John Chiu

Loveland Products, Inc. manufactures agricultural and professional products. It offers seed treatment products, plant nutrition products, fertilizers, adjuvants, and crop protection products. The firm also provides chemistry products, including herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, defoliants, and PGRs; and nutritional products, such as biological catalysts, enhanced macronutrients, enhanced micronutrients, micronutrients, nutritional enhancements, starters, and turf and ornamental products. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Loveland, CO.

NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc. develops and commercializes a family of beneficial bacteria. It commercializes Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs bacteria that improves plant health, promote early growth, and increase crop yield. The company was founded by Stephen Kahn, Thomas R. Laurita and Michael Bielski in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Micro Technology Concepts, Inc. provides mass storage products and services. The firm specializes in manufacturing, marketing, designing, distributing and refurbishing IT new and used products for thousands of channel resellers. The company was founded in 1989 by Roy Han and is headquartered in City of Industry, CA.

Helmholtz Zentrum München is a research center located in Munich, Germany. The center's mission is to discover personalized medical solutions for the prevention and therapy of environmentally triggered diseases and promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world. Helmholtz Zentrum München investigates the interaction of genetics, environmental factors, and lifestyle to achieve this goal. The center is a member of the Helmholtz Association, the largest scientific organization with more than 40,000 employees at 19 research centers. Helmholtz Zentrum München has approximately 2,500 staff members and is headquartered in Neuherberg in the north of Munich.

Agricen is an agricultural technology company delivering biochemical-based solutions for efficient and sustainable plant nutrition. Their solutions help growers adapt to the rapidly changing demands of modern agriculture by providing the most effective tools to increase nutrient availability and uptake, improve sustainability and increase yields. Helping Growers Meet Today’s Agricultural Challenges. Around the globe, commercial growers are facing increasing costs, the need for greater productivity and the demand for more sustainable agricultural practices. Agricen is committed to delivering the next generation of innovative plant nutrition products—ones derived from biological and biochemical sources—to help growers meet these challenges. Their products are biochemical tools that are designed to work within a grower’s established fertilizer program, making nutrients more available to the root system and stimulating greater plant growth than fertilizer alone. By incorporating Agricen’s products into their current fertilizer programs, growers can enhance their nutrient use efficiency and increase their yields economically and sustainably. Agricen’s products are innovative biochemical fertilizer catalysts that are distributed under the Company’s proprietary SoilBuilder and NutriLife brands, as well under the Accomplish LM and Titan PBA brands distributed by Loveland Products, Inc. (a subsidiary of Crop Production Services, Inc.). Tested and proven in over 600 field and greenhouse studies conducted by Agricen, universities, the USDA and other third-party evaluators, their products have been shown to perform consistently over a broad range of plant species, soil types, application methods and grower practices, including both certified organic and conventional production practices. Growers who incorporate Agricen’s technology into their programs generally see improved yield responses and reduced fertilizer losses, year after year.

Agricen Sciences is an applied sciences research company leading the development of novel microbial and biochemical solutions for plant nutrition and health. The company’s cutting-edge research programs on soil-plant systems are yielding new insights for crop nutrition, soil science and nutrient management. By applying this knowledge, Agricen Sciences is developing innovative solutions to address the sustainability and production challenges facing modern agriculture. Advancing Soil-Plant System Research to Improve Agricultural Applications. At Agricen Sciences, their dedicated science team and network of third-party and university partners continue to garner attention for the research and development of new technologies with the potential to address the challenges facing modern agriculture. Using the PlantomicsTM system, which applies the integrated disciplines of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics and phenomics to the study of plant nutrition and health, they have a vast opportunity to unlock and apply new technologies and practices to enhance grower productivity. From investigating better ways to manage the complexities of the soil ecosystem to seeking a more advanced understanding of the effects novel agents may have in stimulating plant response, their goal at Agricen Sciences is to advance the applications of science for the benefit of growers worldwide.