Ceres awarded patent in Australia for trait that increases crop yields

Thousand Oaks-based Ceres Inc., an ag-biotech company, was awarded a patent in Australia for a trait that allows growers to increase yields without increasing crop inputs like fertilizer. The patent extends intellectual property protection to the Australian market of a key gene that Ceres has licensed to a multinational crop developer. It covers uses of Read More →
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Ceres, a Thousand Oaks-based agriculture-biotechnology company, priced shares at 40 cents each on Dec. 15 for its follow-on public offering on Dec. 17. Ceres plans to raise $6.7 million through the offering, which will be comprised of 600,000 shares of common stock, 6,460 shares of preferred stock convertible into 16,150,000 shares of common stock, and Read More →
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