RNA THERAPIES FOR TREES
PROTECTING THE WORLD'S TREES
Trees are being decimated at an unprecedented rate with almost no species not under increasing threat from emerging pathogens.
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From 1900 -1940 virtually all of America’s 3 billion chestnut trees were wiped out by an invasive fungus
Deadly bacteria spreading through SoCal vineyards while a novel virus is damaging NorCal ones
Invasive bacteria has infected all Florida citrus tree rendering >70% unproductive and is spreading to California
Thousand year old Italian olive trees are dying from invasive bacteria that threatens the entire $20 billion Southern European production
Mysterious disease is causing apple trees to die across America & Asia
Fungi causing $500M of annual damage to SE Asia palm plantations
Virus infecting 300 million W. African cacao trees threatens the livelihood of millions of farmers
Emergence of resistant fungal strain threatens all central American bananas
Our products are based on a novel type of RNA discovered by the Silvec team which can be engineered to target almost any virus, bacteria, or fungus without altering the host’s genome
PROPRIETARY RNA THERAPY
Silvec products use a unique delivery approach based on a novel
type of RNA that we were the first to characterize
A single application can provide lifetime protection for a tree, vine, or bush against many diseases, eliminating much of the need
for genetic modification
We believe this represents a comparable breakthrough for trees as the invention of vaccines and antibiotics have had for humans