Modern Crop Protection – Bayer and Vivent investigate plant defense mechanisms
A joint research project between Bayer and Vivent has shown that electrophysiology can be used to detect physiological activity of plant defense inducers (PDI) in a non-destructive way. Gland, 29th March 2022 - Modern [...]
Vivent 2022: Real-Time Plant Health Monitoring Made Easy
Vivent is a Swiss-based startup that harnesses bio-electrical signals from plants to develop plant health monitoring technologies. In this interview, sustainability manager Marina Martin Curran describes the company’s innovative technology and its potential to revolutionize [...]
How to Keep Crops Alive In a Warmer, Dryer World
(Bloomberg) -- Every week, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture update America’s Drought Monitor, a map illustrating the parts of the country that are currently experiencing [...]
Swiss crop electrophysiology specialist is a registered B Corp
Switzerland, Gland - The ‘Fitbit of plants’, Vivent’s PhytlSigns device, the first commercial crop health diagnostic system based on plant electrophysiology, has been certified as a B Corp – a Certified Benefit Corporation – [...]
Erfolgreiche AgriTech-Challenge: Das sind die drei Final-Teams aus Europa für Ruhstorf an der Rott
29 Startups haben sich für die Ausschreibung für Innovationen in der Digitalen Landwirtschaft für nachhaltige Lebensmittelsysteme beworben - nun kann die Pilotphase im Siemens Technopark Ruhstorf und auf Testflächen der Bayerischen Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft in [...]
Vivent receives 500’000 Swiss Francs from fit for its crop monitoring technology
The newly certified B-Corp startup Vivent provides growers with a technology to monitor plants’ health and thereby improve both yield and sustainability. The Tech Growth loan from the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) will fund [...]