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French start-up Agriodor develop scents to modify the behaviour of insects in their natural environments

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00:00In Rene, France, a start-up, Agriador is pioneering a new approach to pest control.
00:11Instead of using harmful pesticides, they are developing fragrances to repel crop predators.
00:21N.A. Lepic, Agriador's co-founder, says their innovative method does not kill pests but repels them from crops.
00:30In fact, the difference between pesticides is that the odor does not kill.
00:40We modify the behavior of insects.
00:43At the base, it is an observation of what happens in nature.
00:49We look at the behavior of insects.
00:52At Agriador, we have different roles.
00:55And really, the first job we have with us is the ethologists, the comportementalists, the entomologists.
01:02That is, the people who are interested in the life of insects.
01:07The start-up laboratory is studying insect behavior and developing pest-controlled products.
01:16The start-up is focusing on creating a natural repellent scent as an alternative to pesticides for beet crops.
01:23By studying which aromatic plants are effective.
01:24The start-up laboratory is focusing on creating a natural repellent scent as an alternative to pesticides for beet crops.
01:36By studying which aromatic plants dislike, Agriador has recreated an olfactory cocktail in granule form.
01:57We have reconstituted a cocktail in granule form.
02:00We have reconstituted an olfactory cocktail of these aromatic plants that the pucerons really love.
02:12These granules, when spread across beet fields, emit scents that drive away the green aphids, off the
02:40natural and non-toxic solution for farmers.
02:53Agriador's team includes ethologists, behaviorists and entomologists, all dedicated to understanding the intricate lives of insects.
03:05The first and foremost, with respect.
03:07It is important to understand what this may appear in the environment of soil.
03:08If the root of the treatment is occurring in a natural эП┤ыМА, it is certainly an evolving state of soil.
03:10The next phase, we wish to be a symbol of long-term plants.
03:18Therein is a symbol of something that it appears in the environment of the soil.
03:19The first place is a symbol of the natural plant that the plant has been transplanted in the atmosphere.
03:23As a ├И sign of the temperature, it is only one of the natural plant that the plant has been transplanted as a live plant.
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