2026-07-23 — The UK agri-biotech startup secured a £500,000 Innovate UK grant for a 24-month project targeting cabbage stem flea beetle.
UK agri-biotech startup BugBiome has secured a £500,000 Innovate UK grant for a 24-month project developing a biological insecticide against cabbage stem flea beetle in oilseed rape.
The project involves the John Innes Centre, Harper Adams University and Applied Insect Science - a pest that has become a decisive economic factor for UK rape growers since neonicotinoid restrictions.
The UK agri-biotech startup secured a £500,000 Innovate UK grant for a 24-month project targeting cabbage stem flea beetle.
· Biologicals · United Kingdom · 2 min
UK agri-biotech startup BugBiome has secured a £500,000 Innovate UK grant for a 24-month project developing a biological insecticide against cabbage stem flea beetle in oilseed rape.
The project involves the John Innes Centre, Harper Adams University and Applied Insect Science - a pest that has become a decisive economic factor for UK rape growers since neonicotinoid restrictions.
Source: Norwich Research Park