Pushing wheat yields to a new frontier

SugaROx是牛津大学和Rothamsted Research于2021年2月成立的一个分支机构，旨在开发生物刺激剂，以提高作物生产的生产力、韧性和可持续性。该合资企业开发基于活性成分（AI）的单分子配方，灵感来自天然植物分子。AI的第一个产品是一种提高小麦产量的生物刺激剂，其灵感来自海藻糖-6-磷酸（T6 P）。通过FIP可行性研究，SugaROx成功设计并测试了小麦生物刺激剂的原型配方，并验证了其研发、注册和商业化战略中的重要假设。春小麦和冬小麦的产量提高了22%。作为下一步，SugaROx需要测试这一惊人的结果在多大程度上可以在一系列最终用户环境和商业小麦品种中复制。这种小型研发合作伙伴关系使SugaROx能够获得加速产品开发所需的知识，技能，设施和设备。除其他目标外，SugaROx和合作伙伴将通过广泛的田间试验评估和优化小麦生物刺激剂的最小可行产品（MVP），然后在一系列最终用户场景中验证MVP的性能。如需了解有关我们项目的更多信息，请联系我们的业务发展总监Bianca Forte，电子邮件：[bianca. sugarox.co.uk][0]。[0]：mailto:bianca.forte@sugarox.co.uk网站

SugaROx is a spin-out from Oxford University and Rothamsted Research launched in Feb 2021 to develop biostimulants to improve the productivity, resilience, and sustainability of crop production. The venture develops single-molecule formulations based on Active Ingredients (AI) inspired by natural plant molecules. The AI in its first product, a biostimulant to boost wheat yields, is inspired by trehalose-6-phosphate (T6P). T6P is critical for sugar use and allocation in plants.Through a FIP Feasibility Study, SugaROx successfully designed and tested prototype formulations for its wheat biostimulant and validated important assumptions in its R&D, registration and commercialisation strategies. Yield boosts of up to 22% were registered for spring and winter wheat. As a next step, SugaROx needs to test to what extent that astonishing result can be replicated across a range of end-user environments and commercial wheat varieties.This Small R&D Partnership enables SugaROx to access the knowledge, skills, facilities, and equipment required to accelerate product development. Amongst other objectives, SugaROx and partners will evaluate and optimise a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) for the wheat biostimulant through extensive field trials and then validate the MVP performance across a range of end-user scenarios. To find out more about our project, contact our Business Development Director Bianca Forte at [bianca.forte@sugarox.co.uk][0].[0]: mailto:bianca.forte@sugarox.co.uk