Research project: Context and Objectives

Context: The European legislation to ban many pesticides has led to increased demand for alternatives, including the use of viruses as biocontrol agents, which first requires knowledge of their diversity.

Objectives: Our objectives were to discover insect viral resources, and explore their potential for biocontrol.

This research project is conducted at DGIMI laboratory.

Outreach: 

  • Viroplant recherche les virus qui seront les biopesticides de demain, INRAE website (French article, published on 2021-08-10 by Mylène Ogliastro)
  • Environmental and Agronomical Genomics 2024 symposium (EAGS): poster presentation (presented by Sarah François between 2024-02-14 and 2024-02-16)