Rosetta Green, Agrisoma land 3-year grant for non-food biofuels R&D using microRNAs

In Israel, Rosetta Green has received a $400,000 three-year grant from the Canada-Israel Industrial Research & Development Foundation (CIIRDF), for the development of enhanced non-food crops for biofuel production, including biojet fuel.

Rosetta Green will cooperate with Agrisoma Biosciences Inc., a Canadian company focused on developing energy feedstock crops with enhanced yield and high quality oil for biofuel production. The two companies will focus on developing Canola with improved traits, such as increased oil content. Rosetta Green will work to identify microRNA genes that could support these improved traits.

Rosetta Green develops improved crop traits for the agriculture and alternative fuels industries using unique genes called microRNAs.