Smart Cultures

Plant and fungal hosts grown in controlled environment systems to produce high added value molecules for the pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical or nutraceutical sectors.

Areas of application:

• Support for the development of innovative controlled-environment production systems (grow rooms, growth cabinets, greenhouses, etc.)
• Crop management and phytosanitary control method optimization using state-of-the-art technological equipment
• Evaluation of the effects of biostimulants, biofertilizers and biopesticides on plant development and on the synthesis of compounds of interest
• Research on the development of inputs and methods used in Cannabis sativa L. cultivation systems, and the exploitation of its coproducts.
• Optimization of heterologous plant expression systems for molecules of interest
• Development of genetic conservation and maintenance methods
• Hop breeding program for brewing and medicinal purposes
• Real-time non-destructive plant quality/growth control approach
• Multidisciplinary team for the integration of agronomic, optics, physical technology and artificial intelligence expertise 

General expertise:

• Agronomy
• Genetic improvement
• Cultivation in controlled environments
• Molecular farming
• In vitro cultures
• Marker-assisted selection