The University of Sheffield Institute for Sustainable Food has identified a way to commercialise ‘priming chemicals’ that can be used as a crop protection technology to boost the immune system of plants.
The chemicals increase the resistance of plants and enable a faster and stronger defence reaction against pests and diseases. This alternative crop protection strategy offers long-term immune protection for plants, unlike more popular pesticides.
Northern Gritstone, the new investment business focused on university spin-outs in the north of England, today announces a first close of £215m having seen strong interest from investors in its proposition. The company, chaired Read more…
Sheffield’s Rinri Therapeutics is one of many ‘world-class’ firms in the North to benefit from Northern Gritstone’s new investment programme. Read more here.
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