Researchers from the Poznań Science and Technology Park, together with Innosil, are implementing the project “New inductors of plant resistance and their use as an innovative approach to protecting plants from pathogens”. They obtained PLN 4 million for their research from the Team Tech- Foundation for Polish Science program.

The research and implementation works carried out as part of the project concern modern and environmentally safe plant protection chemicals in the form of resistance inducers. These compounds, when used in doses many times lower than conventional pesticides, effectively stimulate the natural immune system of plants against viral, bacterial and fungal infections.

The active substance is able to increase the resistance of plants against pathogens to a level higher than 85%. This is the unprecedented  level of activity for commercially available plant protection products.
More: https://ppnt.poznan.pl/induktory-odpornosci-roslin/