Oerth Bio, Yara collaborates for crop production

 Oerth Bio collaborated with Yara International to develop products that can make plants more resilient to escalating climate stresses affecting crop production.

The collaboration will focus on boosting plant resilience to combat escalating climate stress impacting crop production and farm economics. The companies will co-develop products to improve nutrient use efficiency and strengthen plant resilience to climate change.

By linking Yara’s agronomic expertise in crop physiology and crop nutrition to Oerth’s specialization in rational design of plant protein degraders, the collaboration will develop unique products to activate precision plant stress tolerance.

“This collaboration will be a game-changing win for farmers — a completely new product range to safeguard crop quality and yield, even as climate challenges increase and become more unpredictable,” said Lars Roesag, corporate development & deputy CEO, Yara International.

“This collaboration will catapult Yara’s competitive footprint, offering farmers plant nutrition solutions specifically targeting plant resilience and improved crop quality — setting a new sustainable agriculture paradigm,” said Markus Himken, yara senior vice president of agronomy and R&D.

Oerth’s Attune platform harnesses a naturally occurring protein recycling system that precisely tunes climate-adaptable crops, added the company.

“This will be the first in a series of solutions that will enable crops to withstand climate change, enhance input efficiency, and improve food nutrient profiles. We are inspiring and motivating the necessary transition to high-quality food. Such mission-critical collaborations symbolize our longstanding commitment to humanity,” said Apostolos Klontzaris, senior vice president of corporate and business development at Oerth Bio.

“We believe PROTAC degrader technology is the sustainable answer to a safe, productive, resilient, and more nutritious food system. By partnering with agricultural leaders like Yara, we are poised to deliver tangible benefit to farmers, as they face fast emerging operational complexity and climate challenges,” said John Dombrosky, CEO, Oerth Bio.