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BudUp is a new bud-dormancy break replacement for the challenging and toxic solutions based on Hydrogen Cyanamid (HC),  
optimizing safety growing for the farmers, for the plants and for the environment.

BudUp was
tested successfully on a wide range of deciduous trees, such as table grapes, apples, plums, kiwifruit and berries in various locations around the world.

Vineyard

In warm weather regions, prolonged dormancy is the major obstacle for the economic production of Table Grapes and other deciduous crops, due to the lack of sufficient prolonged time of low temperatures.

Hydrogen Cyanimide (HC) is the most common and only effective solution to induce bud dormancy break and optimize fruit setting. But HC is banned in Europe and under review in many other countries due to its toxicity which harms the environment and poses a risk to farmers. Further to that, HC is phytotoxic when it is not applied correctly.  

 Numerous field trials proved that BudUp has similar effectiveness as HC of breaking bud dormancy and superior advantages over HC, such as: better bud-break uniformity and non-phytotoxic effect, even if applied on non-dormant buds.

Addressable Market

Harvested areas in warm countries (Hectares)*

 
 
 
 
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Apples

3.7 Million
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Kiwifruit

250 Thousand

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Table Grapes

1.2 Million

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Cherries

310 Thousand

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Plums 

2.3 Million

* Source: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Successful Field Trials 

Table Grapes: Israel, Mexico, South Africa

Kiwifruit: Israel, New Zealand, Italy

Apples: South Africa
Cherries: Turkey
Berries:  Mexico
Plums: South Africa

 

Better for Farmers

Better for Plants

Better for the Environment

 

Innovation is based on extensive academic research and industrial development 

 

From Technology to Product 

 
 
 

YEARS

2012-2014

Table Grapes

Academic research on table grapes in labs and in greenhouses

Led by Dr. Etti Or, ARO

YEARS

2015-2018

Table Grapes

Academic research on table grapes in field trials

Led by Dr. Etti Or, ARO

Download Field Trials Report

 
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Eyal Cohen

Director

With more than 20 years of hands-on experience managing companies, leading local and global sales, business development and strategy,

Eyal has played an active role in bringing new technologies and innovations to fruition in startups and mature companies. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science and Economy (TAU), and an MBA from the Technion.

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Etti Or, PhD.

Chief scientist

Dr. Etti Or is a Molecular Physiologist, specializing in grapevine physiology, whose philosophy explores the whole journey "From the Vineyard to the tube and Back".

Dr. Or headed the Fruit Tree Sciences Department at the Institute of Horticulture, Volcani Centre, ARO, and has been a member of the scientific committees of International Plant Dormancy Symposia and Grapevine Physiology Symposia for the past two decades.

Her main areas of expertise are:

  • The cascade of biochemical events that regulate the release of grape bud dormancy.

  • Manipulation of bud-dormancy release in grapevines with respect to production in warm climates.

  • Effects of within-cluster competition on natural thinning, berry size, and cluster appearance.

  • Development of inflorescence primordia within the bud.

  • Manipulation of flower thinning ability to improve grape quality.

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Ohad Zuckerman

Director

A seasoned manager with a long career in Ag & Food, including managerial positions and BOD membership, Ohad managed Zeraim Gedera, a leading Israeli seed company, which was sold first to a private equity fund and then to Syngenta at a valuation of USD $95 million.

He holds a BSc. In Agriculture (Hebrew University), and an Executive MBA, joint degree (Kellogg, Northwestern University and Recanati, TAU).

Team 

 
 
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BudUp.

 

1 Shankar St. Herzliya, 4672501 ISRAEL

Phone: +972-3-535-3043

Fax: +972-3-7618001

info@copia-agro.com

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