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Partner Blog Feature: ‘Detecting Colorado Potato Beetle Outbreaks to Treat Only Infected Areas’ – INO

Learn how INO and Patates Dolbec Intend to Reduce Insecticide Use by 25% in the Field.

The Colorado potato beetle is an insect pest rampant throughout the world. Crops need regular monitoring, early outbreak detection and insecticide application to fight the infestation.

However, the excessive use of chemical pesticides involves a combination of environmental and economic issues. All farmers and specifically Patates Dolbec wish to restrict their use of insecticides to the strict minimum. Together, Patates Dolbec and INO set a goal of allowing to reduce the use of pesticides by 25% while treating only outbreaks.

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Finding a Balance of Innovation and Regulation - Dr. Peter Facchini

Video: Finding a Balance of Innovation and Regulation - Dr. Peter Facchini

Regulations help markets and industry exist on level playing fields, keeping consumers safe and innovation from going too far. However, incredibly strict regulations can stunt innovation and cause entire industries to wither away. Dr. Peter James Facchini brings his perspective on how existing regulations have slowed the advancement of medical developments within Canada. Given the international concern of opium poppy’s illicit potential, Health Canada must abide by this global policy. But with modern technology pushing the development of many pharmaceuticals to being grown via fermentation, is it time to reconsider the rules?

Dr. Peter James Facchini leads research into the metabolic biochemistry in opium poppy at the University of Calgary. For more than 30 years, his work has contributed to the increased availability of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic genes to assist in the creation of morphine for pharmaceutical use. Dr. Facchini completed his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto before completing Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biochemistry at the University of Kentucky in 1992 & Université de Montréal in 1995.