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Agrivida is an agricultural biotechnology company focused on creating renewable, biomass-based alternative fuels and raw materials. We are developing corn varieties that are optimized for producing ethanol from corn stover, otherwise known as "cellulosic" ethanol. Corn stover is, collectively, the leaves, stalks, and husks of corn and it is an inexpensive route to increase yields of ethanol per bushel of corn.
The breaking headlines
5.02.2008 | Milestone Achieved in Agrivida, Codon Collaboration
Today, Agrivida announced that Codon Devices Inc. and Agrivida scientists have achieved the first development milestone in their collaboration, the successful engineering of novel protein switches which can be used to activate an enzyme expressed in an inactive form.
3.04.2008 | Agrivida receives Biomass Research and Development Grant
Today, the USDA and DOE announced that Agrivida, Inc. was a recipient of a Biomass Research and Development Grant to study altered plant compositions for improved biofuel production.