ABIOPEP

Plant health and biotechnology.

• General Characteristics

  • ACTIVITY: biotechnology for plant health.
  • LOCATION: Scientific Park of Murcia. Madrid Road Km. 388. Espinardo Complex. Building R 2nd Floor (30100) Espinardo (Murcia).
  • DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 07/22/2013. 
  • CATEGORY: small company. Spin off from the Center for Edaphology and Applied Biology of the Segura of the Superior Council for Scientific Research (CEBAS-CSIC).
  • CONTACT: (+34) 968 277 844.

ABIOPEP S.L. is dedicated to research and development of solutions to improve the quality and productivity of vegetables. It began its activity focused on plant health and more recently addresses broader issues related to improving agronomic characteristics and fruit quality, for which different strategies and tools are developed and implemented, combining extensive scientific knowledge with innovative proprietary technologies. This Innovative and Technological Base company was established on July 22, 2013, as a spin-off from the Plant Pathology group of CEBAS-CSIC. Its technology is based on the knowledge of this group that has been working in plant virology since 1999 and is complemented by the contributions and business, management, and research experience of its founding partners and all its human team.

• Business Structure

  • NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 19.
  • REVENUE: 1,607,532.67 €.
  • GENERAL DESCRIPTION: research and development of technologies for crop protection. Biotechnological solutions for improving quality and productivity in horticulture.
  • BUSINESS LINES: mainly plant health. They also address other issues related to development, productivity, and quality of crops.
  • INFRASTRUCTURE: 
    • Products:
      • AbioProtect: crop protection.
      • State-of-the-art techniques for virus diagnosis.
    • Services:
      • Detection, diagnosis, and diversity of pathogens affecting vegetables.
      • Editing of genomes of vegetable species.
      • Turnkey R&D projects.
  • INTERESTING DATA: collaborators:
    • Companies:
      • Perichán
      • La Palma
      • CASI
      • Unigenia
      • Procomel
    • Research centers:
      • CEBAS-CSIC
      • Miguel Hernández University (UMH)
      • University of Murcia
      • UPCT

• R&D Activities/Interests

TECHNOLOGICAL OFFER/DEMAND:

  • Biotechnological solutions for plant health in vegetables.
  • Detection, diagnosis, and diversity of pathogens affecting vegetables.
  • Tomato genome editing.

• Participation in projects

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

  • State-of-the-art techniques for diagnosis and discovery of viruses. Industrial PhD Program 2014 / MINECO.
  • Cross-protection as a method for controlling virus diseases in crops. Industrial PhD Program 2015 / MINECO.
  • Generation of tools for the editing of genomes of cucurbits and solanaceae. Torres Quevedo / MINECO.
  • New biotechnological solutions for plant health in vegetables. NEOTEC Program / CDTI.
  • Mapping of mutations conferring resistance to the cucumber mosaic virus (PepMV) in tomatoes. Torres Quevedo / MINECO.
  • Study of volatile organic compounds emitted by plants in response to viral infection and their possible biotechnological application as natural antiviral compounds. Torres Quevedo / MINECO.
  • Traditional and biotechnological tools to create new melon varieties with high added value characteristics adapted to cultivation and Murcia markets. Ris3Mur / Consejería de Empleo, Universidades, Empresa y Medio Ambiente.
  • Generation of novel tools for the improvement of traditional melon varieties. Torres Quevedo / MINECO.
  • Innovative network for next generation sequencing of the virome. EU MSCA-ITN-ETN / EU HORIZON 2020.
  • Adaptation of Mediterranean vegetable crops to multiple climate change-induced stresses. PRIMA S2 2018 / CDTI.

COMPLETED PROJECTS

  • New technologies to achieve resistance to PepMV in tomatoes. Collaboration Challenges 2013 / MINECO.
  • Combination of systems biology and high-throughput experimental approaches to achieve durable resistances against plant viruses in crops (COBRA). PLANT KBBE 2013 / Agence Nationale  de la Recherche (NR), Ministerio de Economía y competitividad (MINECO), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).
  • Biotechnological approaches to generate sources of resistance to PepMV in tomatoes. Torres Quevedo / MINECO.
  • Genome editing of melon to achieve broad-spectrum resistance to viruses. Torres Quevedo / MINECO.
  • Plant health biotechnology for vegetables. INFO EIBT. INFO.
  • New biotechnological solutions for plant health in vegetables (NIDO). NEOTEC Program / CDTI.