Alternative treatments such as biocontrol and biostimulants are one of the levers to reduce the use of chemical pesticides and synthetic inputs and their environmental impact. Seeds, first step in the food production chain, are increasingly emerging as a potential vector of alternative products. Therefore, GEVES suppports public and private R&D stakeholders by providing them its expertise and methodological know-how about seeds and seedlings.

GEVES provides its methodological expertise to support private and public stakeholders involved in the research and development of alternative solutions to synthetic chemical inputs for the protection and biostimulation of seeds and seedlings.

GEVES works alongside national or international consortia and is :

• Member of the French "Consortium public-privé Recherche-Developpement-Innovation sur le Biocontrôle" which supports development of biocontrol products
• Associated member of the technological network RMT BESTIM on agro-ecological immunity
• Partner and leader of research axes on alternative treatments in national and European projects: SUCSEED, ASCOLUP, ACTIFOL, QUALILEV, ASEEDS, …

Publications :

• Bailly C., Bousquet A., Braun V., Buitink J., Desbois-Vimont C., Durand Tardif M., Fougereux J.A., Gaillard A., Gouleau A., Grappin P., Hily Y., Lejard F., Malausa T., Marchi M., Multeau C., Orgeur G., Piovan R., Poisson A.-S., Profizi C., Rajjou L., Reboud X., Szambien M., 2019. Towards seed protection using biocontrol strategies
• Merieux N., Cordier P., Wagner M.-H., Ducournau S., Aligon S., Job D., Grappin P., Grappin E., 2021. ScreenSeed as a novel high throughput seed germination phenotyping method. Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, 11 (1)

For more information or a customised quotation :

• For biocontrol / crop protection: geoffrey.orgeur@geves.fr
• For biostimulation and phytotoxicity of treatments: sylvie.ducournau@geves.fr