Visit of Biopesticide Start-up (Taanayel, Lebanon)

On Friday 8th March, a visit of the Biopesticides Start up at Deir Taanayel (Taanayel, Lebanon) was realised by consortium members, future IPM-4-Citrus secondees and several students participating to TP2 (30 persons).

The biopesticide unit, located in Beeka agricultural area at 70km from Beirut; is a semi-industrial production capacity with 1m3 bioreactor. This building integrates 4 mains parts: (i) utility production (steam, water treatment, air compressor…), (ii) Bioproduction unit (tank and bioreactor,…), (iii) in-situ analytical lab and (iv) downstream and conditioning unit.

Preparation of substrates, starters and solutions (acid, base, antifoam) have been integrated in the PID. Bioreactors are home-made with specific design (ratio diameter/height, impellers). Conventional parameters are measured and/or regulated (pressure, temperature, pH, pO2, RPM). A small lab is associated to production unit in order to realise standard analysis (OD, dry matter, sugar concentration, cell counting and observation, etc.). The downstream unit includes a decantation vessel (enabling to separate insolubles by settling) and a specific room for conditioning of formulated biopesticide (packing/filling) before distribution.

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