Patent for Water Use Efficiency

Arcadia Biosciences Receives European Patent for Water Use Efficiency Trait Technology

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. , an agricultural technology company, announced that the European Patent Office has granted a key patent for its Water Use Efficiency (WUE) trait. The patent covers the use of Arcadia’s WUE trait to develop drought resistant and water efficient plants, which will help growers produce higher yields per unit of available water. The platform technology was invented by Drs. Shimon and Amira Gepstein at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Dr. Eduardo Blumwald at the University of California, Davis, and is licensed exclusively to Arcadia.

In more than four years of field trials, Arcadia’s WUE trait has demonstrated improved crop yields under conditions of episodic water stress and has been shown to help crops recover from severe drought conditions. Arcadia and its seed company partners have incorporated the WUE trait into major global crops including wheat, rice, corn, cotton, sugarcane, sugarbeets, tree crops and vegetables.

“The irregular availability of water is a growing global challenge for agriculture, particularly in those regions where food security is an issue,” said Eric Rey, president and CEO of Arcadia Biosciences. “Our WUE trait enables growers to increase yields and improve farming efficiencies while reducing agriculture’s demand for fresh water in irrigated as well as arid regions.”

The issuance of this European patent further expands Arcadia’s WUE patent portfolio, which includes 31 WUE technology patents already granted in key geographies globally. Additional patent applications are pending in multiple jurisdictions. Arcadia’s patent portfolio includes 128 patents owned or exclusively controlled globally in all major crops, with 43 patent applications pending.

Source: Business Wire

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