Scientists hope the discovery of 1,500-year-old grape seeds may help resurrect the Byzantine Empire’s world-renowned “Wine of the Negev” “The Wine of the Negev” was historically one of the finest and most renowned wines of the Byzantine Empire, but its composition was ...

Rehovot-based Evogene is establishing an R&D facility in St. Louis, Missouri. The central focus of the facility will be Evogene’s existing insect control program and it will be headed by Dr. James Presnail, Ph.D. The company has received economic incentives from the Missouri Department ...

Evogene is incorporating its new gene optimization program into its long-term collaboration with Monsanto. The addition comes after Evogene identified and validated more than 1,000 genes that have entered Monsanto’s product pipeline which improve yield and stress tolerance. Evogene’s computational technology system has the potential to ...

In 2008, India’s National Horticulture Mission (NHM) under the Ministry of Agriculture of India chose Israel as a partner in developing sustainable agriculture and diversification of food sources. The decision was based on Israel’s unique approach in integrating technologies and research to ...