RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FOR ADVANCED METHODS SOLUTIONS: AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, NURSERY, AMENITY

OUR NATURE

OUR ENVIRONMENT

LANDLAB RESEARCH METHOD

Landlab research method is built on a multifactorial and multilayer testing system that connects controlled environments with real‑field conditions. Once the precise scope and needs are defined, we identify the key factors for each study and carefully balance biological relevance, statistical robustness and practical feasibility.

As a first dimension, test complexity can range from hydroponic and lab‑based screening to long‑term open‑field trials, or include all the intermediate steps when needed. In addition, trial designs can be simple or advanced, moving from single‑factor studies to multifactorial protocols with different doses, timings and application strategies.​

Moreover, the research scale spans from the micro level, where we investigate plant physiology and early signals, to meso and macro trials that capture crop performance in realistic agronomic conditions. Finally, each project integrates tailored measurements, from 2D phenotyping and physiological parameters to yield, quality and economic indicators, so that results can turn into clear decisions for product development and market positioning.

  • Test complexity: from hydroponic systems to open‑field trials, from quick lab screening to long‑term field experiments, including all intermediate steps.

  • Model plant: either the final target crop or a species selected according to the expected responses.

  • Experimental environment: most suitable setting according to plant, season and goals (from phytotron to open air).

  • Growing conditions and media: hydroponic systems, small to large pots, big and deep trays; sterile substrate, peat, potting soil or specific soils.

  • Nutritional conditions: from full feeding regimes to nutrient‑limiting or starving situations.

  • Water management: rainout shelter or open air, normal or stress‑inducing irrigation strategies.

  • Climatic conditions: selection of the most pertinent natural climate, from continental to Mediterranean.

  • Biometric and physiological assessments.

  • Statistical analysis.

  • Reporting.

All those factors are leading to a wide matrix of possibilities which actually is the Landlab specialty and method.

The strong agronomic set-up is then accompanied by 2D and 3D Phenotyping. This, differently from other systems, can be performed both on the model plants growing pots in the green house and as well as in open field.

HOW WE WORK

FROM IN VITRO TO NATURA

LABORATORIES

GREEN HOUSE

RAINOUT SHELTER

OPEN FIELDS

Multilayer trial setup – examples

MICRO

invitro

Landlab explores plant physiology from the invisible upwards, starting at DNA level, enzymatic activity and the metabolites that drive plant responses.

Micro‑scale tests are carried out through custom in vitro assays and multi‑screen trials lasting up to three weeks under tightly controlled environmental conditions, enabling rapid, data‑rich screening of new ideas and inputs.

MESO

invivo

Meso trials cover the semi‑controlled tier of our experimentation, where plants grow in standardised pots with volumes ranging from 1 litre up to 300 litres.

These trials can be run in climate chambers, greenhouses, tunnels or directly in open field, allowing us to bridge controlled conditions and real‑life agronomic environments while keeping a strong level of experimental control.

MACRO

Macro‑scale trials take place in the native substrate and can be run either under controlled structures such as tunnels or fully in open field.

Trial complexity ranges from DEMO trials and large‑scale tests with few treatments to highly complex designs with variable water and/or nutrient regimes, up to full GEP efficacy trials conducted as a certified test center.