Mendel Biotechnology, Bayer Partner

Avatar for Matt Hopkins By Scott C. Lucas|25 February 2008

The partnership aims to discover and develop further chemical products that regulate plant stress tolerance. The collaboration will leverage Mendel’s knowledge of plant transcription factor pathways and the expertise of Bayer CropScience in agricultural chemistry.

Environmental stress results in significant annual crop losses worldwide, the release states. Chemical products that mediate crop stress responses are an untapped market with the potential for yield stabilization, particularly in areas prone to aberrant weather. The research program will focus on new approaches to alleviating stress related yield losses through the development of compounds that target components of plant signaling networks.

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