Terramera speeds the discovery of sustainable crop solutions for farmers with new industry-leading technology

Terramera, one of the global agtech leaders fusing science, nature and artificial intelligence to transform how food is grown and the economics of agriculture, announces the launch of six custom, state-of-the-art plant growth chambers. They showcase the company's industry-leading technology capabilities and redefine the contribution of household indoor agriculture to field-based production.

Often laboratories and greenhouses do not accurately replicate by real-world conditions, which is why many crop protection products fail in the field. Each growth chamber is customized to simulate wide-ranging weather conditions, from cool nights and morning mists to desert and subtropical conditions, offering precise control over temperature (from 5 to 40 degrees Celsius), humidity and light. In addition, each chamber will be equipped with built-in Terramera automation system for end-to-end integration. Fully automated chambers will enable experiments including watering, nutrient dosing, spraying and imaging of plants throughout their lifecycle without human intervention, reducing trial time from weeks to days, and increasing accuracy with industry-leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) platform by Terramera.

Annett Rozek, Chief Scientific Officer at Terramera, shared that customized growth chambers allow the company to simulate weather to study disease and insect infestations with integrated processing and imaging systems in one automated system that replicates six times for parallel studies. “This is as close as we can get to real-world conditions in a research environment and will deliver solutions as rapidly and efficiently as possible,” she added.

The new growth chambers are part of a larger technology expansion of the company, which is also introducing a new liquid handling robot. Terramera's own ML model named the robot Enzing, which is integrated into company's fully automated in-vitro screening and data analysis pipeline. The robot rapidly screening active ingredients with the Terramera's Actigate™ technology for numerous plant disease pathogens.

Karn Manhas, Founder and CEO of the company, commented that this is a landmark milestone for the them and a leap forward in the industry with the addition of new, essential capacity. “This technology increases our throughput, allowing us to predict outcomes more accurately, allowing us quickly to scale our knowledge and technologies to make farming healthier, more sustainable and productive while turning back the clock on climate change,” he concluded.

Terramera is one of the world's leading agricultural technology leaders fusing science, nature and artificial intelligence to transform how food is grown and the economics of agriculture in the next decade. With its revolutionary Actigate™ technology platform, the company is committed to reducing the global synthetic pesticide load 80% by 2030 to protect plant and human health and ensure a prosperous earth that provides for everyone. Terramera is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, with integrated operations in Canada, the US and India, which includes research labs, greenhouse and farm, and more than 240 patents in its global IP portfolio.

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