ABOUT US
THE SILVEC SOLUTION
CROP DISEASES & TREATMENTS
WHY CROP DISEASES MATTER
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Pathogens and pests cause hundreds of billions of dollars of annual damage to the world's crops​
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Many pathogens and pests cause incurable diseases and are becoming increasingly resistant to conventional treatments like chemical sprays
WHY TREATMENT IS LACKING
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Plants lack the circulatory and adaptive immune systems found in mammals
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delivering anti-pathogenic compounds into plants by spraying or injections results in limited short term efficacy when possible at all
GMO SEEDS NOT SUITABLE FOR MANY CROPS, ESPECIALLY TREES
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Costly with fruit iterations taking years
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Requires replanting
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Drastically reduces the varieties available
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Can alter fruit and can face consumer rejection
Silvec has developed the first method for vaccinating plants using breakthrough
RNA therapy
PROPRIETARY PLATFORM FOR PROTECTING PLANTS
Silvec Products induce plants to produce targeted compounds that can
defend them against pathogens
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Allows plants to be vaccinated similar to humans
It’s a revolution for plant disease treatment similar to the invention of vaccines
& antibiotics for humans based on a unique RNA therapy
developed by the Silvec team
EPA registers Silvec's citrus product - the first viral vector approved for use as a "pesticide"
1796
Animal virus (smallpox) first defeated by Jenner
1928
Animal bacteria first defeated
by Fleming (penicillin)
2020
Plant virus first defeated
by Silvec
2026
EPA creates a new category of pesticides
HOW IT WORKS
Add information to the vector that will be used by the tree to make the anti-microbial defensin
Make sure added information is maintained by the vector
Introduce vector into mother tree where it circulates throughout the tree
Graft into nursery or orchard tree
Induces tree to produce anti-microbial defensin throughout its lifespan