Agriculture and farmers are facing environmental, societal and economic challenges. Our innovation landscape in crop protection is integrating these concerns to support a sustainable agriculture and the food supply.

For example, water is a limited resource essential to agriculture and food production. Climate change and an increasing population will increase further the pressure on its access. In this context, we have developed a program in crop protection research to address climate change resilience exploring phytohormones and their analogues to reduce the impact of an unfavorable environment to corn. In this presentation, we will illustrate how chemistry can play a key role in mitigating drought stress or cold stress in an essential crop.

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