date:Oct 24, 2012
Arcadia Biosciences has signed an agreement with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop heat-tolerant wheat variants.
The wheat varieties will be developed using a range of classical breeding and modern molecular biology tools.
CIMMYT will receive non-exclusive rights in developing countries to Arcadia's heat-tolerance technology developed under this agreement, while Arcadia will retain exclusive commerci