OpportunityThe mission of MycoGenomix is to provide the next generation of tools of insect management through new scientific insight and biotechnology. In the future, protecting crops from insect damage will require biological solutions such as the ones offered by MycoGenomix. These will be more environmentally friendly and sustainable than applications of chemical insecticides. Our vision is to become a leading supplier of novel biocides and plant genetic traits to meet the growing demands of agriculture. Insect DamageInsect pests cause billions of dollars of annual global economic loss. The agricultural marketplace has long recognized the value of pest management tools such as heartier breeding lines, chemical insecticides, and most recently, the application of plant biotechnology. While these have resulted in vital and successful strategies to reduce insect damage, increasing demands and ever evolving pest resistance means that newer and novel products and always required. BiotechnologyBiotechnology is one of the more powerful tools to rapidly improve agricultural pest management. The key to successful exploitation is the identification of transgenes with highly desirable traits. The MycoGenomix proprietary technology consists of insight to insecticidal compounds in a key organism, and a novel platform for elucidating and exploiting the underlying genome. As a result, MycoGenomix can develop novel biological insecticides (crop protection market) as well as insect resistance traits for transgenic crops (crop genetics market). |
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