Israel’s Evogene Ltd. has signed a multiyear cooperation agreement with DuPont subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. to use Evogene’s technology to develop soybean varieties that are resistant to the disease soybean rust. The market totals $1.5 billion a year, mostly … Continue reading →

Thanks to Israel biotech Evogene’s tools for researching the wheat genome, Bayer Cropscience can improve wheat yield, drought tolerance and fertilizer-use-efficiency of new varieties of wheat. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000686478&fid=1725