Source: Zachery Eanes, NEWS & OBSERVER, 9/12/19


AgBiome, an agricultural technology startup based in Research Triangle Park, has landed its second round of funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a tolerance in plants against the destructive sweet potato weevil. The research aims to use AgBiome’s technology, which focuses on the development of natural fungicides and microbes to control pests, to make sweet potatoes in sub-Saharan Africa resistant to the destructive weevil.

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