AG-Innova
The laboratory that accelerates your projects
Rapid screening, reliable data, tailored innovation. All in a single experimental ecosystem.
Laboratory screening
From formulation to validation: a complete and personalized service
For many of our projects we provide Our in-house laboratory. This is where we do it applied innovation, With analysis, test e Research.
Having an internal laboratory allows you to: shorten the time, increase control and guarantee the result, have a more complete and personalized service, From the choice of the initial formulation/dosage to the field testing phases.
Guarantee of results
By operating under controlled conditions, with artificial inoculants and with healthy, untreated plant material, we guarantee reliable results while minimizing external (biotic and abiotic) variables.
Resource optimization
With more initial data on product, dose, and application times, field trials can be better set up, saving resources in terms of time and budget.
Efficiency all year round
Maximum flexibility because the tests can be programmed all year round.
Entomology and parasitology
Insects and pests for Agriculture
We conduct experimentation and research on insect herbivores and pests, entomophages and pollinators, to reliably perform testing effectiveness, biocontrol e selectivity.
- Tests in environments with controlled temperature and humidity
- Protocols that guarantee quality
- IRAC methods
Phytophagous insects develop at the expense of plant organisms and can cause serious damage to agricultural crops.
Our work focuses on on the most harmful species, which we breed and study in optimal conditions.
Our farms:
Spodoptera littoralis
Cotton nightgown
Absolute tolerance (sensitive and resistant populations)
Tomato tignola
Bemisia tabaci (sensitive and resistant populations)
White Moscow tobacco
Aphis gossypii
Cotton and cucurbitaceous aphids
Myzus persicae (sensitive and resistant populations)
Green peach aphid
Nezara viridula
Green cockroach
Other available farms:
Halyomorpha halys
Asian cockroach
Helicoverpa armigera
Yellow tomato blotch
Spodoptera exigua
Little nightingale
Drosophila suzukii
Moscerino of the small fruits
Xylosandrus compactus
Scolitides of #the laurel and carob
Ceratitis capitata
Mediterranean Moscow of fruit
Bactrocera oleae
Olive #Grove
Pieris brassicae
Senior Cavolaia
Others on request
Get in touchPossible proofs: Effectivity tests, Knock-down tests, Persistence, Semi-field, Mixing test, Resistance, Choice test.
They are organisms that can infest food storage warehouses and urban and domestic environments.
Some examples:
Sitophilus spp.
Cereal trough
Plodia interpunctella
Tignola's fortified products
Rhyzopertha dominica
Cereal cappuccino
Blatta orientalis
Oriental cockroach
Periplanta americana
American cockroach
Blattella germanica
German cockroach
Housefly
Domestic Moscow
Others on request
Get in touchPossible proofs: Effectivity tests, Knock-down tests, Persistence, Mixing test, Resistance, Choice test, Biocidal Test
Beneficial organisms involved in biological control and pollination.
Given the growing importance of protecting biodiversity, we perform selectivity tests on:
Pollinators
(Fire, Bombi, etc.)
Entomophages
(Predators and Parasites)
Possible proofsSelectivity, Choice tests, Side effects (Evaluation of the effects of sublethal doses of a substance on the biology of a non-target organism)
Non-target insects used for scientific purposes.
Hermetia illucens
(Moscow soldier)
Used in the FIT-BASS project, for the production of protein meals intended for aquaculture.We also perform tests on other organisms, in addition to insects, such as:
Phytophagous mites
(e.g. Tetranichids and Eriophytes)
Arachnid parasites of plants that feed by sucking the plant sap
Varroa destructor
Ectoparasite of honeybees
Snails and Limacidae
Molluscs that cause significant damage in gardens and lawns.
Phytopathology and diagnostics
Plant diseases
Collection of fungal and plant pathogenic bacteria that we use to test plant protection products in the laboratory, in the field, and as an artificial inoculum source in the field.
Thanks to these certified strains, we can perform reliable, repeatable and controlled evidence, ensuring a uniform distribution of the pathogen for scientifically valid results.
- Reliable and repeatable tests
- Identified and certified strains
- Uniform distribution of the pathogen
Pathogens
Phytophthora infestans
Potato and tomato peronosporosis
Plasmopara viticola
Grape vine peronospora
Fusarium spp.
Fusariosi
Septoria tritici
Septoriosis of wheat
Penicillium spp.
Gray/green mold
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
White marciume
Botrytis cinerea
Gray mold
Pythium spp.
Radical marciume caused by Pythium
Podosphaera spp.
Oidio
Alternaria spp.
Alternarians
Verticillium dahliae
Verticillosis
Rhizoctonia spp.
Rizottoniosi
Colletotrichum spp.
Anthracnose
Others on request
Get in touchBacteria
Possible proofs in vitro and in I live: Efficacy, Persistence, Mixing test, Resistance, Degradation/Washout test.
Xanthomonas euvesicatoria
Pseudomonas siringae pv tomato
Nematological Laboratory
Nematodes: soil parasites
Nematological laboratory specialized in the breeding of nematodes for execution Targeted tests in vitro and in half-field. We simulate real or fully controlled conditions and evaluate the effectiveness of the products against these conditions with precision. phytopathogenic nematodes. Furthermore, in support of the tests, we are able to quantify the nematic charge present in a soil sample.
Possible proofs: Effectivity tests, Knock-down tests, Persistence, Semi-field, Mixing test.
- Faster availability of data
- In vitro and semi-field testing
- Focus on the effectiveness and repeatability of the tests
- Breeding and inoculations
Phenotyping system
It measures the behavior of plants in real time
Agrigeos is the first center in Italy with 144 active units
PlantArray® It is a phenotyping system that allows us to analyze how plants respond to various environmental factors, including biotic and abiotic stresses (terrestrial pathogens, nematodes, drought, salinity, etc.), as well as to the application of fertilizers, biostimulants or agrochemicals.
Thanks to gravimetric measurements and precision sensors, PlantArray® provides accurate data in a rapid time on Growth, transpiration, stomach conductance, efficiency of water use of the plants.
The main advantages:
- Rapid and high-resolution screening: continuous and simultaneous monitoring of numerous plants, with reproducible and non-invasive data.
- Real-time analysis: Through the SPAC Analytics software, it is possible to customize the treatments and interpret the physiological responses during the course of the experiment.
Do you want to develop your product using one of these services?
Contact us to design a customized screening together
or to request a specific test for insects, pathogens or nematodes.