Plant protection

植物保护主席的总体目标是整合科学知识和成就，开发和实施生物和环境友好的农药替代品。为了实现这一目标，主要有四个方面的研究目标：1）开发和研究生物防治剂作为杀菌剂的生物替代品; 2）解释和开发硅的预防特性作为缓解植物生物胁迫的天然途径; 3）开发新的基因组工具以增加大豆对大豆疫霉的抗性，以及4）促进和实施本实验室所进行研究的技术转移。在过去七年中，我们一直非常紧密地坚持我们的最初目标，我们的研究虽然因其创新和健全的科学方法而得到承认，但直接导致了控制植物疾病的新生物方法，这些方法正在商业上得到利用。

The Chair in plant protection has for general objective the integration of scientific knowledge and achievements toward the development and implementation of biological and environment-friendly alternatives to pesticides. In order to fulfill this objective, four main areas of research are targeted: 1) to develop and study biocontrol agents as biological substitutes to fungicides 2) to decipher and exploit the prophylactic properties of silicon as a natural approach to alleviate biotic stresses in plants; 3) to develop new genomic tools to increase soybean resistance to Phytophthora sojae and 4) to foster and implement the technological transfer of the research carried out in our laboratory. Over the last seven years, we have adhered quite closely to our initial objectives, and our research, while being recognized for its innovative and sound scientific approach, has led directly to new biological approaches to control plant diseases that are being exploited commercially.