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Seed conservation is a key issue. Like all agricultural products, seeds are subject to various forms of degradation: insect attack, mold, bacteriological development, loss of germination. Current solutions are not viable: ? storage insecticides (insect elimination, curative solution), ? ph

BRING IT ON aims at proposing a varietal solution by improving oilseed rape resistance to one of its main insect pests, the pollen beetle. Currently, there is no resistant variety against pollen beetle, which is mainly controlled by pesticides. We have identified some resistance in the white mus

The project Aphidius 2.0 fits in the context of strawberry production under greenhouses. This production is confronted to aphids, major pests that threaten strawberry yields and quality. Aphids damage strawberry crops because of their exponential population growth and their production of honeydew fa

The project aims at addressing the urgent transition of zero herbicide in viticulture. This transition leads to increase the number of mechanical weeding over the row and inter-row (grassing management, tillage) which results in a higher consumption of fossil fuel and more working time. In order to

Abstract Context and objectives of the solution Bird damage to crops, particularly at emergence, has to date no solution and little research has been done on this subject, at least in the European context. The distress of producers has been growing for the past fifteen years and may lead to th

The ECLODERA project is an answer to the theme “Development of alternatives for managing bio-aggressors” for a situation that has become orphaned since the withdrawal of the 1,3-dichloropropene (in 2018). It will allow the maturation (TRL 4 to TRL 6-7) of two complementary solutions to control the c

Strawberry, raspberry and cherry farmers lack solutions to control the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii (DS). Here, we will maturate the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) targeting DS. SIT has shown great efficacy to control many insects in foreign countries. It prevents reproduction by wild females th

Apple tree cultivation, which represents a world market of 58 million tons, is the most treated agricultural production in France. The fight against the scab disease due to the ascomycete fungus Venturia inaequalis (Vi), represents 50% of the total treatments carried out in orchards, that is to say

Rhamnolipids are glycolipids produced naturally by bacteria. These biodegradable compounds stimulate plant defence mechanisms and have antifungal properties. Our consortium, comprising two academic laboratories (GEC UTC/CNRS, RIBP URCA/INRAe) and a private company (Stepan Europe), has demonstrated t