InnovPlantProtect’s researchers have just submitted the first provisional patent application for the industrial protection of a bacterial strain, isolated from nature and ecologically safe, which has high efficiency in controlling fire blight.
Fire blight is a disease caused by Erwinia amylovora, a destructive bacterial pathogenthat affects several plant species, mainly pears and apples from the Rosaceae family, and which has had a huge negative impact on ‘Rocha’ pear and apple orchards in Portugal, as there are no efficient solutions for its control.
“This is the first of several innovative bio-based products being developed at InnovPlantProtect. We are certain that this and other biological agents being developed at this CoLab will have a decisive impact on the protection of Mediterranean cultures and on achieving the objectives of the European Ecological Pact”, says Pedro Fevereiro, CEO at InPP.
