Last December, the project New peptide based-compounds as smart plant protection products against plant diseases caused by Xylella fastidiosa (SmartPEXYL) was definitively resolved. The goal of the proposal is developing new sustainable peptide-based compounds to protect crops, reducing the impact that current pesticides have on human healyf and the environment. The compounds that we will be working with are Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNAs), and target oriented peptides (TOPs), and the final goal of the project are to either selectively kill Xf, disrupt its pathogenicity, or induce plant defenses, in order to prevent the infection or cure infected plants.
This project is granted by the Programa Estatal per impulsar la Investigació Cientifica-tècnica and will last 4 years and is carried out in collaboration within the UdG with the Laboratory of Innovation in Processes and Products of Organic Synthesis (LIPPSO), who has participated in previous coordinated projects in the last years.
For more information about the project: https://epsapps.udg.edu/cidsav/en/smartpepxyl/
DARRERES NOTÍCIES
- Emili Montesinos, Director of CIDSAV, gave a conference at the 30th anniversary of the Technical Research Services of the UdG 14 March, 2024
- The CIDSAV doctoral student Pau Caravaca wins the video contest of the 30th anniversary of the Technical Research Services (STR) 14 March, 2024
- CIDSAV AND THE COMPANY RAVENTÓS-CODORNIU START THE NUCLIS2023 PROJECT 12 March, 2024
- MiCropBiomes, CIDSAV new Cost Action 5 March, 2024
- CIDSAV new project 18 January, 2024