ECOPHAGE

EcoPhage, a biotech company, leverages a disruptive technology for using viruses that attack bacteria (bacteriophages) for crop protection. Its unique approach allows for high throughput screening and cocktail optimization to deliver the most efficient and efficacious phage-based products in crop protection. Farmers’ need for effective, environmentally friendly solutions to combat bacterial diseases in crops prompted the effort to seek additional approaches. Bacteriophages have been recognized as natural enemies of bacteria for decades; yet, there has been a lack of technology for pinpointing the “right” phage combination to effectively fight disease, which inhibited acceptance for applications in agriculture. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Ness Ziona, Israel.