The ELICIR solution is a scientific response based on research into the plant-pathogen relationship.
For biocontrol of pathogens, the ELICIR treatment signal enables the plant to recognize the pathogens attacking it, and to set up all the defense mechanisms leading to a true resistance situation against the aggressor. In terms of speed and effectiveness, plants react exactly as if they were resistant. Laboratory studies have shown that metabolic signals in the plant are triggered within 30 minutes of infection.
ELICIR's technology can be used universally to induce functional resistance in agricultural plants to pathogens such as fungi (mildew, powdery mildew, rust, etc.), bacteria(Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, ....) or viruses (mosaic, jaundice, etc.).
The benefits of ELICIR technology
- Proven efficacy on diseases where no chemical, mineral or biological solution has yet been found.
- Resistance mechanisms are triggered in the plant rapidly and only when pathogens arrive.
- ELICIR is biosourced, based on a food plant, and is totally harmless.
The ELICIR difference
The first generations of elicitors, by playing on molecules that simulate plant cell degradation residues, put cultivated plants in a position of partial defense against pathogens. These processes, which are slow to take hold, are effective, but consume energy at the expense of crop yields.
Thanks to its exclusive mode of action, ELICIR potentiates plant resistance. In contact with a pathogen, the plant's natural resistance mechanisms kick in quickly and effectively. The plant regains its original, functional resistance.
The efficiency of ELICIR technology
ELICIR's experimental work has been carried out at approved ready-mixed concrete companies, in partner university laboratories, or by ELICIR technicians on site.
Successful work has been carried out on numerous pathosystems involving fungal, bacterial or viral pathogens:
- Lavender phytoplasma
- Rose powdery mildew
- Downy mildew on vines
- Bacterial blight of walnut
- Beet yellows
- Xylella onolive trees