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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Manas Banerjee, owner and chief scientist of XiteBio Technologies Inc, in his lab with peas and soybeans (for XiteBio PulseRhizo and SoyRhizo product testing) on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. One of his other new fertilizer enhancer products, XiteBio Vegi+, has just been approved by regulators for application on vegetable seeds. For Martin Cash story. Winnipeg Free Press 2023.