Scaling an Icure Graduate into an iNternational Agtech Leader (SIGNAL)

Signal项目采用了Zayndu独特的种子消毒系统，并在英国和欧盟主要种子生产商的投入下，将其扩大到最大生产能力--机器能够在一批中处理多达120升种子。Zayndu过程的独特之处在于，它只使用环境空气和电力对种子进行消毒；但它有效地摧毁了病原体，提高了发芽率。它通过在室温和压力下使用等离子体激活空气来实现这一点，而不需要昂贵的真空泵或惰性气体。“活性空气”形成了一种强大的消毒剂，不仅能杀灭病原体，还能提高许多作物的发芽率。这对面临双重打击的农业市场来说是一个及时的发展；欧盟的绿色协议引入了立法，出于环境和健康考虑，正确地限制了许多关键农业化学品的使用。结果，农民失去了减少田地污染的手段，种子进入种子生产商的污染程度比以往任何时候都高；然而，种子生产商使用这些化学物质来消毒种子。Zayndu的技术在种子市场的许多领域都有应用；目前的系统适用于高价值、小批量的种子。Signal提供主流蔬菜种子生产所需的更大机械，并使Zayndu走上成为全球AgTech市场的重要参与者的道路。

The SIGNAL project takes Zayndu's unique seed disinfection system and, with input from the UK and EU's major seed producers, scales it to full production capacities - with machines capable of processing up to 120 litres of seeds in a single batch.The Zayndu process is unique in that it disinfects seeds using only ambient air and electricity; yet it effectively destroys pathogens and boosts germination rates. It does this through activating the air using a plasma at room temperature and pressure, without expensive vacuum pumps or noble gases. The "Activated Air" forms a powerful disinfectant which not only destroys pathogens, it also boosts the germination rates of many crops.This is a timely development for the agricultural market, which is facing a double-whammy; the EU's Green Deal has introduced legislation which rightly restricts the use of many key agricultural chemicals due to environmental and health concerns. As a result farmers have lost the means to reduce contamination in the fields and seeds coming to the seed producers carry higher levels of contamination than ever before; yet those same chemicals are what the seed producers use to disinfect the seeds. Interest in "organic" seed disinfection processes has never been higher.Zayndu's technology has application in many sectors in the seeds market; current systems are suitable for high-value, small-batch seeds. SIGNAL delivers the larger machines required for mainstream vegetable seed production and sets Zayndu on course to become a significant player in the global AgTech market.