WESTFIELD, Ind. — Insects Limited, in partnership with Purdue University, recently received a Small Business Initiative Research grant (SBIR) from the state of Indiana and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for work in the area of insect biosensors.
The company’s $160,000 award is one of only four state and federal SBIR grants awarded in Indiana this year.
“We are excited to work with Purdue on this new Insect BioSensor project. This new technology has the potential to change how our industry evaluates their treatment of traditional and organic food products throughout the world,” said Dave Mueller, president of Insects Limited. “It could reduce the total amount of pesticides used on our food products.”
A biosensor is a way to use live insect eggs to determine when the treatment is complete by measuring the oxygen produced. When the eggs stop using oxygen, the biosensor technology will determine that the treatment is complete. This method has the potential of reducing the amount of pesticides used in post harvest agriculture treatments, the company said.
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