Company finds 'holy grail' of stimulating plant growth
Company finds 'holy grail' of stimulating plant growth
Field Notes, powered by KPMG, is a weekly news update on news nationally and globally from the agri-food sector.
[02 September, Stuff NZ]
Biolumic chief science officer and Massey professor Jason Wargent have been working on using ultraviolet lights to treat plants for improved yield, growth and protection from disease. The project has madeMr Wargent a finalist in the KiwiNet research commercialisation awards. “It's like the holy grail of agriculture. You get yield increase and disease protection without chemicals and without a reliance on GM [genetic modification],” said Mr Wargent.
To read this week's full edition of Field Notes, please click here.
To read the full original article, please click here.
© 2023 KPMG, a New Zealand Partnership and a member firm of the KPMG global organisation of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Limited, a private English company limited by guarantee. All rights reserved.
For more detail about the structure of the KPMG global organization please visit https://kpmg.com/governance.