https://video.igem.org/videos/watch/2111e60d-0a40-4e74-a57e-8d52fbf45109 Title: Verdant Description: To compensate for the growing population of the world, the agriculture industry sprays billion of pounds of chemical pesticides onto farmland. As usage becomes more widespread, problems regarding pest resistance, non-targeted damage, as well as water and soil degradation become more apparent. The 2026 Rochester iGEM team aims to create a solution utilizing engineered e-coli to release a natural pesticide upon pest detection. The system created by Verdant is flexible and only active in the presence of the target, allowing damage to non-target organisms to be minimized while actively preventing pest resistance from developing. Wiki | Official Page Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:54:05 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.igem.org https://video.igem.org/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.igem.org/videos/watch/2111e60d-0a40-4e74-a57e-8d52fbf45109 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.igem.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.