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Growing dairy proteins in potatoes

Posted on May 19, 2024

Israel’s Evogene has partnered with the Kitchen Foodtech Hub to form Finally Foods. It is developing plant-based alternatives to meat, based on casein – the protein in dairy products, using potatoes to host cultivation. The proteins will then be used … Continue reading →

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Castor seeds for Africa and Brazil

Posted on March 11, 2024

Casterra (see here previously) a subsidiary of Israel’s Evogen, has signed strategic agreements with existing and new seed producers in Brazil and Africa to increase its production of high-yielding, high-oil castor seeds.  Casterra’s seeds are a vital source of biofuels … Continue reading →

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So does Maryland

Posted on July 16, 2023

The Maryland/Israel Development Center (MIDC) was founded roughly 30 years ago. Maryland is home to 42 Israeli companies with new headquarters opening for Elbit Systems (and its subsidiary Cyberbit), Evogene, and Medispec. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkbj8ntyh

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Commercializing biofuel from castor beans

Posted on February 27, 2023

Israel’s Casterra, a subsidiary of Israel’s Evogene (see here previously), is partnering with a major energy company to cultivate its unique Israeli castor varieties at commercial scale. The aim is for these to provide the basis for a new biofuel … Continue reading →

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Investment in Israeli startups:

Posted on December 27, 2020

Trigo raised $60 million; Superpedestrian raised $60 million; Toka raised $25 million; Azure Opthalmics raised $20 million; Evogene raised $12 million; BlazePod raised $8.5 million; MeaTech 3D raised $7 million;

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Saving the vine

Posted on December 27, 2020

Israel’s Lavie-Bio (reported here previously) has reported successful vineyard trials of its two leading bio-fungicides LAV311 and LAV312 for bunch rot diseases. https://www.evogene.com/press_release/lavie-bio-announces-positive-results-for-lav311-and-lav312-in-its-bio-fungicide-program/ https://www.lavie-bio.com/

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Investment in Israeli startups (6 Sep 20)

Posted on September 6, 2020

Redis raised $100 million; Innovalve raised $10.5 million; Evogene raised $10 million;

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Developing new herbicides

Posted on April 5, 2020

AgPlenus (a subsidiary of Israel’s Evogene) is partnering with Corteva of the US to develop new herbicides. The two companies aim to address the rise of global weed resistance by optimizing several of AgPlenus’ chemical families that have already been … Continue reading →

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Using the microbiome to increase crop yield

Posted on March 16, 2019

Israel’s Evogene has set up a new agricultural biology subsidiary – LaVie Bio. It will focus on the fields of food quality and agricultural sustainability and productivity, through the introduction of microbiome-based ag-biological products. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3757286,00.html

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Soybeans resistant to roundworms

Posted on December 23, 2018

Nematode (roundworm) infestation costs US farmers $1.3 billion a year. Israeli biotech Evogene has partnered with Brazilian plant breeder TMG, to develop non-GMO nematode resistant soybeans. Evogene will utilize genome editing technologies on TMG’s commercial soybean lines. http://www.evogene.com/press_release/evogene-and-tmg-announce-collaboration-to-develop-nematode-resistant-soybean-through-genome-editing/

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