Several approaches and techniques can explain the role of multiple compounds on plant physiology.
n collaboration with several scientific partners, Landlab studies the way specific elicitors act. The most advanced methods rely on metabolomic and genetic analysis.
Metabolomic approach: to identify a compound or a mixture of molecules and characterize it. Shift in the secondary metabolism can also be studied in plants subjected to stress or elicitors.
Genetic approach: gene expression can be studied and monitored by means of an open-array system (a multiple RT-PCR) specifically customised for the crop of interest.
– Real Time PCR: semi-quantitative PCR & next step? Digital PCR ? – Whith the Real Time PCR: quantification of the expression specific transcripts related to the primary or secondary metabolism.