Researcher developing natural products for pest management, crop protection
A natural product chemist and biochemist at 网曝吃瓜 is breaking new ground with research focused on the discovery of bioactive natural products for pest management and crop protection.
Dr. Nicoletta Faraone hopes to apply these products in the food and health industry. She鈥檚 already established several industrial collaborations for development of new naturally-occurring products and is assisting various companies with the product registration process required by the Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency of Health Canada.
鈥淎ll these projects are supervised and directed in collaboration with Dr. Kirk Hillier, a professor in the biology department of 网曝吃瓜,鈥� Faraone said.
And Dr. Faraone鈥檚 research is having an impact across Nova Scotia and beyond. She began collaborating with the Windsor, N.S. company, Heritage Memorials Ltd., in 2017 to develop a novel bio-pesticide and natural pest repellant based on granite rock dust.
鈥淩ock dust is the by-product of stone cutting,鈥� Faraone said.
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