Startups in Agriculture Genomics

Startups in Agriculture Genomics

Several established biotech players from the health care arena are already leveraging their know-how into plant biotechnology. Plant biotech start-ups are borrowing well tested genomic techniques from the pharmaceutical industry.

COMPANY

LOCATION

WEB SITE

Agritope

Portland, OR, U.S.A.

 

BioSource Genomics

Vacaville, CA, U.S.A.

www.biosource-technologies.com

Ceres (Technology alliance with Genset)

Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

 

Crop Design

Gent, Belgium

 

Mendel Biotechnology

Hayward, CA, U.S.A.

www.mendelbio.com

Metanomics (From BASF and Max Plack Institute of Mol. Plant Physiology)

Berlin, Germany

See the reference for BASF

Paradigm Genetics (From Novartis Crop Protection)

Research Triangle Park, NC, U.S.A.

www.paragen.com

SunGene (from BASF)

Gatersleben , Germany

See the reference for BASF

REFERENCES:

Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA)

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)d

Agricultural Biotechnology at USDA

Agriculture and Environment Resources

WTO Agriculture Impact

AgBiotech Newsletter 181 (July15, 1999) at:

Texas Pest Management Association (Agriculture, Texas online

http://www.bowditchgroup.com/index2.htm   (under News, Agbiotech News, Archive)

BASF AG: BASF in Dialogue: Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering at:

http://www.basf.de/basf/html/e/dialog/biogen2.htm.

AGORA

Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture

A FAO Project

The AGORA site provides access to over 400 journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA is available to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions in eligible developing countries.

http://www.aginternetwork.org