Rapid Response for Emerging
Threats in Agriculture
Global Tomato Market
US Farmgate Value for Tomatoes
Suppression of TMV with Directed Biotics
SUCCESS IN AGRICULTURE:
Directed Biotics has demonstrated 75% suppression in the lab of Tobacco Mosaic Virus, a Tobamovirus
Directed Biotics has demonstrated 65% control of Potato Virus Y (PVY)
CURRENT FOCUS:
Tobamovirus impacts more than 350 species of plants
Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV), a tobamovirus devastating tomato and pepper crops, was quarantined effective Nov 2019 in both the US and the EU
Our 2020 Focus in agriculture is testing the efficacy of Directed Biotics on ToBRFV