NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Dow AgroSciences and Radiant Genomics today announced they have formed a partnership to discover and develop natural products for use in crop protectants.
Under the deal, the partners will join Radiant's metagenomic and engineered biology technologies with Dow AgroSciences' natural products discovery and development know-how to create products from naturally derived chemistries.
"This collaboration will allow us to combine the expertise and capabilities within Dow AgroSciences with Radiant's proprietary technologies to accelerate our industry-recognized natural products discovery program, building on our commitment to sustainable solutions," Daniel Kittle, vice president of research and development at Dow AgroSciences, said in a statement.
Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed.