We are committed to bring solutions for a more sustainable and efficient weed management, reducing herbicide use.
Weeds have always been a major concern for agriculture, as they compete with crops for water, light and nutrients.
Herbicides are the main tool to control weeds, but their use is limited in many cases because they are toxic to the crop. Also, the repeated use of one herbicide leads to the evolution of herbicide resistant weeds which affect the sustainability of this technology.
Our technologies are distinguished by
Environmental
Sustainability
We develop tools for producers to apply herbicide combinations, in order to reduce their burden on the environment.
Technology
Sustainability
Herbicide mixes delay the evolution of resistant weeds, extending the life of the technologies
Technologies
We combine Synthetic Biology and Gene Editing to develop herbicide resistant crops. Heurik™, one of our technology platforms, integrates rational design and directed evolution to identify mutations which confers herbicide tolerance. Swap™ is the platform that introduces these mutations in crops using gene editing. The main advantages of this strategy is reducing development costs and time to market of our products. This is because we can work with elite lines and edit more than one gene at a time.
We strive to obtain crops that are resistant to a combination of herbicides, aiming to reduce the dose of each one in the mix and with that the environmental charge.
With BioHeuris we started a collaboration to develop adavanced technologies for cotton growers in Argentina and around the world.
PABLO VAQUERO
Gensus
BioHeuris is a gene editing company in crops for agriculture. Few in the world, and less with this quality.
JEAN-MICHEL DUHAMEL
Rotam
The challenge is to apply scientific knowledge to develop technologies, that in combination with others, can contribute to an integrated weed management.
Dr. HUGO PERMINGEAT
PhD, Scientific Advisor
We believe in the power of synergies to develop a better agriculture.
Dr. LUCAS LIEBER
CEO
Using herbicide mixes we can sustainably control weeds using less herbicides and extending the life of the technologies.
Dr. CARLOS PEREZ
Director of Strategy