UK biotech firm QuberTech says it has raised £3.4 million in combined grant funding and equity investment to accelerate development of sustainable natural rubber from specially engineered dandelions. QuberTech claims it has developed an alternative approach using advanced biotechnology to cultivate high-yield dandelions…
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Additional plant breeder teams up in Continental dandelion project
Continental Tire’s Taraxagum project, which focuses on the acquisition of natural rubber from dandelions, has expanded its research network with the plant breeder Kartoffelzucht Böhm. The aim of the reinforcement is to gain even greater clout in the breeding of…