VACCINES TO PROTECT PLANTS AGAINST VIRUSES

CSIC and the Polytechnic University of Valencia have developed a new generation of highly specific RNA-based vaccines that can be applied to plants in a non-transgenic manner to control diseases caused by viruses, as an alternative to current treatments based on traditional pesticides. This new technology will contribute to optimize the productivity and quality of crops in an environment-friendly way.

Industrial partners from the agrochemical and crop breeding industry are being sought to collaborate through the co-development of a market application based on the offered technology in the framework of a patent licence agreement.