Fertilizer, water availability, and water quality are critical for crop productivity. Salinity and water deficit stress alone account for greater than 35% loss in agricultural yield potential. And the efficiency of applied nitrogen fertilizers is on the order of 50%. Arcadia Biosciences is developing technologies that improve crop yield responses to abiotic stress. With our commercial and humanitarian development partners, we have seen positive yield results in the field for technologies that improve nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), water deficit stress tolerance, and salinity tolerance. These technologies have also shown positive results in our first field tests with combinations of nitrogen and water deficit stress. Complementary technologies are being developed in programs aimed to improve salt tolerance in rice and heat tolerance in wheat.

Developing crops that are resilient to abiotic stress

248th National Meeting (2014)

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