Partnerships

Our Partners

	Monsanto Improving Nitrogen Use efficiency Monsanto Company is a world leading seed company, and a leading provider of innovative technology-based solutions and agricultural products. Monsanto has licensed exclusive rights to Evogene's Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) genes, aiming at helping corn, soybean, cotton and canola maintain yield with lower applications of nitrogen. Press Release - Monsanto and Evogene Collaborate on Nitrogen Use Efficiency Research
	Pioneer Hi-Bred Improving corn and soybean drought tolerance Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is a world leading developer and supplier of corn and soybean seed varieties. Pioneer has licensed exclusive rights to certain genes discovered by Evogene, for improving corn and soybean drought stress tolerance. DuPont is a science-based products and services company, offering innovative solutions for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation. Press Release - DuPont and Evogene Collaborate to Increase Drought Tolerance in Corn and Soybean
	Bayer CropScience Improving crop productivity and yield Bayer CropScience , a subsidiary of Bayer AG, is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. Bayer CropScience has exclusively licensed the rights to Evogene's yield and abiotic stress genes aiming at increasing productivity and yield of a Bayer CropScience core crop, especially with regard to drought conditions. Press Release - BayerCropScience and Evogene to Collaborate on Crop Yield Improvement
	Ormat Developing improved feedstock sources for biodiesel production Ormat is a leading company in the field of alternative energy, applying technologies in the field of geothermal power and recovered energy generation. Orfuel, a US subsidiary of Ormat Industries, and Evogene are collaborating to provide improved feedstock sources for the biodiesel industry. The companies are developing non edible plants displaying improved oil yield for biodiesel production suitable for growth in non arable lands. Press Release - Evogene and Ormat Industries subsidiary Announce Biodiesel Collaboration
	Biogemma Elite drought resistant corn lines Biogemma, an affiliate of Limagrain, is a leading biotech company in Europe, involved in genomics as applied to field crops and a leading provider of corn germplasm. Biogemma has entered into a partnership with Evogene for development of elite corn lines displaying improved yield and tolerance (yield stability) under drought conditions. The collaboration is based on Evogene's gene candidates for improving tolerance to abiotic stress and Biogemma's elite corn germplasm. Press Release - Evogene and Biogemma enter collaboration to develop drought tolerant corn
	Vilmorin Improving tomatoes' yield and yield stability Vilmorin, the fourth largest seed company in the world, is a leading breeder of vegetable and field crop plants, and the mother company of Hazera Genetics. Vilmorin has licensed the rights to Evogen's discovered genes for improving tomatoes' yield and yield stability. These genes have been validated by Evogene in field trails in tomatoes, demonstrating improved yield of over 20% under normal and environmental stress conditions. Press Release - Evogene to Collaborate with Vilmorin for Tamato Yield Improvement
	Mertec, LLC Elite soybean lines with improved tolerance to abiotic stress Mertec, LLC, based in West Point, Iowa, is the leading breeder and developer of soybean germplasm for seed trade in the US. Mertec has partnered with Evogene to introduce Evogene's novel genes for improving yield and tolerance to abiotic stress into its extensive line-up of soybean germplasm for marketing in the US. Soybeans are the leading genetically modified crop to date, reaching close to 90% penetration in the US. New traits such as improving yield and abiotic stress are expected significantly impact seed value in the coming years. Press Release - Evogene announces soybean collaboration with Mertec, LLC
	Viterra Improving canola yield and stress tolerance Viterra is Canada’s largest agribusiness, which was created by the merger of Canada’s two largest grain handlers, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Agricore United. Evogene and Viterra are collaborating to develop canola with improved yield and tolerance to abiotic stress. The companies work to evaluate the effect of a number of Evogene discovered gene candidates in Viterra's proprietary canola lines in field trials in Western Canada. Press Release – Viterra and Evogene to Develop Canola with Improved Yield and Stress Tolerance Traits
	Zeraim Gedera Tomato lines with improved tolerance to salinity Zeraim Gedera breeds high quality vegetable varieties and produces and markets the seeds of those varieties to customers worldwide. Zeraim Gedera and Evogene are collaborating on the development of tomato lines with improved tolerance to saline conditions. The program utilizes Zeraim Gedera's breeding expertise in combining germplasms owned by both Zeraim Gedera and Evogene. Through the joint project Evogene has discovered novel molecular markers and is utilizing a proprietary plant selection system. More information on the project can be found in the Molecular Marker section. Press Release - Evogene and Zeraim Gedera salt tolerant tomato collaboration advances to second phase
	Sungene Enabling gene targeting technologies SunGene, a daughter company of BASF Plant Science, is one of the largest plant biotechnology companies in Germany. SunGene is focusing on Metabolic Engineering of valuable plant compounds and Enabling Technologies. SunGene and Evogene are collaborating to develop next generation enabling technologies to allow gene targeting into a specific site in plant DNA. BASF Plant Science was founded in 1998 as BASF's biotechnology company, and is working to optimize crops for the following sectors: more efficient agriculture, renewable raw materials for specialty products and healthier nutrition for humans and animals. Press Release - Evogene and Sungene, a BASF Plant Science company, to collaborate on next generation plant-biotechnology enabling technologies
	Midwest Oilseeds In-licening gene transformation technology Midwest Oilseeds, Inc. is focused on delivering high-yielding soybean, and supplies a substantial portion of the soybean genetics planted in the United States. Evogene has licensed the rights to use Midwest Oilseeds' advanced gene transformation technology (Aerosol Beam Injector), which will allow Evogene to more efficiently validate its candidate genes and further advance in the trait development pipeline towards commercialization of leading crops. Midwest Oilseeds is a sister company of "Stine Seed Company", a leading seed company focused on developing and marketing high quality corn and soybean seed. Press Release - Evogene licenses transformation technology from Midwest Oilseeds, Inc.
	Cirad Cotton lines with improved tolerance to abiotic stress Cirad is a French development-oriented agricultural research organization, serving the tropics and subtropics. Evogene and CIRAD are collaborating to jointly develop cotton seed lines with improved resistance to various types of abiotic stress conditions such as drought, heat and salinity. The joint approach is based on the integration of new natural genetic material from CIRAD’s collection of natural genetic diversity and novel genes discovered by Evogene. Press Release - Evogene and CIRAD sign a Frame Agreement for collaboration for the development of abiotic stress tolerant cotton
	Rahan Meristem (1998) Ltd. Bananas displaying resistance to disease Rahan Meristem is a plant biotechnology and propagation company, specializing in tissue culture, molecular genetics and breeding. The company exists since 1974, and is currently the largest producer of banana plantlet by tissue culture globally. Evogene and Rahan Meristem are collaborating to research, develop and jointly market bananas displaying resistance to Black Leaf Streak Disease ("Black Sigatoka"), the most damaging disease threatening banana plantations. Press Release - Rahan Meristem and Evogene to Collaborate on Key Banana Disease
	Compugen Computational tools for genomic analysis Compugen (Nasdaq: CGEN), a genomics-based drug and diagnostic discovery company, increases the probability of successful development of novel drug and diagnostic products by incorporating ideas and methods from mathematics, computer science, and physics into the disciplines of biology, organic chemistry and medicine. Evogene spun off of Compugen aimed at utilizing and modifying Compugen's world class computational platform ("LEADS") to plant genomics, creating Evogene's "ATHLETE" (Agro Trait Harvest LEads TEchnology) platform. Evogene continues to license in and adapt computational technologies developed by Compugen.
	Bontom (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Molecular markers for improving tomato aroma and taste Bontom, based in the Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, is a leading provider of tomato varieties and one of the largest breeder groups of tomatoes in the world. The group is best known for its long shelf life varieties as well as for many cherry tomato cultivars with excellent yield and flavor. Bontom has partnered with Evogene for joint development of elite tomato lines with improved aroma and taste. The joint program focuses on discovering molecular markers utilizing Evogene's computational ATHLETE platform. Press Release - Evogene to enter a research collaboration with the faculty of Agriculture of The Hebrew University on improved taste and aroma of tomatoes
	PLBL, Ben Gurion University Screening oil seeds for biodiesel PLBL (Phyto-Lipid Biotechnology Lab) is part of The Faculty of Engineering in Ben Gurion University of the Negev. The Laboratory is dealing with various biotechnological aspects of plant lipids with emphasis on feedstock sources for biodiesel. PLBL developed expertise in quantitative and qualitative analytical automation of plant oils, and is running a well equipped plant oil and biodiesel pilot, highly efficient for large scale, non-destructive, fast and reliable oil finger printing. Since 2006, Evogene is working with PLBL to analyze oil content of Evogene's improved seeds for biodiesel in the frame of its joint project with Orfuel.
	The Robert H. Smith Institute (Faculty of Agricultural, Food & Environmental quality Sciences) Identify genes for improving water stress tolerance The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, based in the Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the largest, most diverse Israeli academic institution devoted to plant sciences. Evogene has partnered with the Institute to disclose the biological function of certain aquaporin genes, which regulate plant water balance during different water shortage stresses. The genes were discovered by Evogene utilizing its computational technology, the ATHLETE.
	TAGIP Consortium Enabling the targeted integration of genes in plants The TAGIP consortium is a European research consortium aimed at developing technologies that will enable precise engineering of plant genomes through targeted integration. The consortium includes two commercial companies, Evogene and Biogemma and six academic institutions from the Czech Republic, France, Switzerland and Germany.
	BIOTOV Consortium Technologies to increase secondary metabolite production in fleshy berry fruits The BIOTOV consortium, led by the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist, includes leading Israeli companies and academic institutions and is focused on developing technologies to increase secondary metabolite production in fleshy berry fruits. Companies participating in the consortium are: Evogene, Hazera Genetics, Zeraim Gedera, Rahan Meristem, Frutarom Industries, The Volcani Institute, the Weizmann Institute of Science and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Evogene designs, builds and integrates genomic and metabolomic data from public resources and proprietary data generated by the consortium participants.
	CRP Santé – Luxembourg Studying accumulation of heterologous proteins in plant cells The Centre de Recherche Public - Santé (CRP-Santé) is the Luxembourg public institution for biomedical research, public health & biotechnology. Evogene works in collaboration with the plant molecular biology laboratory of Dr. Andre Steinmetz. The collaboration is part of Evogene's molecular farming project for producing therapeutic proteins in plants and is aimed at better understanding the expression, accumulation and storage of heterologous proteins in plant cells. Evogene's molecular farming project