THE SOURCE OF FORZA

Learn more about our Osmotin-rich super plants and view our scientific publications describing their function and enormous potential.

Transformation of kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa A. Chev.) and olive (Olea europaea L.) with tobacco osmotin gene confers drought-stress tolerance and provides a health-promoting protein source.
«The creation of improved plants suitable for adverse abiotic and biotic conditions and the opportunity to also use their leaves and fruits as a source of the health-promoting osmotin protein both provide amazing perspectives for future research in human health and agricultural biotechnology.»

Olive (Olea europaea L.) plants transgenic for tobacco osmotin gene are less sensitive to in vitro-induced drought stress

«The transgenic line Canino AT17-1 was more efficient in the activation of defense responses against oxidative stress with respect to the Canino wt.»

[ITA]  Strategie per migliorare la tolleranza allo stress idrico dell'Actinidia (Actinidia Deliciosa A. Chev.) e ricerca di marker biochimici per la selezione precoce.

«Questi genotipi sono di fatto dei perfetti bioreattori in grado di fornire l'osmotina, di grande valore terapeutico, in buone quantità e in un contesto già pronto per il consumo umano e animale, rendendo una possibile commercializzazione di questa sostanza economicamente vantaggiosa per l’industria farmaceutica oltre che per i fornitori delle piante.» 

[ENG] Strategies for the improvement of water stress tolerance of actinidia (Actinidia Deliciosa A. Chev) and biochemical marker research for early selection.

 
«These genotypes are, de facto, perfect bioreactors capable of supplying osmotin, of great therapeutic worth, in good quantities and in a context of being ready for human and animal consumption, making the commercialisation of this substance economically advantageous for the pharmaceutical industry and plant suppliers alike.»

Kiwifruit Transgenics for Osmotin Gene and Inoculation Tests with Botrytis cinerea and Cadophora luteo-Olivacea
«In particular the transgenic clones 120 and 122 fruits retained higher quality in shelf-life than those harvested from control plants, demonstrating a good resistance to post-harvest damage after a long period of storage.»