FERTIBUG
Product
Insect repellent and fertilizer for farming of brassicas
FertiBug.
FERTIBUG is an organic dry pellet based on the fiberous part from biogas production (bio rest) coated/mixed with a repellent agent from a cayanobacteria.
Product development is based on reasarch in EU- FP7, in cooperation with leading reasearch organtizations in Europe such as, Fraunhofer institute of Biotechology-IGB, University of West Hungary, and also SINTEF, The Norwegian University of science, NTNU.
Delia Radicum or cabbage root fly
Farmer: Loss between 50 and 95 % without protection
FertiBug combines algae and pellet into a unique "pesticide" or better biocide
Algae as a insect repellent
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Dried and dead strain of cynobacteria two of the algaes are used successfully as insect repellents
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Not killing - only repelling insects- keeping the fine balance in nature
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How can it be that the Deliah radicum responds directly to the smell of cynobacteria?
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Department of Evolutionary Nevrology Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology
Pellet as a carrier
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Fertilizer pellets from dried fermentated manure
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Bring nutrients to crops - Improve the soil and is easy to use
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Pellets can be produced locally at biogas plants e.g. by farmers
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Increasing the value of the biorest from biogas production
Incorporating cynobacteria into the pellets,
creates a unique insect repellent fertilizer
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Increased yield due to lower pest pressure and fertilizing effect from the pellets
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Results from field trials in Spain and Hungary show that FertiBug can enable rapid, sustainable and commercially viable growth in the of production and all brassica crops
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FertiBug has so far only been tested on Brassicas, but there are many potenial new applications using other types of algae