Montevideo October 27th

1-LALLEMAND GROUP

2- WHY LALLEMAND PLANT CARE ?

3- LALLEMAND PLANT CARE

4- MAIN CHALLENGES

The Lallemand story

• Founded in Montréal by Fred A. Lallemand at the end of the 19th century

• Yeast production started in 1923

• Owned by the Chagnon family since 1952

Facilities at a glance

Lallemand around the world (2017)

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Research labs

Montréal; Saskatoon, Canada / Toulouse; Theix, France / Tallinn, Estonia

/ Nottingham; Oban, UK / Chazy, NY; Atlanta, GA; Lebanon, NH, USA

Bacteria plants

Montréal; Mirabel, Canada /

Milwaukee, USA / Malvern, UK /

St-Simon; La Ferté-sous-Jouarre,

France / Montevideo, Uruguay /

Patos de Minas, Brazil

Other plants

Cuautitlán, Mexico /

Burton-on-Trent, UK /

Québec; Valleyfield (65% JV),

Canada / Bruntal, Cz. Republic

(65% JV) / Epernay, France /

Verona, Italy / Goiania, Brazil /

Salutaguse, Estonia /

Patos de Minas, Brazil /

Breda, Netherlands

Yeast plants

Montréal; Tara, Canada

Baltimore; Memphis;

Rhinelander; Hattiesburgh, USA

Grenaa; Fredericia, Denmark

Schwarzenbach; Passau, Germany

Vienna, Austria

Josefow, Poland

Penza (JV 50%), Russia

Trencin, Slovakia

Salutaguse, Estonia

Lahti, Finland

Durban; Johannesburg, RSA

Maputo, Mozambique (55% JV)

Setubal, Portugal

Felixstowe, UK

Florence (JV 50%), Italy

Commercial / Distribution

In addition to plants, offices

and warehouses, employees

are located in:

Argentina, Australia, Belgium,

Bulgaria, Chile, China,

Croatia, Iceland, India, Japan,

Lithuania, Malaysia, Morocco,

New Zealand, Philippines,

Romania, Serbia, Spain,

Switzerland, Thailand,

Turkey, Ukraine

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A world of yeast, fungus and bacteria

Yeast and bacteria applications:

BAKING

OENOLOGY

BREWING

DISTILLED

SPIRITS

HEALTH

SOLUTIONS

PHARMA

ANIMAL

NUTRITION BIOFUELS

PLANT CARESPECIALTY

CULTURES

FERMENTATION MEDIA

SAVOURY

INGREDIENTS

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STRENGHTEN againt abiotic stress

PROTECT against aerial pathogens and pests

STIMULATE development with phytohormones

PROTECT against root disease pathogens or nematodes

FIX free atmospheric nitrogen

IMPROVE root exploration and efficiency and access to

water/nutrients (Solubilizing, oxidizing, chelating)

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STIMULATE Growth, Blooming and fruit setting

stimulation

Lallemand Plant Care S T R I C T L Y P R I V A T E A N D C O N F I D E N T I A L

Screening models but for which use ?

Is the MAIN CHALLENGE select the good strain ?

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V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16

Bacillus sp. on Rice roots weights (CIRAD)

moyenne NI moyenne I

Efficacy depends on variety

Lallemand Plant Care S T R I C T L Y P R I V A T E A N D C O N F I D E N T I A L

Which

factors?

Weather, T°, Rain and wind

Disease cycle

Disease pressure

Application

interval

Soil conditions (pH, Strutucture, organic matter,…

Crop, variety, cropping system

Lallemand Plant Care S T R I C T L Y P R I V A T E A N D C O N F I D E N T I A L

Which

factors?

UV

Radiation

Thicker cuticle

Best application time-

crop stage

PPP, Fertilizers compatibility

Time of day:

morning

vs

evening

Field and semi controlled trial

Lallemand Plant Care S T R I C T L Y P R I V A T E A N D C O N F I D E N T I A L

1- Define the goodconditions/application/target to improve

consistency in efficacy

Formulation

MAIN CHALLENGE

Productionstandardization

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Production - Formulation

Endophytes

Spores/ Conidies

Liquid/WG/WP

Strain improvement

CRISPR/CAS9

Protector – Adjuvant

Compatibility - QC

Production Yield - Quality

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2- Farmer practice

Vectors/Compatibility

MAIN CHALLENGE

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3- Formulation, ShelfLife/Logistic/storage

Suspension validation

MAIN CHALLENGE

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4- Demonstrate the benefit

MAIN CHALLENGE

Unknown variability =

need lot of replicatesSoil

Biotop

Interactions

seed

Cro

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5- Regulatory

MAIN CHALLENGE

Nutrientsavailability

growth

AbioticProtection

BioticProtect

ion