SME INNOVA 2025 Project Cristina January 8, 2026

Title: SME INNOVA 2025 – TOMATO ELICITOR BOTANICAL EXTRACTS

INTERJOSPAL, S.L. has been a beneficiary of the European Regional Development Fund, whose objective is to promote technological development, innovation, and quality research. Thanks to this, it has launched an Action Plan with the aim of improving business competitiveness supported by SME innovation during 2025. To this end, it has received support from the SME Innova Program of the Almeria Chamber of Commerce.

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Main objective:

Evaluation of the potential of two botanical extracts as elicitors of the defensive response in tomato plants, using agronomic and molecular strategies (RNAseq).

Experimental design:

  • Number of experimental conditions: 5
  • Number of replicates per experimental condition: 15 (15 pots, 1 plant per pot).
  • Total number of pots: 75 pots
  • Design:

Final results:

  • PHASE 1: agronomic variables (height, number of leaves and flowers, vigor, and phytotoxicity assessment.
  • PHASE 2: in progress.

Participating members:

  • INTERJOSPAL S.L.
  • BIOTECH TRICOPHARMING
  • SEQUENTIA

Duration:2025/2026

Aid line: Product innovation – Technical/economic feasibility studies for new products.

Funding body: The project is subsidized by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), with the support of the SME Innova Program of the Almeria Chamber of Commerce.