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Innovative fungicide active ingredient search
Agriculture
Background

Fungal disease is one of the key factors which lead to the crop yield reduction. In 2012, a report published on Nature indicated that the cereal crop diseases caused by fungi had been the global food security issue, if the spread of the fungal diseases in 5 main food crops could be controlled, 600 million more people could be fed each year around the world. It was estimated that fungal diseases had reduced the output of these five main food crops by 125 million tons annually worldwide. Wherein, the damage to rice, wheat and corn caused by such diseases alone had brought about an annual economic loss of 60 billion U. S. Dollars to global agriculture. Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi, wheat Fusarium head blight caused by Fusarium result in product reduction every year, which can even lead to no yielding in the year of pandemic. Due to the importance of rice and wheat in China, fungal diseases had attracted the attentions of scientists, therefore there is a clear trend that many Chinese companies and institutions are developing more and more new AI. For better controlling fungal disease, we are looking for innovative active ingredient from development to registration phases from companies and institutions in APAC region, especially in China.

What we're looking for

Innovative active ingredient from development to registration phases from companies and institutions in APAC region, especially in China. We are focused on wheat fusarium head blight, new mode-of-action compounds, bacterial disease control, new succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHIs), and other biologicals.

Solutions of interest include:
  • The focus of our active ingredient search includes:
  • Wheat fusarium head blight
  • New mode-of-action compounds
  • Bacterial disease control
  • New succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHIs)
  • Other biologicals
What we can offer you
Benefits:
Sponsored Research
Selected proposals will work directly with Bayer to establish structure & scale of a potential partnership. Funding is proposal-dependent & typically is in the form of funded research or IP licensing.
Expertise
Each successful submission will be partnered with a Bayer scientist who will provide guidance and feedback on the project.
Who we are

Bayer’s vision of #HealthForAll, #HungerForNone drives our need to strengthen innovation capabilities in all areas of agriculture. We know we can’t accomplish this alone, so we're always interested to hear about novel, early-stage scientific innovations that can contribute to feeding the world without starving the planet. You have our commitment to take a look, match with our R&D priorities and provide you timely feedback.

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Reviewers
LZ
Lina Zhao
Innovation Manager APAC
PT
Phil Taylor
Director of Open Innovation & Outreach
DR
Dan Ruzicka
Innovation Sourcing Lead - Biotech Breeding
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