BioGents' modern laboratories and facilities are ideal for identifying targeted and efficient solutions for a broad array of needs in the insect control market.

• Olfactometers for behavioural tests with extremely high throughput, for use in testing both attractants and repellents.
• Different types of test cages for the efficient study of mosquito repellents and repellent-treated textiles.
• A wind-tunnel with computerised 3-D analysis to study the flight behaviour of mosquitoes and other insects towards test stimuli.
• Air-conditioned rooms for standardised tests under quasi-natural conditions.
• Permanent field stations for field tests in Germany, Corsica, and Brazil.
• Gas chromatography (GC) and HPLC.
• Electrophysiology set-ups, both for EAGs and single-cell-recordings, which can also be coupled with a GC.
• Electronic, chemical, and mechanical workshops for the production of prototypes.

Olfactometers are used to quickly and efficiently screen the attractive or repellent properties of test substances on the behaviour of mosquitoes and other flying insects.