30th Conference on IQS Phytosanitary Products

Effect of a peptide-based formulation on the induction of PR proteins and on the development of tomatoes. In order to determine the mechanism of action of the product Inicum, we studied its effect on growth in tomatoes in greenhouse conditions, on the microbiota and on induction of PR proteins. The first phase of the study of the mechanism of action examined the expression of specific pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins as result of transplantation and, in some cases, application of the product. The second phase of the study examined the effect over time (kinetics) in transplanted and non-transplanted plants.