Descripción del proyecto
Nuevo producto de biocontrol de micotoxinas listo para su comercialización
Las micotoxinas producidas por hongos que crecen en cultivos de granos y cereales constituyen una amenaza constante para la salud humana, pero en la actualidad no existe ninguna solución que sea eficaz y sostenible. La aflatoxina producida por una especie de hongo «Aspergillus» supone una especial amenaza. El proyecto FREEMYCO ha identificado un agente de control biológico eficaz y está llevando a cabo un estudio de viabilidad para iniciar la comercialización de este producto de control biológico. Un grupo de investigadores de Ideagro ha identificado una cepa del hongo «Trichoderma koningiopsis», que controla el «Aspergillus» y otros hongos productores de micotoxina antes de la cosecha, para la agricultura convencional y ecológica. Se ha probado exhaustivamente y se ha comprobado que es eficaz «in vitro». FREEMYCO evaluará la viabilidad económica, técnica y comercial del plan de negocio, comprobará el producto «in vivo» y formulará un producto final para los mercados comerciales.
Objetivo
Mycotoxins are toxic molecules produced by different fungal strains such as Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium that mainly affect grains both in the pre and postharvest stages. One of them, aflatoxin, is one of the most hazardous toxins for human health, and till date there is no solution to control it through a sustainable way. Ideagro is a 9-year experienced company which main activity is R&D focused on the agrifood sector. Our R&D efforts have found that a Trichoderma koningiopsis strain fungus (IDE-Tri1) is able to control the aforenamed fungi and toxins in cereals crops in a preharvest stage. Thus, in the wake of these investigation works, FREEMYCO is born as the unique bio-fungicide active substance that have shown its absolute effectiveness for Aspergillus fungi and consequently aflatoxin in cereal crops during pre-harvest stage, for both conventional and organic agriculture. It will be able to control also remaining mycotoxins which are less harmful. controlling the mycotoxins, as it has been successfully tested through in vitro and in vivo tests. FREEMYCO is a great economic opportunity (cumulative profit of €11.47M in three years after its launching) to take advantages of a natural product for facing a serious problem for agriculture, food quality/security and human health in a sustainable way. Our target customers are the largest phytosanitary producers’ firms. We consider that through a B2B business approach we will be successful to penetrating into the highly competitive global bio-pesticide market and ensure our product selling. This Feasibility Study’s goal is to deepen in those key points to assess the economic, technical and commercial viability of FREEMYCO (including in vivo trial and end final product formulation) to tackle this challenge for us to scale-up.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
Régimen de financiación
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinador
30564 LORQUI
España
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.