A presentation from Professor Pierre van Cutsem, Head of the Laboratory of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology about "FytoSave®, a new powerful biopesticide registered in Europe" Feeding the planet in 2050 ? at Expo Milano | Belgian Pavilion 06.24.2015 a Lab'InSight event organized by Réseau LIEU and WBI

1. LABORATORY OF PLANT CELLULAR
AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Faculty of Science
www.unamur.be/urbv
UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR (UNAMUR)
«FytoSave®,
a new powerful
biopesticide
registered in
Europe »
Feeding the planet in 2050 - 06/24/2015
Prof. Pierre Van Cutsem
Professor – Head of Laboratory
pierre.vancutsem@unamur.be

2. THE PROJECT
 FytoSave®, a new powerful biopesticide registered in
Europe against plant diseases
 FytoFend S.A. & University of Namur, Belgium
 Funding: Région Wallonne,
Bref descriptif du projet choisi
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3. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
Présentez brièvement, sous forme de bullet points,
les objectifs du projet présenté
 1st Objective: Turn a natural plant defense mechanism into a
biopesticide for crop protection
 2nd Objective: Understand how the product works
 3rd Objective: Bring the product to the market
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4. RESULTS
 1st Result : An efficient product
 2nd Result : European registration
 3rd Result : Commercialization around the world
• Présentez ici sous forme de bullet
points, les résultats déjà obtenus ou
prévus
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5. 5
Oomycetes
Fungi
Bacteria
MAMP : Microbe Associated Molecular Pattern
DAMP : Damage Associated Molecular Pattern
MAMP
Receptors
DAMP
ReceptorsDANGER
Horizontal resistance
Pathogens
Cell wall
Membrane
Cytoplasm
Boller & Felix Ann. Rev. Plant Biol. 2009
Plant immunity

6. 6
An oligosaccharide complex as elicitor
MAMP  Chitooligosaccharides COS
DAMP
↓
Oligogalacturonides
↓
OGA
Cabrera et al.,
Glycobiology, 2010
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7. Official trial - Belgium
Efficacy of the formulated product under practice
conditions – GEP trial

8. Control FytoSave®
Product efficacy – Powdery mildew on cucumber

9. « Stockage d’Energie: Défis et avancées technologiques »
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
 Patented
 Publications
 Spin off FytoFend
• Présentez ici comment le projet a été
valorisé ou les perspectives de
valorisations du projet, Demandez
conseil au conseiller scientifique de
votre institution,
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10. FEEDING THE PLANET
IN 2050
24TH of June 2015
Belgian Pavilion