Key Successes
Creating value through unique plant opportunities.
A natural fungus (endophyte) that lives in grass and produces chemicals that make birds feel sick when ingested, but does not harm them.
AR37 is a great example of what can be achieved by world-leading, New Zealand based science. It was born out of the need to do better — to build on the successes...
Grasslands Tribute is a medium-large leaved white clover released in 2003. It was initially bred for drought tolerance and winter activity..
Licensing opportunity
Grasslanz Technology Ltd
Technology: Ornamental 4-leaf clover
Summary of Proposal
Grasslanz Technology has available a range of 4-leaf white clovers with a range of coloured leaves from ‘silver’ to dark red that can be licensed for sale either as seed or potted plants.
Two recently released white clover cultivars, Grasslands Kopu II and Crusader, were compared with existing cultivars for at least 3 years in each of five field trials under rotational grazing by either dairy cows or sheep in the Waikato and Manawatu...
Products & services
- Collaborative research and project management of plant technologies.
- Development and licensing of plant varieties, grass endophytes and plant genes.
- Protection of intellectual property through patents, trade marks and plant variety rights.
- Production and sale of high quality early generation seedstock.
Key successes
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Avanex
A natural fungus (endophyte) that lives in grass and produces chemicals that make birds feel sick when ingested, but does not harm them.
Latest news
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Fieldays interview - Gene editing and GM technologies
The following link is to a discussion on gene editing and GM technologies and the choice facing New Zealand in how these opportunities should be regulated so that benefits and risk can be balanced for improved environmental and economic outcomes. Fieldays interview - Gene editing and GM...
