The work of Mario Reyes in biological pest control is highlighted by Redagrícola magazine
October 13, 2011
Avance Biotechnologies is an agriculture & biotechnology company founded by Mario Reyes Salinas and Juan Rencoret over 10 years ago, with the vision to incorporate products over the national and international markets, based on biological control mechanisms used and enriched with biotechnology.
The boom in global biological control has become one high-impact alternative beneficial to farmers and consumers, who see in it an effective solution to their problems caused by insects, fungi, bacteria and food security, gradually moving the massive use of chemical pesticides.
This technology is part of the new bio-sustainable solutions and support needed by society. Under this same look, our research team at Full House, led by Mario Reyes Salinas, seeks to create new applications based on biological controls to end domestic pests. A clear example is our progress in the control of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius).
The impact and benefits of biological control in conventional agriculture have been published in No. 40 of the Redagrícola magazine. It shows an interview with the sales team led by Daniel Courbis from Avance Biotechnologies , who realize the quality of its products under the title “Avance Biotechnologies: Biological control of export”.
With great enthusiasm and appreciation, Full House congratulates team and highlights on its website the appearance of our sister company in this special issue of Redagrícola.
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Metal Powder Biotechnologies, the legal representative of powder metallurgy developments made by Full House
August 9, 2011
The market for metal powders is growing and today sounds strongly in Chile and the world thanks to our innovative way to generate a sustainable, high quality product.
To meet the challenge of incorporating this product into international markets, Full House has created its spin-off Metal Powder Biotechnologies (MPBT), which arises from the need to focus efforts into a new market for us, but not for the rest of the world.
We invite you to know the company and legal representation of the copper powder developed by Full House, leaders in innovation and sustainable biotechnology.
Web site: www.mpbt.cl
Full House S. A. goes out to the world through Innova (TV Chile)
August 8, 2011
Innova is a TV program from the international signal of TV Chile, showing to the world the developments and scientific ventures, especially those made in Chile, which are distinguished by their potential and their future perspectives.
From our origins we wanted to integrate all our scientific potential, innovative processes and environment-compatible products in order to generate high added value. This special way to take the challenges has led to the creation of unique and innovative copper nano-powder and our line of biocosmetics Land of Kings, both protagonists of this chapter of Innova.
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What is biotechnology? Full House and Land of Kings answer
July 4, 2011
The word biotechnology was initially used to indicate a technological and industrial work involving a biologically originated process. In the early ’90s, during the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), it was decided by consensus the definition of biotechnology under the following premise:
“Biotechnology is any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives to make or modify products or processes for specific uses.”
These words describe the foundation of all biotechnology development, which are supported by mechanisms and biological principles. To achieve this, is necessary to spend time observing and understanding biological processes, a work done by scientists who devote their time and expertise to incorporate these mechanisms into conventional production processes. The contribution of this work is translated into the following points:
- Added value to products.
- Clean technologies that are compatible with human health and natural ecosystems.
- Animal and plant organisms with special features that enhance productivity.
- Products that improve quality of life in patients.
- Etc.
On the Internet you can find some definitions that fit the concept of biotechnology. However, it is difficult to find a definition capable of answering how biotechnology from industrial processes adds value to cosmetic products.
Full House and Land of Kings want to share our vision and understanding of biotechnology as described by our manager research and development (R & D) Mr. Mario Reyes Salinas, Chilean researcher with long experience in the most prestigious laboratories from United States, Europe and Russia, who heads the biotechnology research of both companies.
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We invite you to see our R & D Manager, Mr. Mario Reyes Salinas, in this short but comprehensive interview (in Spanish) aired on the international signal of TVN (Chile TV).
The threat of the bed bugs returns
May 16, 2011
Bed bugs: The resurgence of a plague after the indiscriminate use of chemical insecticides.
Bed bugs
The bed bugs (scienfitic name Cimex lectularius) is a specie of blood-sucking insects (they feed on blood) of the order Hemiptera. This type of bug is known since ancient times, when his presence was not unusual in the world. Around the ’40s in the United States, the use of insecticides like DDT (Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane) served to control and eradicate this pest. However, the high toxicity of DDT led to the ban on its use and the emergence of a new family of insecticides called pyrethroids. This type of insecticide is very effective against insect pests in agricultural crops and altering domestic hegemony, but have the disadvantage of being toxic at high concentrations and develop resistance in insects.
Bed bug bite
The phenomenon of acquired resistance by insects, is something that bed bugs have learned and are now players in a growing plague that affects the United States, Europe and Australia since the beginning of the new millennium. The resurgence of this plague has affected very negatively the hotel market in New York, where 11% of the population suffers from these insects that don’t discriminate social classes, geographic areas, houses, apartments or hotels.
Features
Morphologically, an adult bed bug has the following features:
- Size is approximately 4 to 7 mm.
- Has a flattened body and brown to reddish-brown with short and wide head.
- Has a sucker-pricker mouth with 3 segments, typical blood-sucking insects.
- Eyes well developed.
- Segmented antennas.
- Pronotum (dorsal exoskeletal first plate) with front margin deeply concave to accommodate the head with a size 2.5 times wider than the length in the middle.
- Has 3 similar pairs of legs with tarsus (the last segment of the legs of insects) of 3 segments.
- Vestigial front wings are rudimentary and therefore this bug does not fly.
- Upper body surface sparsely covered with short golden hairs.
Bed bug
The young or adult bed bugs can survive from several weeks to several months without feeding, depending on the temperature (optimum is 21 ° C/69.8° F).
When bed bugs bite (an act called cimicosis), they inject an anticoagulant fluid that helps to get the blood they need for food. This fluid is often the main cause of irritation, inflammation and itching post-bite (allergic reaction). The bite of a bed bug has an elongated shape and is common that the bites appear aligned in arms and legs of a person, which responds to a social food-habit of this insect. The edema formed by the bite can be easily distinguished from the bites of mosquitoes, fleas or bed bugs.
One of the main ways to recognize the presence of these insects at home is by emitting a distinctive odor that is somewhat sweet, and the high number of dark brown spots around the places where they hide, that correspond to feces deposited.
Bed bug
Control through biotechnology
The high impact that this insect has caused to the society has been one of the main reasons for our company to incorporate a new research area in the bio-pest control. By replication of our research method and application of biotechnology to solve this issue, we developed a product based on entomopathogenic fungi specific for Cimex lectularius. Our biotechnology development has the ability to penetrate the insects cuticle and kill them, spreading this effect at the same time over the bug population, thus eliminating the problem.
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