BioConsortia, Inc., Davis, California, announced the company has been nominated as a finalist for the 2022 S&P Global Commodity Insights’ Crop Science Awards in the category of Best R&D Pipeline.
The awards, formerly known as the Agrow Awards, draw submissions from around the world highlighting the creativity and innovation permeating the industry. The nomination coincides with results from 2022 trials conducted in 20 states confirming superior product performance in the field.
BioConsortia’s pipeline of microbe-based products are effective across all important ag targets—including nitrogen replacement, crop pesticides, nutrient efficiency, and post-harvest food protection. The products are the result of BioConsortia’s proprietary and patented R&D processes, including:
• Advanced Microbial Selection, which identifies and evolves plant-associated microbes through directed selection;
• RhizoViz, which uses proteins to investigate root-microbe affiliation; and
•And GenePro, BioConsortia’s system for classifying, predicting and designing genetic infrastructure to unlock potential within the microbial genome.