Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto
A Bacillus strain validated against two Fusarium species and offered for licensing.
Co-developmentIn marketUniversity
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Updated Sept 30, 2026
Agricultural biotechnology covers the engineered biology in crop inputs, and in the crop itself. On Halo, the solutions cover biocontrol for crop disease and nematodes, RNA and peptide biopesticides, microbial crop nutrition, and formulating and stabilizing biologicals. Sign up to search the full network and post your specific need.
Biocontrol for crop disease and nematodes
IndoGulf BioAg
A two-species bacterial consortium aimed at rice blast, with no GMO component.
In marketStartup
AI picks the biocontrol strains; soybean trials back the two it names.
Co-developmentIn developmentStartup
GS
COPIA Agro & Food Technologies
A commercial biochemical that controls disease and lifts yield at the same time.
Supply/purchaseIn marketStartup
GS
COPIA Agro & Food Technologies
A predatory nematode turned into a product against plant-parasitic nematodes.
LicensingIn developmentStartup
RNA and peptide biopesticides
Silencing nematode genes cut active feeding on soybean roots by 80%.
Sponsored researchIn developmentSupplier
XL
Zhejiang University of Technology
RNA built into nanostructures so it survives delivery to rice planthoppers.
In developmentUniversity
Peptide biopesticides from a platform claiming three times the development speed.
Co-developmentIn developmentSupplier
IW
Myria Biosciences AG
Non-ribosomal peptides engineered as an alternative to synthetic agrochemicals.
Sponsored researchIn developmentStartup
Lytos Technologies, Inc.
Enzymes that break fungal cell walls and leave pollinators and plants alone.
Sponsored researchIn developmentSupplier
Microbial crop nutrition
MO
Proven microbial strains sold as a complement to a conventional fertilizer program.
Supply/purchaseIn marketSupplier
BC
Bayer Crop Science
Microbial inoculants delivered on the seed alongside chemical crop protection.
Co-developmentIn marketSupplier
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Crop protection holds most of the work on Halo. Microbial and molecular biocontrol together outnumber the trait and editing entries, and a third cluster solves neither problem, working on what it takes to keep a live product alive on a shelf. On Halo it spans five groups, including biocontrol for crop disease and nematodes, RNA and peptide biopesticides, and microbial crop nutrition.
Stage of development. Work on agricultural biotechnology on Halo comes mostly from companies. 73% are past proof of concept (TRL 4 or higher). Co-development and sponsored research are the usual partnering routes, and about 56% of the solutions that state terms offer pilot engagements.
Three trends in agricultural biotechnology on Halo
Molecules aimed at one pest. The biopesticide entries name their target and little else. RNA silences a gene in soybean cyst nematode, an RNA nanostructure is built to survive the trip into a rice planthopper, and an enzyme family breaks fungal cell walls while pollinators and plants are left untouched. Selectivity is the pitch, and breadth is the thing given up.
The shelf is the bottleneck. Five entries work on formulation and none of them discovered a strain. Encapsulation, desiccation tolerance on a seed surface, industrial scale-up, and one claim of a 95% cut in manufacturing cost with two-year room temperature storage. Good microbes already exist; getting them to a field alive is the harder part.
Editing aimed at the varieties breeders use. The trait entries name delivery as often as chemistry. Prime editing optimized for dicots is paired with getting the change into elite genotypes, one platform produces trait changes with no transgene at all, and another predicts complex traits before a cross is made. The constraint is the breeding program, not the edit.
1,025organizations
1,356solutions listed
88%from startups and companies
73%past proof of concept
Frequently asked questions
What is agricultural biotechnology?
Agricultural biotechnology covers the engineered biology sold into farming, and the biology engineered into the crop itself. It spans microbial biocontrol, RNA and peptide molecules aimed at named pests, the formulation work that keeps a live organism viable through manufacture and storage, and genome editing and trait discovery in the plant. Seed companies, crop input manufacturers and biologicals producers are the buyers.
What are examples of agricultural biotechnology?
Five examples of agricultural biotechnology solutions on Halo include:
- A Bacillus strain validated against two Fusarium species and offered for licensing. (Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto)
- Silencing nematode genes cut active feeding on soybean roots by 80%. (Innatrix)
- Proven microbial strains sold as a complement to a conventional fertilizer program. (Mosaic)
- Cuts the cost of manufacturing live microbes and holds shelf life at room temperature. (LIveGrow Bio)
- Prime editing tuned for dicots, paired with delivery into elite genotypes. (Nulla Bio Inc)
What are the latest agricultural biotechnology innovations?
Over the past 90 days, researchers and innovators on Halo have added these agricultural biotechnology solutions:
Which companies and suppliers are developing agricultural biotechnology?
There are 1,025 organizations with agricultural biotechnology solutions on Halo, 293 of them universities and research institutions. Among them are Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, IndoGulf BioAg, and TAXON BIO. Most offer co-development or sponsored research. Sign up to see every organization working in the area and to send them your specific need.
How do I find agricultural biotechnology research partners?
Browsing agricultural biotechnology solutions on Halo is free. Sign up to search the full network and save the ones you want. Post your specific need to get exact matches. Organizations reply directly on the platform.
What are R&D teams looking for in agricultural biotechnology?
Over the past 12 months, R&D teams on Halo have posted these agricultural biotechnology needs:
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