Bioproducts from insect waste material Phase II

Enterra Feed Corp.生产昆虫幼虫（黑水虻，Hermetia illucens），作为动物饲料产品的高质量蛋白质和油源。在工业规模上，幼虫是在消费前的废弃食物上饲养的。在昆虫生产过程中，会产生三种潜在的有价值的副产品：幼虫的排泄物-粪便;幼虫和蛹蜕皮时脱落的外骨骼;以及死亡的成蝇。除了其高有机营养成分外，粪便（Enterra Natural FertilizerTM）还含有独特的微生物群落，由已知有益于植物生长的物种组成。已知完整的黑水虻提取物和几丁质及其相关的分解聚合物都能抑制植物病害，并且微生物组分可能具有类似的活性。该公司将在全面生产时大量生产这些材料，并希望开发增值的副产品。该项目将协助该公司开发适用于有机和传统农业的土壤和水培系统的新生物肥料产品，并推进这些产品在相关监管机构的注册。 第二个目标是了解生物肥料对我们第一次合作中确定的病原真菌的抑制作用的机制。 * * 该项目将通过扩大产品线和减少浪费使公司受益。成功的新生物肥料产品将促进Enterra的业务扩展到加拿大其他社区，这些社区有足够的食物垃圾来支持商业设施。Kwantlen将通过培训学生，技术和教学人员在支持"绿色"经济的应用研究中受益，提高可持续园艺研究所的能力，以帮助当地公司进行研究和开发，并加强大学理工学院的任务和清洁技术战略研究目标。在改善多种作物的植物病害管理方面有很大的潜力，从而提高不列颠哥伦比亚生产者和其他生产者的生产力和竞争力。**********

Enterra Feed Corp. produces insect larvae (Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens) as a high quality protein and oil source for animal feed products. Larvae are raised on pre-consumer waste food on an industrial scale. During insect production three potentially valuable co-products are generated: frass, the excretory waste of the larvae; exoskeletons cast off during moulting by both larvae and pupae; and dead adult flies. In addition to its high organic nutrient profile, frass (Enterra Natural FertilizerTM) also contains a unique microbial community comprised of species known to benefit plant growth. Both whole Black Soldier Fly extracts, and chitin, with its related decomposition polymers, are known to suppress plant disease and the microbial component may have similar activity. The company will produce large quantities of these materials when in full production, and wishes to develop value-added co-products. This project will assist the company to develop new biofertilizer products suitable for soil-based and hydroponic systems for organic and conventional agriculture and advance the registration of these products with relevant regulatory agencies. The second objective is to understand the mechanism of the suppressive effects that the biofertilizer had on pathogenic fungi identified in our first partnership. **The project will benefit the company by expanding its product line and reducing waste. Successful new biofertilizer products would promote the expansion of Enterra's business operations to other communities across Canada with sufficient food waste to support a commercial facility. Kwantlen will benefit by training students, technical and teaching staff in applied research supportive of the "green" economy, increasing the capacity of the Institute for Sustainable Horticulture to assist local companies in their research and development, and enhancing the universities polytechnic mandate and clean technology strategic research goals. There is high potential to improve plant disease management across a wide range of crops, thus increasing productivity and competitiveness of BC producers and beyond. **********