Institut für Biologischen Pflanzenschutz
Based on Lysboacter enzymogenes, a product for use against phytopathogenic fungi was developed by Bio-Protect GmbH, the Julius Kühn Institute, Institute for Biological Control and Geisenheim University in a project funded by the Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank ("mikroPraep", grant number 863537). This product shows great potential against various relevant horticultural plant pathogens and can thus make an important contribution to more sustainable bio-based agriculture. The transfer of the effect to the field has not yet been fully successful with the previous formulation. In the present project, the existing product will be further developed into a marketable plant protection product that can be used in the open field and in greenhouse production, for which the existing project team is being expanded to include e-nema GmbH. The aim is to optimize production in terms of yield and sustainability by using residual and waste materials. By investigating the influences of environmental factors on the effectiveness of the product, it will be possible to optimize the formulation and thus achieve the necessary resistance to these environmental factors. Investigations on the optimal application as well as on the interaction with other organisms will lead to important findings for the practical use of the product. At the end of the 3-year project period, the aim is to obtain approval for the optimized product as a plant protection product.
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
