to share that we have recently achieved our largest planting to date. This all began with asking a question that was, at the time, deemed absurd:  Could dairy proteins be grown in plants? The answer was “Yes.” The result of pursuing that answer, day in and day out for the last eight years, is millions of soybean seeds now growing on a farm in the Midwest. Each one with the capacity to produce the dairy protein casein–proof positive that scalable molecular farming has become a reality. 🔓 Milestone Unlocked: Our biomanufacturing platform, which allows us to grow critical proteins like casein at scale, has now increased its output potential exponentially. 🚜 A profoundly appreciative thank you to NEXAT. By collaborating with the NEXAT team and using their state-of-the-art modular vehicle, we were able to ensure that our planting process was resource-efficient, caused reduced soil compaction, and produced fewer emissions. 🌱 While this planting is a momentous step forward, it’s still just the beginning. We’ve tested over 1,000 unique strategies to accumulate various proteins in plants, and are actively expanding our platform even further. #molecularfarming #biomanufacturing #innovation