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Press Release: AgBiome Awarded Phase II Grant to Combat Major Pest of African Subsistence Crops

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., September 12, 2019 — AgBiome, Inc., a leader in harnessing the plant microbiome, has received Phase II grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to continue the discovery of microbes that target sweetpotato weevils (SPW) and to move lead strains into early product development for future deployment to smallholder farmers in African nations.

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