Vivent partners up with Maarel Orchids
14.03.2023 Maarel Orchids delighted with early value added from Vivent biosensors In the first few weeks working together Maarel made changes to their temperature settings and the timing of irrigation after seeing how their plants [...]
Do you speak Tomato?
Sensors can identify dozens of stress signals from vegetable plants. What if vegetables could talk to signal that they were cold, thirsty, under attack by a pest or lacking a nutrient? Two entrepreneurs asked [...]
Researchers at the TU Darmstadt are rethinking photosynthesis
Interdisciplinary project of biology as well as electrical engineering and information technology Photosynthesis is considered to be a well-researched process, and its functionality has been sufficiently examined through several centuries of research - one might [...]
Vivent is Helping Plant Researchers Breed for Drought Tolerance
Canada’s climate is changing. Higher temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, extreme weather events and rising sea levels are just some of the changes already affecting many aspects of our lives. Changes in climate will persist and, [...]
The rise in fertilizer prices? You fight with bacteria
During the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit 2022 there were several startups whose focus is the optimization of nutrition. One of these, Encera, has selected bacteria capable of reducing the supply of nitrogen fertilizers Bacteria can [...]
From crop predictions to grain silo tech: meet Europe’s up-and-coming agritech startups
BY ÉANNA KELLY 22 SEPTEMBER 2022 Agriculture — the world’s oldest industry — may not sound like the sexiest one to disrupt. But more startups are looking to serve the industry as it’s battered by huge price [...]