Interview - Development of biopesticides and future opportunities for SMEs Earlier this month, we kicked off our pilot JMAPP (https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/news­2018/cranfield­university­and­johnson­matthey­partnership­looks­to­nurture­fresh­growth­in­agritech) partner programme, in association with Cranfield University. As part of our open innovation strategy, we're working with three pioneering agritech businesses within the programme. Following last week's interview with Azotic Technologies (/news/Pages/Fixing­the­nitrogen­problem.aspx), it's time to

Bionema today announces the appointment of Stephen Burt as Finance Director. Steve, is a qualified Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse and has more than 20 years experience across a number of South Wales’s blue chip manufacturing businesses and was recently Managing Director of healthcare supplier Rocialle, part of the Clinical Solutions division of Berendsen plc.

GLAS 2018 New Product & New Plant Winners New Products Winner NemaTrident range of Bioinsecticides — Prograss — Stand: J14 Bionema’s NemaTrident Tri-Component System nematode products incorporate a range of highly virulent insect-parasitic nematodes within the Heterorhabditis and Steinernema genera. These nematodes attack and destroy the larvae of the insect pest thus preventing future pests from developing.

Bionema raises £500,000 for the further development of its Organic Pesticides Bionema Ltd, a biotech company, announces the completion of £500,000 equity investment, led by an overseas private investor with co-investment from the Development Bank of Wales, Swansea Innovations, Swansea University, and existing investors. The Swansea University Medical School’s Institute of Life Science based biotech

Bionema selected for exclusive partnership programme with Cranfield University and Johnson Matthey to develop world-leading microencapsulation technology Bionema Ltd is one of only three companies hand-picked to join a cohort that will take part in the exclusive Johnson Matthey AgriTech Partnership Programme (JMAPP). The announcement follows a five-week global search for companies and individuals who

Bionema says beneficial nematodes could help control agapanthus gall midge The agapanthus gall midge causes serious economic damage to 400,000 container plants and 1.25 million cut flowers in the UK, according to Bionema. Gall midge pupae killed with beneficial nematode Steinernema species Severe midge infestation in flower heads

Specialist Biological Pest Control Training Courses for Growers, Greenkeepers and Foresters 25th, 26th & 31st January 2018 Lantra House, Stoneleigh Park, nr Coventry, Warwickshire, CV8 2LG Are you getting the most from your biological pest control systems? The answer is almost certainly not! Why? Because these are living organisms - nematodes,

NemaTrident® is a unique Tri-Component biological pest control system which provides up to 90% control of chafer grubs and leatherjackets.  This product is specifically aimed at the sports turf, golf and landscape & amenity sectors.

NemaTrident is a unique Tri-Component biological pest control system. This unique product boasts 20-30% more efficiency and up to 95% kill rates for vine weevil in horticultural crops. Researchers collected pollen from hives on the east coast and fed it to healthy bees, which lowered their resistance to a parasite called Nosema ceranae (microsporidian), thought to be linked with Colony Collapse Disorder.